Sri Lanka National Guard

The Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) is the largest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army. It is a volunteer regiment^[1] currently made up of 35 battalions coming under the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force.

Sri Lanka National Guard
Active	1 November 1989 – Present
Country	Sri Lanka
Branch	Sri Lanka Army
Type	National Guard
Role	Infantry
Size	35 volunteer battalions
Part of	Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force
Regimental Centre	Kurunegala
Motto(s)	ස්වාර්ථයට පෙර දේශය Swarthayata Pera Deshaya (Sinhala: Country before Self)
Colors
Anniversaries	1 November
Engagements	Sri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Centre Commandant	Colonel HA Keerthinatha RSP KSP psc
Colonel of the Regiment	Lieutenant General H L V M Liyanage RWP RSP ndu
Insignia
Unit flag

History

The number of battalions was gradually increased to 16 and named the "Sri Lanka National Guard". They were under the command of then- Lieutenant Colonel D. W. Hapuarachchi (who was also a major general^[2]) SLSR as Commandant SLNG, thus becoming the largest Regiment in the Sri Lanka Army at the time.

Units

No	Unit	Formed	Disbanded	Notes
1	1st Sri Lanka National Guard	1 November 1989
2	2nd Sri Lanka National Guard	15 July 1990
3	3rd Sri Lanka National Guard	14 July 1990
4	4th Sri Lanka National Guard	17 August 1990
5	5th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 November 1990
6	6th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 November 1990
7	7th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 November 1990		Later converted as 7 (V) Sri Lanka Armoured Corps on 23 April 1998 and re-established on 23 July 2007
8	8th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 November 1990		Later converted as 12 (V) Sri Lanka Artillery on 23 April 1998 and re-established on 15 August 2007
9	9th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 November 1990
10	10th Sri Lanka National Guard	31 January 1991
11	11th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 November 1990
12	12th Sri Lanka National Guard	27 May 1993
13	13th Sri Lanka National Guard	15 November 1992
14	14th Sri Lanka National Guard	21 May 1993
15	15th Sri Lanka National Guard	25 December 1992
16	16th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 November 1992
17	17th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 September 1996
18	18th Sri Lanka National Guard	18 January 1997
19	19th Sri Lanka National Guard	18 January 1997
20	20th Sri Lanka National Guard	29 October 1996	20 July 2018
21	21st Sri Lanka National Guard	28 July 1998		Later converted as 5 (V) Mechanized Infantry Regiment on 01 June 2010
22	22nd Sri Lanka National Guard	28 July 1998	20 July 2018
23	23rd Sri Lanka National Guard	1 July 2006	31 August 2018
24	24th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 December 2007	10 August 2018
25	25th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 December 2007	31 August 2018
26	26th Sri Lanka National Guard	30 March 2008	20 July 2018
27	27th Sri Lanka National Guard	1 August 2008	5 March 2015
28	28th Sri Lanka National Guard	27 September 2008	15 February 2015
29	29th Sri Lanka National Guard	4 November 2008	2 June 2015
30	30th Sri Lanka National Guard	7 December 2008	19 June 2015
31	31st Sri Lanka National Guard	26 December 2008	7 September 2015
32	32nd Sri Lanka National Guard	3 January 2009		Later converted as 6 (V) Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps on 5 May 2012
33	33rd Sri Lanka National Guard	8 March 2009		Later converted as 15 (V) Sri Lanka Engineers on 3 February 2014
34	34th Sri Lanka National Guard	8 March 2009	25 March 2015
35	35th Sri Lanka National Guard	15 March 2009	25 February 2012
36	36th Sri Lanka National Guard	28 April 2009	14 January 2011
37	37th Sri Lanka National Guard	17 November	9 October 2010
38	1RFT Sri Lanka National Guard	12 June 2009	9 October 2010
39	HQ Bn Sri Lanka National Guard	29 October 1999

Order of precedence

Preceded by Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps

Order of Precedence

Succeeded by Last in the Order of Precedence

See also

• Sri Lanka Army
• Ceylon National Guard
• Colombo Town Guard
• Sri Lanka Home Guard
• Sri Lanka portal