Army Clothing Depot

Due to prolong war the number of soldiers and officers were increased. As a result number of Divs/Bdes/RHQs/Training schools also incresed. Therfore inadequacy of present storing facilities for the goods acquired by the Army was directly felt.

As a solution to this, a one acre three roots and twenty three and a half perch land and its buildings belonged to Ceylon Tobacco Cooperation located adjoining Rammuthugala Rajasinghe Vidyalaya was acquired by the Army on 25 February 1987 as a Sub Depot under the BOD (PNG).

Then Lt(QM) S Narangoda SLAOC served as first Officer Commanding. Soldiers were nominated from the BOD once in two weeks for its security duties. The Clothing Depot was under command to BOD (PNG) from 25 February 1987 to 31 June 1992.

After the establishment of the Base Ordnance Depot Maradana on 1 July 1992, Army Clothing Depot - Kadawatha responsibilities vested again under the Base Ordnance Depot till 23 December 2009. According to the Army Routine Order No: ARO/109/2009-G/SD/51/4 dated 24 December 2009, Army Clothing Depot was raised with a strength of 5 x 90 soldiers as a self accounting unit with effect from 18 September 2009. Its first Commandant was then Major JS Weerakoon AATO and under him 3 Officers, 13 SNCOs , 54 ORs were served.

Thereafter, a land belonged to the Veyangoda Textiles Mills Company (Veytex) was acquired by the Army and after renovated the Army Clothing Depot was shifted from Rammuthugala to Veyangoda. The Army Clothing Depot (Veyangoda) commence its function on 30 March 2011. The present Commandant of the Army Clothing Depot is Lt Col CS Dissanayake ato SLAOC. It now consists of 3 officers, 8 SNCOs and 72 ORs and it cater for 107 Army establishments.

Past Officer Commanding Clothing Depot and Commandant of the Army Clothing Depot since its inception at Rammuthugala till date is mentioned below.