The Sri Lankan Armed Forces award medals and their associated ribbon bars in recognition of various levels of service, personal accomplishments and commemorative events while a regular- or volunteer serviceperson is a member of the Sri Lanka Army , Sri Lanka Navy and the Sri Lanka Air Force . Together with military badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a serviceperson's career.
17-570: Main article: Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka Award Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal Type Service medal Awarded for Completion of 12 years of service Description Suspended from a plain suspension bar Presented by Sri Lanka Eligibility All ranks of the regular forces of the Ceylon Army , Royal Ceylon Navy and Royal Ceylon Air Force ' Clasps None Status Superseded by
34-728: Is equivalent to the British George Cross and the Indian Ashoka Chakra Award , and is the highest peacetime military decoration awarded by Sri Lanka. The civilian equivalent is the Veera Chudamani . Weerodara Vibhushanaya translates as the "Order of Bravery". Both military and civilians were entitled to be granted British military decorations on the recommendation of the British Governor of Ceylon . In 1946, Botalage Edmund Perera
51-921: The Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal , the Efficiency Decoration (Ceylon) and the Efficiency Medal (Ceylon) were awarded after 1956. No gallantry medals were awarded even during the 1971 JVP Insurrection . In 1972, Ceylon became a republic as the Republic of Sri Lanka. On 1 September 1981, President J. R. Jayewardene instituted new Sri Lankan awards for gallantry the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya (PWV), Weerodara Vibhushanaya (WV), Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya (WWV), Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWV), and
68-821: The Rana Sura Padakkama (RSP) by the Gazette Extraordinary No. 156/5 of 1982. In 1989, Lance Corporal P. L. S. L. Cooray of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment became the first recipients of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya. Having sustained burn injuries himself, he saved the life of his wounded officer from drowning after the helicopter they had been carrying out an air reconnaissance patrol crashed landed Nawanthurai Lagoon, Jaffna following mechanical failure and started burning on 30 November 1989. In 2022,
85-555: The Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal in 1972 Established 1968 Last awarded 1972 [REDACTED] Ribbon bar Precedence Next (higher) Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal Next (lower) Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal The Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal ( Sinhala : සන්නද්ධ සේවා දීර්ඝ සේවා පදක්කම ārakśaka sēvā dhīrgha sēvā padakkama )
102-409: The 2016 award of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya to Group Captain L. C. Dissanayake was canceled following an internal inquiry which had been described as an "an administrative lapse". The medal is awarded to all ranks of the tri forces (both regular and volunteer service personnel) and civilians., following recommendation by service commanders. The degree of courage shown is taken into consideration during
119-594: The Ceylon Armed Forces continued the use of British military decorations . This was discontinued in 1956 with a suspension of nominations for British honours; until Sri Lanka's republican constitution of 1972 , the following awards were used: Imperial and local medals awarded for military service to the colony and empire. The various decorations and medals are worn in the order stipulated for each service by its service commander. The order in which decorations and medals are to be worn have been defined in
136-978: The Colonies [REDACTED] Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies [REDACTED] Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration [REDACTED] Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Militia Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Territorial Decoration [REDACTED] Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Efficiency Decoration [REDACTED] Territorial Force Efficiency Medal [REDACTED] Territorial Efficiency Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Efficiency Medal [REDACTED] Army Emergency Reserve Efficiency Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Decoration for Officers of
153-658: The Dress Regulation of the Sri Lanka Army. Weerodara Vibhushanaya The Weerodara Vibhushanaya ( WV , English: Order of Courage ) ( Sinhala : වීරෝධාර වීභූෂණය vīrōdāra vibhūṣanaya ) is the second-highest decoration awarded by the Military of Sri Lanka awarded for: ...individual acts of gallantry and conspicuous bravery of a non-military nature of the most exceptional order performed voluntarily with no regard to his own life and security with
170-3337: The Empire Beyond the Seas Medal [REDACTED] Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military) [REDACTED] Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (South Africa) [REDACTED] Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (1830) [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (1848) [REDACTED] Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Europeans of Indian Army) [REDACTED] Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Europeans of Indian Army) [REDACTED] Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Ulster Defence Regiment) [REDACTED] Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Indian Army) [REDACTED] Royal West African Frontier Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] King's African Rifles Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Trans-Jordan Frontier Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Indian Army) Civilian long service medals [REDACTED] Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Fire and Rescue Service Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] African Police Medal for Meritorious Service [REDACTED] Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Ceylon Police Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Ceylon Fire Services Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Sierra Leone Police Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Colonial Police Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Mauritius Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Mauritius Fire Services Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Mauritius Prisons Service Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Colonial Prison Service Medal [REDACTED] Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal [REDACTED] Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal [REDACTED] Prison Services (Operational Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal [REDACTED] National Crime Agency Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Police Service of Northern Ireland Service Medal [REDACTED] Border Force and Immigration Enforcement Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Volunteer and part-time long service decorations and medals [REDACTED] Emergency Reserve Decoration [REDACTED] Volunteer Officers' Decoration [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Volunteer Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and
