List of Sri Lankan generals and brigadiers

This list is for people who ranked General or Brigadier in the Sri Lanka Army. It is not complete - please add to it if you know of any omissions.

Hence, in the lists below:

• 5* = Field Marshal
• 4* = General
• 3* = Lieutenant General
• 2* = Major General
• 1* = Brigadier

Field marshal

• Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2005-09. ^[1]

General

Regular Force

• General Deshamanya Sepala Attygalle - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1967-77. ^[2]
• General T. I. Weerathunga - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1981-85. ^[3]
• General Cyril Ranatunga - on the retired list. General Officer Commanding, Joint Operations Command 1985-88. ^[4]
• General Deshamanya Denis Perera - on the retired list. 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 list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1994-96. ^[9]
• General Rohan Daluwatte - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1996-98. ^[10]
• General Srilal Weerasooriya - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1998-00. ^[11]
• General L. P. Balagalle - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2000-04. ^[12]
• General Shantha Kottegoda - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2004-05. ^[13]
• General Jagath Jayasuriya - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2009-13. ^[14]
• General Daya Ratnayake - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2013-15. ^[15]
• General Crishantha de Silva - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2015-17. ^[16]
• General Mahesh Senanayake - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2017-19. ^[17]
• General Shavendra Silva - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2019-22. ^[18]
• General (retired as a Major General) Kamal Gunaratne - on the retired list. General Officer Commanding, 53 Division. ^[19]
• General Vikum Liyanage, on the retied list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 2022-24.

Generals of the Volunteer Force

Three former members of the volunteer force have been awarded the honorary rank of General of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force.

• General Sir John Kotelawala — Former Prime Minister of Ceylon and Minister of Defense and External Affairs.
• General Ranjan Wijeratne — Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and State Minister for Defence.
• General Anuruddha Ratwatte — Former Minister of Power and Energy and Deputy Minister for Defence

Lieutenant general

• Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa   †
• Lieutenant General Parami Kulatunga   †
• Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana   †
• Lieutenant General Henry Athukorale (Retired - Deceased)

Major general

1950 - 1969

• Major General Anton Muttukumaru (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General H. W. G. Wijeyekoon (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General Richard Udugama (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General Bertram Heyn (Retired - Deceased)

1970 - 1999

• Major General C. A. M. N. Silva (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General Jayantha de S. Jayaratne (Deceased)
• Major General C. H. Fernando (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General S. M. A. Jayawardena (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General J. R. S. de Silva (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General Y. Balaretnarajah (Retired)
• Major General Larry Wijeratne   †
• Major General Tilak Paranagama (Retired)
• Major General Lakshman Algama (Retired - Assassinated)
• Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne   †
• Major General Lucky Wijayaratne   †
• Major General Gemunu Kulatunge (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General Janaka Perera (Retired - Assassinated)
• Major General T. N. De Silva (Retired)
• Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja (Retired)
• Major General Nihal Jayakody (Deceased)
• Major General Jayatissa Bandara Pagoda (Retired - Deceased )

2000 - present

• Major General Percy Fernando   †
• Major General Prasanna Chandrasekera (Retired)
• Major General D. S. K. Wijesooriya (Retired)
• Major General D. W. Hapuarachchi (Retired)
• Major General Jaliya Nammuni (Retired)
• Major General Ananda Weerasekara (Retired)
• Major General H. Somadasa Hapuarachchi (Retired-Deceased)
• Major General Daya Wijeyesinghe (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General D. R. Aruna B. Jayatilleke (Deceased)
• Major General W. A. Asoka De Silva (Retired)
• Major General Sanath Karunaratne (Retired)
• Major General Chandana Rajaguru (Retired)
• Major General E. H. Samaratunga (Retired)
• Major General Bathiya Daulagala (Retired)
• Major General G.V.D. Udaya Perera (Retired)
• Major General Tuan Fadyl Meedin (Retired)
• Major General Lalith Daulagala (Retired)
• Major General L. L. A. Fernando (Retired)
• Major General Ranjith de Silva (Retired)
• Major General Sumith Balasuriya (Retired)
• Major General G S Padumadasa (Retired)
• Major General MHP Mihindukulasuriya(Retired)
• Major General Kumudu Perera (Retired)
• Major General Chagi Gallage (Retired)
• Major General Laksiri A. D. Amaratunge (Retired)
• Major General K. A. M. G. Kularatne (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General Jayanath C. P. Lokuketagodage (Retired)
• Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya (Retired)
• Major General Athula Jayawardane (Retired)
• Major General Nandana Udawatta (Retired)
• Major General D. Kalupahana (Retired)
• Major General Udaya Nanayakkara (Retired)
• Major General G. L. Sigera (Retired -Deceased)
• Major General Susantha Mendis   †
• Major General Ananda Hamangoda   †
• Major General Saliya Kulatunge (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General Lalith Wijetunge (Retired)
• Major General Janaka Walgama
• Major General Nirmal Dharmaratne
• Major General Ravi Ratnasingam
• Major General Sumedha Perera (Retired)
• Major General Lalith Abeywardena (Retired)
• Major General Nandana Senadeera
• Major General Ashok Weerasinghe (Retired)
• Major General S. M. Asoka Jayawardena (Retired)
• Major General Kamal Fernando (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General P. M. R. Bandara (Retired)
• Major General Samantha Sooriyabandara (Retired - Deceased)
• Major General Jagath Dias (Retired)
• Major General Athula Galagamage (Retired)
• Major General Prasanna de Silva (Retired)
• Major General Laksiri Waduge (Retired
• Major General Dammi Hewage
• Major General Duleep Wickremanayake (Retired)
• Major General M. K. D. Perera
• Major General Kithsiri Malporu (Retired)
• Major General Rasika Fernando
• Major General Jagath Gunawardena
• Major General W. L. P. W. Perera
• Major General Subashana Welikala (Deceased)
• Major General KAP Jagath Ratnayake
• Major General Priyanka Fernando
• Major General K.P.Nugegoda (Retired)
• Major General K.A.D.Sanath L.Perera (Retired)
• Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retired)
• Major General A.K. Sooriyabandara
• Major General Lohan Gunawardena
• Major General Anton Wijendra
• Major General M.A. Muthalib
• Major General K.B. Egodawala
• Major General S.T.T. Jayasundera
• Major General K. Bohran
• Major General Sunil Tennekoon
• Major General S. Seniveratne
• Major General Chula Senivaratne
• Major General Sarath Munasinghe
• Major General Udena Gunawardana
• Major General K.A.M.G. Gunaratne
• Major General P.A. Karunathilleke
• Major General A.M.U.Seneviratne
• Major General Gemunu Kulathunga
• Major General Jayantha Ranaweera
• Major General Hema Thibbutumunuwe
• Major General Nimal Krishnaratne
• Major General Lal Fernando
• Major General Seevali Wanigasekara
• Major General Gamini Jayasundara
• Major General Priyantha Samaratunga
• Major General M.A. Muthalib

