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Sri Lanka Signals Corps

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Sri Lanka Signals Corps
ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංඥා බලකාය
Active19 October 1943 - Present
Country Sri Lanka
Branch Sri Lanka Army
TypeSignal corps
RoleMilitary communications
Electronic warfare
Information technology support
Cyberwarfare
Size2 signal brigades
10 regular regiments
1 volunteer regiment
Regimental HeadquartersPanagoda Cantonment, Homagama
Nickname(s)SLSC
Motto(s)ස්ථීර ක්‍ෂණික Sthira Kshanika
(Sinhala: Swift and Sure)
Colors     
MarchBegone Dull Care
Anniversaries19 October
EngagementsSri Lankan Civil War
United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti
Insurrection 1987-89
1971 Insurrection
World War II
Websitearmy.lk/signaller
Commanders
Colonel CommandantMajor General GLSW Liyanage USP nps psc
Chief Signal OfficerMajor General GLSW Liyanage USP nps psc
Insignia
Flag

The Sri Lanka Signals Corps (SLSC) (Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංඥා බලකාය Shri Lanka Sana Balakaya) is a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army,[1] responsible for providing military communications, information technology and electronic warfare support. The corps is made up of two signals brigades, ten regular regiments and one volunteer regiment. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems. It is headquartered at the Panagoda Cantonment.

Colonel Commandant Sri Lanka Signal Corps

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Major General GLSW Liyanage USP nps psc

History

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Established on October 19, 1943, as a part of the Ceylon Defence Force[2] it was reformed as a troop of signals February 9, 1950 following the formation of the Ceylon Army in 1949. The initial task of this troop was to provide communications between Army HQ and its branches. In 1949, the Volunteer Signals unit was commanded by Lt Col CR De Silva. By the end of 1950 this troop had 1 Officer and 17 other ranks and their tasks included establishing a signals office at Army HQ, provision of a signal dispatch service, manning a switch board and the construction and maintenance of underground as well as field cables. In May 1951 another Signals Office was established in Diyatalawa to serve the Garrison HQ which was just formed at that time. By October 1, 1951, the troop was raised to a squadron with a strength of 4 officers and 142 other ranks.

In 1951 formal approval was granted to wear the Royal Signals badges with the additional scroll "CEYLON" on it and to adopt the Royal Signals march Begone Dull Care as the regimental march of the Ceylon Signals Corps and in 1959 the 1st Regiment of the Ceylon Signals was formed with Lt Col DV Brohier was appointed as its first Commanding Officer.

In 1972 with Sri Lanka proclaiming itself a republic, the Corps was renamed as the Sri Lanka Signals Corps. In 1980 a new Volunteer squadron was raised. The Corps has expanded to a level of a Signals Brigade with integral signals units under HQ Chief Signal Officer at the highest level of command in performing the classic role. The Signals Corps provides support to the combat and support arms by providing communications, electronic warfare and information technology support in the battle field and at the rear. All these signal units and sub-units administratively come under the aegis of the Regimental Centre located at Panagoda Cantonment.

Organization

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Corps Of Signals
Unit Established Head Of The

Establishment

Base
HQ Chief Signal Officer 12 March 2007 Major General GLSW Liyanage USP nps psc Army Headquarters - Akuregoda
Directorate of Information Technology 1 March 2010 Brigadier SJKD Jayawardena USP psc Army Headquarters - Akuregoda
1 Signal

Brigade

15 June 1988 Brigadier Y S P Sumanasinghe RSP Army Camp Salawa, Kosgama.
2 Signal

Brigade

04 December 2023 Brigadier ENP Gunawardana USP Army Camp, Menerigama, Padukka.
School of Signals 15 July 1991 Col MR Hameem USP Boowelikada

Kandy

1 SLSC 14 October 1958 Major J M D K Madhuchandra USP Mullaitivu
3 SLSC 9 March 1989 Major KBGUN Kariyawasam USP psc (Officiating) Palaly
4 SLSC 05 June 1991 Lieutenant Colonel D S L Kumarasiri psc Anuradhapura
5 SLSC 1 March 1994 Lieutenant Colonel S P Gallage USP Padukka
6 SLSC (IT) 3 December 1996 (RFT Unit)16 June 2014 Lieutenant Colonel H M G U I B Herath USP psc Army Headquarters - Akuregoda
7 SLSC 23 August 2022 Lieutenant Colonel M A S S Muthugoda USP psc Diyatalawa
9 SLSC 15 July 2008 Lieutenant Colonel

R M K U K Ratnayake USP

Kilinochchi
10 SLSC (CT) 13 August 2000
(as the Signal Base workshop)24 April 2015 		Major A G N S Weerasena psc (Officiating) Panagoda Cantonment
11 SLSC (IT) 23 August 1990
(as the Electronic Data Processing Unit)21 September 2010 		Lieutenant Colonel KMPGETB Kekulandara Kosgama Salawa Camp
12 SLSC (CS) 25th January 2017 Lieutenant Colonel

