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The following tables present the ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Army. The ranks are similar to the British army officer ranks and the other ranks. At its formation in 1949, the Ceylon Army adopted the rank structures of the British Army . The highest rank in the Sri Lanka Army is Field Marshal, though the rank has no appointment in the ...
Deputy Chief of Staff. Army ranks. v. t. e. Field marshal (FM) is the five-star rank of the Sri Lanka Army and ranks immediately above general. the rank has been awarded only once, to Sarath Fonseka as an honorary rank. [1] It is equivalent to admiral of the fleet and marshal of the Sri Lanka Air Force. [2]
Desha Putra Sammanaya. Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka (born 18 December 1950) is a retired Sri Lankan army officer. He was the eighteenth Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, and under his command the Sri Lankan Army ended the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; he ...
Field marshal. Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the second most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks, but junior to the rank of Generalissimo. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons are ever appointed to it.
Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1977-81. [5] General Nalin Seneviratne - on the retied list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1985-88. [6] General Hamilton Wanasinghe - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1988-91. [7] General Cecil Waidyaratne - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1991-93. [8] General G. H. de Silva - on the retired ...
M. Sri Lankan major generals (68 P) Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps officers (1 C, 6 P) Sri Lanka Military Academy graduates (58 P) Military Intelligence Corps officers (3 P) Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police officers (1 P)
Sri Lanka Army ranks and insignia; B. Brigadier (Sri Lanka) C. Colonel (Sri Lanka) F. Field marshal (Sri Lanka) G. General (Sri Lanka) L. Lieutenant colonel (Sri Lanka)
In the Sri Lanka Army, brigadier is the highest field officer rank (hence the absence of the word "general"), whereas brigadier-general is the lowest "general" rank in many armies. However, the two ranks are considered equal.