Weerodara Vibhushanaya
| Weerodara Vibhushanaya | |
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Ribbon bar | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Parama Weera Vibhushanaya |
| Next (lower) | Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya |
The Weerodara Vibhushanaya (WV, English:Order of Valour) (
...individual acts of gallantry and conspicuous bravery of a non-military nature of the most exceptional order performed voluntarily with no regard to his own life and security with the objective of saving or safeguarding the life or lives of a person or personnel imperiled by death or for a meritorious act or a series of acts of a humane nature of an exceptional order displayed in saving life from drowning, fire and rescue operations in mines, floods and similar calamities under circumstances of grave bodily injury or great danger to the life of the rescuer...
— [1]
The Weerodara Vibhushanaya is equivalent to the British
History
Both military and civilians were entitled to be granted
Following up on his election promise,
In 1989, Lance Corporal P. L. S. L. Cooray of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment became the first recipients of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya. Having sustained burn injuries himself, he saved the life of his wounded officer from drowning after the helicopter they had been carrying out an air reconnaissance patrol crashed landed Nawanthurai Lagoon, Jaffna following mechanical failure and started burring on 30 November 1989.[3]
In 2022, the 2016 award of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya to Group Captain L. C. Dissanayake was canceled following an internal inquiry which had been described as an "an administrative lapse".[4]
Award process and privileges
The medal is awarded to all ranks of the tri forces (both regular and volunteer service personnel) and civilians., following recommendation by service commanders. The degree of courage shown is taken into consideration during the review process. Unlike the
The award is presented by the President, with recipients able to use the post-nominal letters "WV".
All original individual WV awards are published in the Government Gazette.
List of recipients
- Sri Lanka Army
- Captain (QM) P. L. S. L. Cooray - Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment - 1989[3][5]
- Colonel C. D. Wickramanayake - Sri Lanka Engineers
- Corporal R. P. R. Wickramapala - Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment - 1998 - Colombo Central Bank bombing
- Corporal W. M. Karunaratne - Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment - 1998 - Colombo Central Bank bombing
- Sri Lanka Navy
- Sri Lanka Air Force
- Leading AircraftmanH. P. T. N. Dissanayake - 10 October 1998
- Group Captain L. C. Dissanayake - 13 October 2016 (canceled on 16 June 2022)[6]
- Warrant Officer Y. M. S. Yaparathne (Posthumously) - 19 October 2017[7][8]
- Corporal D.A.W.M.N.D.B Rathnayake - 19 August 2019[8]
- Wing Commander K. A. D. A. C. Kuruwita - 15 November 2019[9]
- Wing commander D. L. Hewawitharana - 15 November 2019
- Wing commander S. R. Jayaratne - 15 November 2019
- Squadron LeaderD. S. Samaraweera - 15 November 2019
- Squadron Leader D. M. A. D. B. Dambakotuwa - 15 November 2019
See also
References
- ^ "Medals". Sri Lanka Army. army.lk. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Gazette" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Gallantry wards". army.lk. Sri Lanka Army. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Given as "bravery act"; taken away as "administrative lapse"". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ Warrant Officer P. L. S. L. Cooray
- ^ "Top gallantry award given to Air Force officer cancelled". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Two Airmen Conferred the Weerodara Vibhushanaya". airforce.lk. Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Recipients of the WV". airforce.lk. Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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