NWPGP Indrajith USP

Kosgama Salawa Camp
2 (V) SLSC 7 August 1980
(as the 1st (Volunteer) Squadron)13 April 1999 		Major N P S M Sisira Kumara psc (Officiating) Welikanda

Past Regimental Commanders and Colonel Commandants

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Name From To
Major General GLSW Liyanage USP nps psc 2025.01.08 Up to date
Major General IHMRK Herath USP ndc psc 2024.01.04 2025.01.03
Major General KAWS Ratnayake ndu 2023.03.04 2024.12.31
Major General HMLD Herath RSP USP psc 2022.06.06 2023.03.02
Major General PAJ Peiris ndu 2021.01.15 2022.06.05
Major General DAPN Dematanpitiya ndu psc 2020.02.26 2021.01.14
Major General NM Hettiarachchi USP psc Hdmc MMS 2019.04.26 2020.02.24
Major General BHMA Wijesinghe USP ndu psc 2017.04.16 2019.04.26
Major General KRP Rowel RWP USP ndu psc 2015.15.07 2017.04.16
Major General RA Kaduwela 2014.05.07 2013.04.10
Major General SAPP Samarasinghe RSP psc 2014.05.07 2015.05.06
Major General EP de Z Abeysekera USP 2010.05.25 2014.05.07
Brigadier EP de Z Abeysekera USP 2009.07.16 2010.05.25
Brigadier TF Meedin RSP Ldmc MMS MIT 2008.01.16 2009.07.16
Major General YSA de Silva USP psc 2005.11.29 2008.01.16
Brigadier YSA de Silva USP psc 2004.08.19 2005.11.29
Maj General AMCWB Senevirathna USP ndc psc 2004.05.14 2004.08.19
Brigadier YSA de Silva USP psc 2003.12.22 2004.05.14
Maj General AMCWB Senevirathna USP ndc psc 2001.07.20 2003.12.22
Brigadier KJN Senaweera RSP USP Ldmc 2000.08.23 2001.07.20
Maj Gen AMCWB Senevirathna USP psc 1998.02.23 2000.08.23
Brigadier AMCWB Senevirathna psc 1997.01.20 1998.02.23
Brigadier HGN Padmasiri 1996.01.01 1997.04.30
Brigadier AMCWB Senevirathna psc 1993.12.01 1996.01.01
Colonel AMCWB Senevirathna psc 1993.10.22 1993.12.01
Brigadier KA Gnanaweera 1992.12.01 1993.10.22
Brigadier CJ Abeyrathne 1988.07.15 1992.12.01
Colonel CJ Abeyrathne 1988.04.25 1988 .07.15

Notable officers

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  • Lieutenant Colonel DV Brohier - First Commanding Officer, Ceylon Signals Corps
  • Brigadier C. T. Caldera - second Commanding Officer, Ceylon Signals Corps
  • Lieutenant Colonel Basil R. Jesudasan - former Commanding Officer, 2nd Volunteer Signals, Ceylon Signals Corps & accused conspirator in the 1962 coup d'état attempt
  • Major General Piyal Abeysekera (also known as E.P. de Z. Abeysekera) USP, MSc - former Deputy Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka ArmyMajor General W.J.T.K. Fernando psc - former CO, 1SLSC
  • Major General C.J. Abayaratna VSV, USP - 1st Colonel Commandant, SLSC, former Signals Brigade Commander & former CO, 1SLSC
  • Major General A.M.C.W.B. Senewiratne VSV, USP, psc - 4th Colonel Commandant, SLSC & former CO, 3 SLSC
  • Major General Y.S.A. de Silva USP - 5th Colonel Commandant, SLSC, former Signals Brigade Commander & former CO 4 SLSC
  • Major General Tuan Fadyl Meedin RSP, Ldmc - 6th Colonel Commandant, SLSC, 1st Chief Signals Officer (CSO), Chief Innovations Officer (CIO), Signals Brigade Commander, Chief Controller- Centre for Research & Development (MOD), Centre Commandant & former CO-1 SLSC
  • Major General S A P P Samarasinghe RSP psc - 2nd Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 13th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General R A Kaduwela - 3rd Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army
  • Major General K R P Rowel RWP USP ndu psc USACGSC - 14th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 14th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General B H M A Wijesinghe USP ndu psc - 5th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 15th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General N M Hettiarachchi USP psc Hdmc - 6th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 16th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General D A P N Dematanpitiya ndu psc - 17th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General W P A K Thilakarathne psc - 7th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army
  • Major General P A J Peiris ndu - 8th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 18th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General H M L D Herath RSP VSV USP psc - 9th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 19th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General K.A.W.S. Ratnayake ndu - 10th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 20th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General I H M R K Herath USP ndc psc -11th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 21th Colonel Commandant - SLSC
  • Major General G L S W Liyanage USP nps psc - 12th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 22th Colonel Commandant - SLSC

Alliances

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Order of precedence

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Preceded by Order of Precedence Succeeded by

Abbreviation

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References

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  1. ^ "Home". army.lk.
  2. ^ "Forgotten campaign, forgotten veterans".
  3. ^ "Medals | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk.
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