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Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment

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23rd January 2018 15:21:17 Hours

ANNUAL COMMEMORATION CEREMONY 2015

The Regimental Headquarers of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment commemorated fallen war heroes on 12th and 13th of December 2015, giving pride of place to next of kin and children of war heroes. Field Marshal GSC Fonseka RWP RSP VSV USP rcds psc graced the occasion as the Chief Guest on the invitation of Colonel of the Regiment Maj Gen MHSB Perera RWP RSP USP ndu psc. The event organized for the 27th consecutive year, paid floral tributes to the SLSR memorial at the premises and transferred merits to 143 Officers and 3719 Other Rankers who made supreme sacrifice while defending the country\'s territorial integrity. Subsequently the Field Marshal also shared a couple of views with the family members of the War Heroes presented and the Field Marshal distributed gifts among disable war heroes. The ceremony was terminated with an overnight Pirith followed by an alms giving ceremony on 13th morning. Retired Senior SLSR Officers, Senior Serving Officers and enormous Officers and Other Ranks were also participated for the event.