01st January 2024 08:00:00 Hours
Major General KAWS Ratnayake ndu, the retiring Chief Signal Officer and Colonel Commandant of Sri Lanka Signal Corps received a customary farewell on Sunday 31 December 2023 at the SLSC Regimental Headquarters, Panagoda before relinquishing his duties after an exemplary service of more than 35 years.
The arriving Senior Officer was warmly welcomed by Brigadier SJKD Jayawardena USP psc, Centre Commandant of SLSC and was greeted with a Guard Turnout at the main entrance. Subsequently, he was invited to pay a flora tribute to the SLSC War Heroes’ Monument and was ushered to the parade square to receive the honour of a ceremonial parade presented by the SLSC troops.
Afterwards, he posed for a few group photographs with all Officers and took part in a tea arrangement at the Warrant Officers and Sergeants' Mess before he participated in an All-Ranks lunch where he addressed the troops.
Later on, he symbolically handed over the Colonel Commandant’s cane to the incoming Colonel Commandant Major General IHMRK Herath USP ndc psc at the Colonel Commandant’s Office and penned down some complimentary remarks on the visitor’s book. Soon after, a street lining bade farewell to the retiring Senior Officer.
As dusk fell, a traditional Mess Night was hosted in the name of the retiring Major General KAWS Ratnayake ndu at the SLSC Officers’ Mess. Senior Officers, Officers and Other Ranks also took part in those series of events.
