THE CEYLON ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION

C/O Regiment of Artillery
Army Cantonment
Panagoda
E mail : caapng@gmail.com

THE CEYLON ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION (CAA) was formed in 1945 with affiliation to the Royal Artillery Association. It was raised to continue the comradeship that existed without distinction between Officers and Other Ranks. This is the binding link between all Gunners, be they Coastal, Anti-Aircraft, Medium, Field, light, Regulars or Volunteers.

Comradeship is often the thing that Veterans miss and in order to maintain the true spirit of the statement, “Once a Gunner, always a Gunner”, all serving gunners are encouraged to become members of the Ceylon Artillery Association. Accordingly, continuity of this tradition will be maintained even after the retirement.

The objectives

The objectives of the Ceylon Artillery Association are:

1. To foster a bond of comradeship amongst retired Artillery personnel..
2. To promote the welfare of retired Artillery personnel.
3. To provide financial assistance to the family of a member/next of kin on the death of a member through a contributory Death Donation Fund.
4. To be closely associated with the Sri Lanka Ex-servicemen’s Association and obtain assistance for retired Artillery personnel.
5. To award Scholarships to children of retired Artillery personnel, who have obtained admission to Universities or other accepted Institutions for higher studies.

Benefits of Membership...

To renew old friendships and make new ones within the Ceylon Artillery Association and the Gunner Family, It is obligatory that all retied gunners join their respective district associations. The benefits include the members’ attendance to;

• The Annual General Meeting - held at Regimental HQ Panagoda.
• The SLESA /Artillery Remembrance Day Parades.
• Annual Family get-together.
• War Memorial Day.
• National Hero’s day Parade.

Further, the members will be entitled for the following,

• Educational Grants for Children.
• Medical grants.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

CAA Executive Committee meets on Every 2nd Saturday of the month at HQ SLESA at 1500 hrs

MINUTES OF THE CAA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

BRANCH NETWORK AND PRESIDENTS

We currently have 6 active branches and looking to start new 3 branches. We encourage anyone that is interested to get in touch with us about forming a new branch in any area that has Gunners within its community. Starting a new branch does need someone at the helm to steer it in the right direction.

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