Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Nalin K. B. Angammana ( si, ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන) (1945 – 1995) was a senior

Sri Lanka Army ta, இலங்கை இராணுவம் , image = File:Sri Lanka Army Logo.png , image_size = 180px , caption = Emblem of the Sri Lanka Army , start_date ...

officer, who was the former General Officer Commanding, 3 Division.

Early life and education

Born in

Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

, Angammana was educated at

Dharmaraja College Dharmaraja College ( si, ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලය), founded in 1887, is a boys' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is a Buddhist school with around 300+ teaching staff and around 5000+ students. The school has many notable ...

Military career

Joining the Ceylon Army, Angammana as an

officer cadet Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become commissioned officers. In the United Kingdom, the rank is also used by members of University Royal Naval Units, University Officer Training Corps and University Ai ...

and received his basic officer training at the Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa. Thereafter he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1 Field Engineer Regiment,

Sri Lanka Engineers The Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE) is a combat support arm of the Sri Lanka Army which provides military engineering. It is made up of ten regular regiments and one volunteer regiment. Headquartered at Panagoda Cantonment, it is headed by the Centre ...

. He attended the dthe Defence Services Staff College, Wellington gaining the Psc qualification and served as the commanding officer of the 1 Field Engineer Regiment from March 1987 to September 1988. He was serving as the General Officer Commanding, 3 Division when he was killed on 30 July 1995. He was returning to his headquarters following an inspection of army detachment that had been attacked the LTTE few hours prior. His vehicle hit a pressure mine buried by the LTTE off

Valaichenai Valaichchenai ( ta, வாழைச்சேனை ''Valaichchenai''; si, වාලසේන / වාලච්චේන ''waalasena / Valaichchena'') is a town in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It could also be spelled as Valaichenai or Vala ...

the resulting explosion killed Major General Angammana and three other officers and wounded 13 other soldiers. He is the most senior officer of Sri Lanka Army to be killed in the field during the Sri Lankan Civil War, he was posthumously promoted to the rank of

and the Lieutenant General N K B Angammana Memorial Hall named in his honor at the regimental headquarters of the Sri Lanka Engineers.

References

External links

Ministry of Defence, Sri LankaHeroes who made the supreme sacrifice
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angammana, Nalin 1945 births 1995 deaths Alumni of Dharmaraja College Sri Lankan lieutenant generals Sinhalese military personnel Sri Lankan military engineers Landmine victims Sri Lanka Military Academy graduates Sri Lankan military personnel killed in action People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War Sri Lanka Engineers officers

Early life and education

Military career

See also

References

External links