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S.D. Ratwatte
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[[Colonel]] '''Sooriyaratne Douglas Ratwatte''', [[Efficiency Decoration|ED]] was a [[Sri Lanka]]n army officer. He was the [[Commandant of the Volunteer Force]].
Born in to a prominent [[Radala]] family in [[Kandy]], Ratwatte as educated at [[Trinity College, Kandy]]. He joined the [[Ceylon Defense Force]] and was commissioned as a [[Second Lieutenant]] in the [[Ceylon Light Infantry]] in 1938. With the outbreak of [[world war 2]], Ratwatte was mobilized for war service and served in the 1st battalion and 5th battalion of the Ceylon Light Infantry. In 1942, he volunteered to serve with the [[British Army]] in [[Burma]]. Following training, he was attached to the [[15th Punjab Regiment]], based in [[Arakan]] in command of a company. Following the formation of the [[Ceylon Army]], Major Ratwatte remained with the [[Ceylon Volunteer Force]]. He was appointed the first commanding officer of the [[Sinha Regiment|2nd (Volunteer) Sinha Regiment]] at its formation in Kandy on 1 October 1956 with the rank of [[Lieutenant Colonel]]. He held the appointment till May 1963. In February 1962, in the immediate aftermath of the [[Attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962|attempted military coup of 1962]], he was appointed as the Deputy Commandant of the Ceylon Volunteer Force having been promoted to [[Colonel]], succeeding [[Colonel]] [[Fredrick de Saram]] who had been arrested after being implicated as one of the coup leaders. In 1963, he succeeded [[Colonel]] [[B R Heyn]] as [[Commandant of the Volunteer Force]]. After his turner as commandant, he retired from the army.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
His decorations included, the [[Efficiency Decoration]] (Ceylon), [[Burma Star]], the [[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]], the [[War Medal 1939–1945]], [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]] and the [[Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal]].
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[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
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[[Category:Sinha Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Ceylon Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:Punjab Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy]]
Born in to a prominent [[Radala]] family in [[Kandy]], Ratwatte as educated at [[Trinity College, Kandy]]. He joined the [[Ceylon Defense Force]] and was commissioned as a [[Second Lieutenant]] in the [[Ceylon Light Infantry]] in 1938. With the outbreak of [[world war 2]], Ratwatte was mobilized for war service and served in the 1st battalion and 5th battalion of the Ceylon Light Infantry. In 1942, he volunteered to serve with the [[British Army]] in [[Burma]]. Following training, he was attached to the [[15th Punjab Regiment]], based in [[Arakan]] in command of a company. Following the formation of the [[Ceylon Army]], Major Ratwatte remained with the [[Ceylon Volunteer Force]]. He was appointed the first commanding officer of the [[Sinha Regiment|2nd (Volunteer) Sinha Regiment]] at its formation in Kandy on 1 October 1956 with the rank of [[Lieutenant Colonel]]. He held the appointment till May 1963. In February 1962, in the immediate aftermath of the [[Attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962|attempted military coup of 1962]], he was appointed as the Deputy Commandant of the Ceylon Volunteer Force having been promoted to [[Colonel]], succeeding [[Colonel]] [[Fredrick de Saram]] who had been arrested after being implicated as one of the coup leaders. In 1963, he succeeded [[Colonel]] [[B R Heyn]] as [[Commandant of the Volunteer Force]]. After his turner as commandant, he retired from the army.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
His decorations included, the [[Efficiency Decoration]] (Ceylon), [[Burma Star]], the [[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]], the [[War Medal 1939–1945]], [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]] and the [[Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal]].
==References==
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
<!--[[Category:2000 deaths]]-->
[[Category:Sinha Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Ceylon Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:Punjab Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy]]
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