Bn was raised on 1st June 1994 at mankeybridge trincomalee under comd to 22 div. Bn was dep at batticaloa mailady, iyakachchi,vavuniya, keeramali, pallaipai, warani, kilaly, mirusuvil, thodamanaru, kadduwan ,thelippalai, dharmapuran, ariyalai,jaffna town and mamunai.
On 1st oct 2010 bn was dep at under 551 bde and given the task to dominate the coastal belt
Presently bn in the same location and covering the total area of 59 sqkm. 04x copy's are dep in coastal line.
PAST COMMANDING OFFICERS
Colonel TMN DEAN
1994.06.01 TO 1997.06.24
Lieutenant Colonel GKB DISSANAYAKE
1997.06.25 TO 2004.06.25
Major WM BADRA KUMARA
2004.06.26 TO 2005.03.26
Major KMR ABEYSINGHE RSP
2005.03.27 TO 2006.01.11
Major BUH ABEYWARDANA (ACT)
2006.01.12 TO 2006.04.02
Lieutenant Colonel RMCLKK RATHNAYAKE
2006.04.03 TO 2012.04.02
Lieutenant Colonel JSU STHURUSINGHE RSP
2012.04.03 TO 2017.02.23
Major HMIK Samaranayaka (RHQSLSR)
2017.02.24 TO 2019.09.20
Major PAS Wijesingha WWV RWP RSP
2019.09.21 TO 2020.02.03
Lieutenant Colonel PAS Wijesingha WWV RWP RSP
2020.02.04 TO 2020.07.07
Major T S Marso USP
2020.07.07 To Up To Now
