• The Ruhunu Regiment was a former Military reserve force of the Ceylon Army. The regiment was raised in 1954 in Galle with a detachment in Matara. It was...
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  • Lankan medical doctor and soldier. He was the commanding officer of the Ruhunu Regiment, a doctor in the Ceylon Defence Force during World War II and a vice...
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    Rifle Regiment Ceylon Mounted Rifles Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps Colombo Town Guard Rajarata Rifles Ruhunu Regiment National Service Regiment Post and...
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    Col. Dr. Rex De Costa, MBE, CAVF – former commanding officer of the Ruhunu Regiment and vice-president of the World Veterans Federation Maj. Noel Weerakoon...
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  • officer, Ceylon Medical Corps Rex De Costa - former Commanding officer, Ruhunu Regiment and Vice President, World Veterans Federation Dr. John Rockwood, VD...
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  • parliamentary election Rex De Costa - Former commanding officer of the Ruhunu Regiment and a medical doctor in the Ceylon Defence Force during World War II...
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  • Rajarata Rifles (category Disbanded regiments of the Sri Lankan Army)
    figure of a Bherunda Pakshiya (Double-headed eagle). Raised along with Ruhunu Regiment in 1954, by Prime Minister Colonel Sir John Kotelawala with officers...
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  • attempted military coup (1962) Rex De Costa Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding officer, Ruhunu Regiment, Vice President, World Veterans Federation (1961–1963)...
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  • 1954, the Ruhunu Regiment was formed with Captain Dharmapala in command of the B Company based in Galle and Matara. When the Ruhunu Regiment was disbanded...
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  • Telegraph Signals Ruhunu Regiment Rajarata Rifles National Service Regiment Ceylon National Guard Home Guard Regiment 2nd (V) Antiaircraft Regiment, Ceylon Artillery...
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  • Military Division Lieutenant-Colonel Candauda Aratchige Dharmapala, Ruhunu Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Richard Jansen, MBE, ED, Ceylon Army Medical...
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  • Light Infantry on 2 August 1951. He was appointed as adjutant of the Ruhunu Regiment on 4 July 1956; adjutant of the 1 Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry...
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  • Foreign Affairs. As Minister of Transport and Public Works, he initiated the Ruhunu Kumari, Udarata Menike and Yal Devi train services of the Ceylon Government...
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    Kiththi and King Moggallana's whole family was under the protection of Ruhunu Dandanayaka Sitnaru-bim Budalnavan and he provided a great support to the...
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    Fethi bunu görünce gülümseyerek, «— Allahım sana çok şükür» sözleri ile ruhunu teslim etmiş. Çağrı Erhan: Greek Occupation of Izmir and Adjoining Territories:...
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    & Seligmann 1911, pp. 123–135. Seligmann & Seligmann 1911, pp. 30–31. "Ruhuṇu Kataragama Dēvālaya | Katirkāmam Murugan Kōvil | dedicated to Kataragama...
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