FLORAL TRIBUTE TO FALLEN WAR HEROES AT THE WAR HEROES\' MONUMENT
Sappers, conveying its deep reverence, commemorated fallen War Heroes of the Corps of Engineers, who made the supreme sacrifice in freeing the motherland at the Monument at the Headquarters of the Corps with the participation of spouses, children, parents and next of kin of fallen war heroes on 06 November 2015.\r\nThe Commander of the Army, Lt Gen A W J C de Silva RWP VSV USP ndu psc participated as the Chief Guest of the event.\r\nA two-minute silence in memory of fallen war heroes was then observed before religious observances of major denominations got underway. Brief orations of Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic and Christian denominations invoked blessings and offered merits on fallen Sapper War Heroes and all defenders of the nation.\r\nAfterwards, Lt Gen A W J C de Silva RWP VSV USP ndu psc and Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Engineers and Maj Gen H C P Goonetilleke RSP VSV USP ndc psc placed the first wreaths at the Ranaviru memorial and paid their respect while bagpipe music rent the air. Other Senior Officers proceeded to the War Hero Cenotaph in succession and laid wreaths, in remembrance of fallen Sapper Heroes.
