Sri Lanka Signals Corps


The Sri Lanka Signals Corps is a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army, 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

History

Established on October 19, 1943, as a part of the Ceylon Defence Force 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

UnitEstablishedHead Of The
Establishment		Base
HQ Chief Signal Officer12 March 2007Major General K M G Bandaranayake USP ndc pscArmy Headquarters - Akuregoda
Directorate of Information Technology1 March 2010Brigadier SJKD Jayawardena USP pscArmy Headquarters - Akuregoda
1 Signal
Brigade		15 June 1988Brigadier Y S P Sumanasinghe RSPArmy Camp Salawa, Kosgama.
2 Signal
Brigade		4 December 2023Brigadier ENP Gunawardana USPArmy Camp, Menerigama, Padukka.
School of Signals15 July 1991Col MR Hameem USPBoowelikada
Kandy
1 SLSC14 October 1958Major J M D K Madhuchandra USPMullaitivu
3 SLSC9 March 1989Major KBGUN Kariyawasam USP psc Palaly
4 SLSC5 June 1991Lieutenant Colonel D S L Kumarasiri pscAnuradhapura
5 SLSC1 March 1994Lieutenant Colonel S P Gallage USPPadukka
6 SLSC 3 December 1996 16 June 2014Lieutenant Colonel H M G U I B Herath USP pscArmy Headquarters - Akuregoda
7 SLSC23 August 2022Lieutenant Colonel M A S S Muthugoda USP pscDiyatalawa
9 SLSC15 July 2008Lieutenant Colonel
R M K U K Ratnayake USP		Kilinochchi
10 SLSC 13 August 2000
24 April 2015		Major A G N S Weerasena psc Panagoda Cantonment
11 SLSC 23 August 1990
21 September 2010		Lieutenant Colonel KMPGETB KekulandaraKosgama Salawa Camp
12 SLSC 25 January 2017Lieutenant Colonel
NWPGP Indrajith USP		Kosgama Salawa Camp
2 SLSC7 August 1980
13 April 1999		Major N P S M Sisira Kumara psc Welikanda

Past Regimental Commanders and Colonel Commandants

Notable officers

  • 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 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, Chief Innovations Officer, Signals Brigade Commander, Chief Controller- Centre for Research & Development, 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 - 4th 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
  • Major General K M G Bandaranayake USP ndc psc - 13th Chief Signal Officer - Sri Lanka Army, 23th Colonel Commandant - SLSC

    Alliances

  • - Royal Corps of Signals

    Order of precedence

Abbreviation