HISTORY
Batttalion was raised on 20 Nov 1992 under the command of Lieuenant Colonel GM Rockwood RSP psc at Mandathivu and the Battalion commanded by seven Commanding Officers. Initially Battalion was assigned to defensive Operations and subsequently it had been tasked to many of offensive Operations conducted in North and East. During the last humanitarian operations Battalion was initially tasked to conduct offensive Operations at eastern theater and after the humanitarian operation in the East the Battalion was directly engaged with Wanni humanitarian operations and successfully achieved many of the LTTE objectives.
APPOINMENT HOLDERS
Major TKPM Dayas RWP RSP USP psc
Commanding Officer
Major KVSS Vithanage psc
Second in Command
Capt DLNP Liyanage
Adjutant
WO II Disanayake DKR
Regiment Sergeant Major
PAST COMMANDING OFFICERS
- Lieutenant Colonel GM Rocwood RWP RSP PSC
- Major KADA Karunasekara RSP PSC
- Major W Weerakkodi
- Major EAP Sujeewa RSP
- Lieutenant Colonel MD Wijesundara
- Lieutenant Colonel UR Abeyrathna RSP
- Lieutenant Colonel GMN Perara RSP
- Lieutenant Colonel HVA Somaweera RWP RSP
- Lt Col MTI Gunawardana RSP psc
- Major KAMKB Kadawathamudali RWP
CONTACT DETAILS
| Postal Address | : | 7TH SLLI, Kanagapuram, Kilinochchi |
| Email Address | : | bnhq7slli@gmail.com |
| Telephone Numbers | : | 0113073454 |
| Fax | : | 0113073454 |
