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==Notable members== * [[The Rt. Hon.]] [[Don Stephen Senanayake]], [[Colombo Town Guard|CTG]] - First [[Prime Minister of Ceylon]]. * [[General]] [[Sir]] [[John Kotelawala|John Lionel Kotelawala]] [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]], [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Ceylon Light Infantry|CLI]] - Third [[Prime Minister of Ceylon]] * [[Captain (land)|Captain]] [[Henry Pedris]], [[Colombo Town Guard|CTG]] - A prominent figure executed by the British. * [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Hon.]] [[E. A. Nugawela]], [[Ceylon Light Infantry|CLI]] - former Minister of Education (of the first cabinet 1948), Member of Parliament & State Council * [[Major General]] [[Anton Muttukumaru]] [[OBE]], [[Efficiency Decoration|ED]], [[Ceylon Light Infantry|CLI]] - First Ceylonese [[Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Ceylon Army]] (1955β1959) * [[Major General]] [[H. W. G. Wijeyekoon]], [[OBE]], [[Efficiency Decoration|ED]], [[Ceylon Light Infantry|CLI]] - Former [[Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Ceylon Army]] (1960β1963) * [[Major General]] [[Richard Udugama]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Ceylon Light Infantry|CLI]] - Former [[Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Ceylon Army]] (1964β1966) * [[Major General]] [[B.R. Heyn]], [[Ceylon Light Infantry|CLI]] - Former [[Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Ceylon Army]] (1966β1967) * [[General]] [[D. S. Attygalle]] [[Royal Victorian Order|MVO]], [[Ceylon Light Infantry|CLI]] - Former [[Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Army]] (1967β1977) * [[Lieutenant]] [[Basil Arthur Horsfall]], [[Victoria Cross|VC]], [[East Lancashire Regiment|ELR]] - only Ceylonese to win a [[Victoria Cross]] * [[Brigadier]] [[P. D. Ramayanayake|Douglas Ramanayake]] - first commanding officer, Sri Lanka Engineers <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.lk/2007/01/21/letters.htm |title=Brigadier Percy Douglas Ramanayake|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910050500/http://www.nation.lk/2007/01/21/letters.htm|archive-date=2012-09-10}}</ref> * [[Brigadier]] [[T. S. B. Sally]] - Former [[Chief of Staff of the Army (Sri Lanka)|Chief of Staff, Sri Lanka Army]] * [[Colonel]] [[F. C. de Saram|Fredrick C. de Saram]], [[OBE]], [[Ceylon Artillery|CA]] - first commanding officer, [[Sri Lanka Artillery]] and the leader of the [[attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962|Attempted military coup in 1962]] * [[Bombardier (rank)|Bombardier]] [[Gratien Fernando]], [[Ceylon Garrison Artillery|CGA]] - leader of the [[Cocos Islands Mutiny]]
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