187-1264: The Military Forces Prizes, medals, and awards Civil awards Police awards and decorations v t e Long and Meritorious Service Medals of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations Regular military meritorious and long service medals [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Meritorious Service Medal [REDACTED] Meritorious Service Medal (Australia) [REDACTED] Meritorious Service Medal (Cape of Good Hope) [REDACTED] Meritorious Service Medal (Natal) [REDACTED] Meritorious Service Medal (New Zealand) [REDACTED] Meritorious Service Medal (South Africa) [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Accumulated Campaign Service Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Cape of Good Hope) [REDACTED] Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Natal) [REDACTED] Permanent Forces of
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#1732773118925204-1035: The Order of St John [REDACTED] Voluntary Medical Service Medal [REDACTED] Women's Royal Voluntary Service Medal [REDACTED] South African Medal for War Services [REDACTED] Colonial Special Constabulary Medal Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ceylon_Armed_Services_Long_Service_Medal&oldid=1000920322 " Categories : Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka Awards established in 1968 Long service medals 1968 establishments in Ceylon Hidden categories: CS1 maint: archived copy as title Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka The United Nations Medal for participation in UN peacekeeping operations: From its formation in 1949,
221-1466: The Royal Naval Reserve [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Royal Naval Wireless Auxiliary Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Air Efficiency Award [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Volunteer Reserves Service Medal [REDACTED] Ulster Defence Regiment Medal [REDACTED] Northern Ireland Home Service Medal [REDACTED] Cadet Forces Medal [REDACTED] H.M. Coastguard Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Special Constabulary Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Royal Observer Corps Medal [REDACTED] Civil Defence Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Jersey Honorary Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal [REDACTED] Service Medal of
238-413: The objective of saving or safeguarding the life or lives of a person or personnel imperiled by death or for a meritorious act or a series of acts of a humane nature of an exceptional order displayed in saving life from drowning, fire and rescue operations in mines, floods and similar calamities under circumstances of grave bodily injury or great danger to the life of the rescuer... The Weerodara Vibhushanaya
255-3025: The original on 2012-02-07 . Retrieved 2012-06-18 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link ) Sri Lankan military awards and decorations Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999 , Sri Lanka Army . ISBN 955-8089-02-8 External links [ edit ] Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lanka Air Force Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka v t e [REDACTED] Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka Current Gallantry Medals [REDACTED] Parama Weera Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Weerodara Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Rana Wickrama Padakkama [REDACTED] Rana Sura Padakkama Sri Lanka Orders [REDACTED] Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Prashansaniya Seva Vibhushanaya Long Service and Good Conduct Medals [REDACTED] Uttama Seva Padakkama [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Karyakshama Seva Padakkama [REDACTED] Prashansaniya Seva Padakkama [REDACTED] Videsha Seva Padakkama Wound medals [REDACTED] Desha Putra Sammanaya [REDACTED] Uththama Pooja Pranama Padakkama Peacetime Service Medals [REDACTED] Sewabhimani Padakkama [REDACTED] Sewa Padakkama War service medals [REDACTED] Eastern Humanitarian Operations Medal [REDACTED] Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal [REDACTED] Purna Bhumi Padakkama [REDACTED] North and East Operations Medal [REDACTED] Vadamarachchi Operation Medal [REDACTED] Riviresa Campaign Services Medal Commemorative medals [REDACTED] Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal [REDACTED] Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal [REDACTED] Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Army 25th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Navy 25th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Air Force 25th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Army 50th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Navy 50th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Air Force 50th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] President's Inauguration Medal [REDACTED] 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force Centenary Medal [REDACTED] 75th Independence Day Commemoration Medal Obsolete [REDACTED] Efficiency Decoration (Ceylon) [REDACTED] Efficiency Medal (Ceylon) [REDACTED] Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in
272-412: Was a service medal of Ceylon from 1968 to 1972. It was granted to all ranks of the regular forces of the Ceylon Army , Royal Ceylon Navy and Royal Ceylon Air Force provided they had completed 12 years of service. It was replaced by the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal in 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic. References [ edit ] ^ "Archived copy" . Archived from
289-683: Was awarded the George Medal for rescuing four crewmen from a burning aircraft crash in Negombo. This practice was continued after Ceylon gained independence in 1948 and the formation of the Ceylon Army in 1949, the Royal Ceylon Navy in 1950, and the Royal Ceylon Air Force in 1951. Following up on his election promise, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike suspended imperial honours . This meant only service medals such as
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