Hamilton Wanasinghe: Difference between revisions

[[General (Sri Lanka)|General]]  '''Hamilton Wanasinghe''', [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]] (born 1935) was a Full General in the [[Sri Lanka Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe receives Insignia from the Commander |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2020/06/17/local/220975/major-general-sanjaya-wanasinghe-receives-insignia-commander}}</ref> He served as the 11th [[Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Army]] (1988–1991), third [[General Officer Commanding]] (GOC) of the Joint Operations Headquarters (JOH) (at present referred to as the [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]) (1991–1993) and [[Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)#Permanent Secretaries|Defense Secretary]].<ref name=Past>{{cite web|title=Past Army Commanders|url=http://www.army.lk/pastcommanders.php|publisher=Sri Lanka Army|access-date=17 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830175533/http://www.army.lk/pastcommanders.php|archive-date=30 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="dailynews.lk">http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/pix/PrintPage.asp?REF=/2012/04/10/fea10.asp{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He joined [[Ceylon Army]] as an [[officer cadet]] in 1954 and was sent to the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] for officer training. On completing his training he was commissioned as [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Ceylon Artillery]] in 1955. He was a [[captain]] in the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment when the [[1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt|1962 attempt coup]] took place. Many of the officers of the three regiments of the Ceylon Artillery were implicated and Captain Wanasinghe gave evidence in the Trail-at-Bar of the accused that followed. He was transferred to the 4th Field Artillery Regiment following the amalgamation of the 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment and the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment in 1963. He went on to serve the [[commanding officer]] of the 4th Field Artillery Regiment with the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] from May 1979 to 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=4TH FIELD REGIMENT OF SRI LANKA ARTILLERY |url=https://alt.army.lk/gunner/4-sla |publisher=Sri Lanka Army |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>

He married Ira Beatrice Jayathillake, daughter of Wanasinghe Arachchige Elaris Perera Jayathillake Ralahamy, a close relative in 1960. Ira Wanasinghe was a school teacher, and they had five children. His son [[Sanjaya Wanasinghe]] was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Sri Lanka Artillery when Wanasinghe was the Army Commander and became Major General of Sri Lankan Army.<ref>{{cite web |title=Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe Receives Insignia from the Commander |url=https://www.army.lk/news/major-general-sanjaya-wanasinghe-receives-insignia-commander |website=army.lk |publisher=Sri Lanka Army |access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref>

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