Volunteer Force

• Major General N. P. D. Palpola
• Major General S. V. Panabokke
• Major General S. A. Kulatunga
• Major General A. M. B. Aumunugama
• Major General W. A. D. S. Silva
• Major General W. B. Soyza
• Major General A. C. Obeysekara
• Major General W. D. L. P. Wickramasinghe
• Major General W. H. D. Mahanada
• Major General L. F. Kasthuriarachchi
• Major General K. P. Nugegoda
• Major General J. D. C. G. Jayasinghe
• Major General S. N. Samarawickrama
• Major General W. M. D. S. K. Gunawardhana

Brigadier

1950 - 1969

• Brigadier Herbert Clifford Serasinghe (Retired - Deceased)

1970 - 1999

• Brigadier P. D. Ramayanayake (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier M. A. Jayaweera (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier E. T. De Z Abeysekera (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier Leonard Merlyn Wickramasuriya (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier T. S. B. Sally (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier S. B. Miyanadeniya (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier J. G. Balthazar (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier Ariyasinghe Ariyapperuma   †
• Brigadier H F Rupasinghe (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier B. K. V. J. E. Rodrigo (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier Dennis Hapugalle (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier G. R. Jayasinghe (Retired)
• Brigadier Donald Hewagama (Retired)
• Brigadier Nimal Fernando (Retired)
• Brigadier R. T. Tambiah (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier K. Senarathna (Retired - Deceased)

2000 - present

• Brigadier C.S.D. Gunasinghe
• Brigadier Bhathiya Jayatilleka   †
• Brigadier Rohitha Neil Akmeemana   †
• Brigadier S.B. Miyanadeniya
• Brigadier S.A.M.T. Seneviratne (Deceased)
• Brigadier M. H. Gunaratne
• Brigadier R. M. Jayasinghe
• Brigadier Nihal Hapuarachchi
• Brigadier Parry Liyanage
• Brigadier Udaya Ariyarathna
• Brigadier Gamini Angammana
• Brigadier Sarath Embawa
• Brigadier D.N. Wijesuriya (Retired - Deceased)
• Brigadier J. S. U. Katugampola
• Brigadier Sudantha Thilakarathne
• Brigadier Sanjaya Wanasinghe
• Brigadier D H M R B Tammita
• Brigadier P.N Liyanage (Retired - Deceased)

1950 - 1969

• Brigadier Christopher Allan Hector Perera Jayawardena (Retired - Deceased)

1970 - 1969

• Brigadier W. O. C. De Alwis (Retired - Deceased)

1980 - 1989

• Brigadier C. N. Panabokke (Retired - Deceased)

References

1. Nation Salutes War Veteran, General Sarath Fonseka (Retd) Conferring Field Marshal Rank
2. Deshamanya General Don Sepala Attygalle LVO ADC idc psc
3. GENERAL TI WEERATHUNGA VSV ndc jssc (Retd) REMEMBERED
4. FAREWELL TO A MIGHTY CAVALRYMAN: GENERAL CYRIL RANATUNGA
5. Gen. Dennis Perera Memorial Oration: ‘A visionary military leader who founded a professional army’
6. GENERAL G.D.G.N. SENEVIRATNE (RETD) VSV NDC
7. I SAID, ‘I AM THE ARMY COMMANDER NOT YOU’
8. Appreciations : General L.D. Cecil. E. Waidyaratne - revered public figure
9. Unfair to level war crime allegations: Gen. Gerry de Silva
10. Death of former Army Commander Gen. Rohan Daluwatte
11. Army Chief begins on positive note
12. Former army commander Gen. Lionel Balagalle passes away
13. New Army Commander from today
14. President Promotes Army Commander to Four Star General
15. In Formal Military Ceremony Outgoing Commander Gen Ratnayake Hands Over Symbolic Sword to His Successor
16. Crishanthe De Silva promoted to four star General; appointed CDS
17. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake inducted into Intl Hall of Fame at Fort Leavenworth
18. "General Shavendra Silva to retire". adaderana.lk. 29 December 2024.
19. Defence Secretary, Army Commander promoted as Generals