SRI LANKA ARMOURED CORPS 58TH ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES BEGIN WITH PAYING TRIBUTE TO FALLEN HEROES
Written By : Lt Col Anton Wijesekara RSp psc - SLAC\r\n\r\nSri Lanka Armoured Corps commenced its 58th Corps Day Anniversary activities with the commemoration of war heroes at the war hero monument at Rock House Camp. The Colonel Commandant of the SLAC and Vice Chancellor of the Kotelawela Defence University, Maj Gen MP Peiris RWP RSP USP ndc psc attended the event as the chief guest along with Mrs Niranjalee Peiris. Many officers and men of the corps and a large gathering of next of kins of fallen heroes along with Mrs Laly Kobbekaduwa, the widow of war veteran late Lt Gen D L Kobbekaduwa joined to pay tribute to fallen heroes.\r\n\r\nLater in the same evening all night pirith chanting ceremony was held at facility complex building at Rock House Camp followed by Heel Danaya to Maha Sanga on 5 Dec 12.
