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Rana Sura Padakkama

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Type
  
Military decoration.

Established
  
1981

Status
  
Currently awarded.

Rana Sura Padakkama

Eligibility
  
Officers and other ranks of the tri services (Regular/Volunteer).

Awarded for
  
... distinguished conduct in the face of the enemy.

Description
  
Suspended from a plain suspension bar.

The Rana Sura Padakkama (Combat Excellence Medal) (Sinhala: රණ ශූර පදක්කම raṇa śūra padakkama) is a medal presented to members of all ranks of the Military of Sri Lanka for individual and/or associated acts of heroism in facing the enemy and performed of their own accord. The decoration is presented by the President of Sri Lanka. Recipients of the decoration are eligible to use the post-nominal letters RSP after the name.

Notable Decorated Personnel

  • Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka
  • Major-General Wasantha Perera
  • Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe
  • Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda
  • Admiral Jayanath Colombage
  • Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa  †
  • Lieutenant General Parami Kulatunga  †
  • Air Vice Marshal P.B. Premachandra
  • Air Vice Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama
  • Major-General Ananda Hamangoda  †
  • Major-General Lucky Wijayaratne  †
  • Major-General Vijaya Wimalaratne  †
  • Major-General Sarath Munasinghe
  • Major-General Janaka Perera
  • Rear Admiral Mohan Wijewickrama
  • Rear admiral Susith Weerasekara
  • Rear admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne
  • Rear admiral Rohan Amarasinghe
  • Brigadier Rohitha Neil Akmeemana
  • Brigadier D.H.M.R.B.Tammita
  • Air Commodore Shirantha Goonatilake  †
  • Colonel A. F. Lafir  †
  • Lieutenant Colonel J.A.L Jayasinghe  †
  • Lieutenant Colonel Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
  • Lieutenant Colonel Dhananjaya Weerabahu Wijesinghe  †
  • Commodore N.A.N. Sarathsena
  • Lieutenant Commander S.W. Gallage
  • Lieutenant Commander T.R. Dahanayaka
  • Lieutenant Commander HMWM Thilakarathna
  • Lieutenant Commander HMWM Thilakarathna
  • Wing Commander Thilina Chandima Kaluarachchi †
  • Squadron Leader Dihan Fernando
  • Warrant Officer 1 J.P Gunapala

    • References

    Rana Sura Padakkama Wikipedia
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