13th July 2025 11:56:52 Hours
Annual commemoration ceremony of Captain Saliya Aladeniya PWV was held on 11th july 2025.
The valour of Captain Saliya Aladeniya PWV SLSR bred by the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment and his soldiers reverberates the supreme sacrifice of battle harden warriors made voluntarily for the national integrity and the sovereignty of this motherland at the Kokavil Camp established for guarding the television relay station overrun by LTTE on 11th July 1990.
Being an exemplary precedent who spelled out the first lesson of velour to the legendry battles of history in the Sri Lanka Army, Captain Saliya Aladeniya subsequently endowed with “Parama Weera Vivhushanaya” - PWV (Supreme Heroism Decoration) equivalent to the “British Victoria Cross’, and a jump step promotion posthumously
This solemn ceremony unfolded aligning with the military formalities and the beloveds whose hearts eternally weep for their loving souls paid honor placing floral tributes in front of their memories of structured
Major General D R N Hettiarachchi RWP RSP USP General Officer Commanding 59 Infantry Division was the chief guest of occasion. Attended by GOCs of 51 and 54 Infantry Divisions, Senior Officers, Officers, Other Ranks and family members of the fallen War Heroes.
