Rana Wickrama Padakkama

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Rana Wickrama Padakkama
Medal, obverse (right) and reverse (left)
Type	Military decoration
Awarded for	Individual acts of bravery and heroism in battle performed on a serviceperson's own intitative
Description	Suspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented by	Sri Lanka
Eligibility	All regular and volunteer ranks of the tri-services
Post-nominals	RWP
Clasps	None
Status	Currently awarded
Established	1981
Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)	Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya
Next (lower)	Rana Sura Padakkama

The Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWP, Combat Gallantry Medal) (Sinhala: රණ වික්‍රම පදක්කම) is awarded to Sri Lankan military service personnel serving in both the regular- and volunteer forces as a reward for:

...individual or associated acts of bravery in the face of the enemy and performed voluntarily...

— ^[1]

Bars could be awarded for further acts of gallantry meriting the award for a second and third time, denoted by a star in the ribbon bar for each additional award. The award is the only one to have been awarded to a military animal in Sri Lanka.

Award process[edit]

A formal recommendation is made by service commanders, and the decoration is awarded by the President following a review process. Recipients are eligible to the use of the post-nominal letters "RWP".

Notable decorated personnel[edit]

• Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka
• Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonatilake
• Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody
• Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa  †
• Vice Admiral Travis Sinniah
• Major general Ananda Hamangoda  †
• Major general Sarath Munasinghe
• Major general Janaka Perera
• Major general Wasantha Perera
• Major general Nandana Senadeera
• Major general Lucky Wijayaratne  †
• Major general Vijaya Wimalaratne  †
• Major General Laksiri Waduge
• Rear Admiral Sarath Dissanayake
• Air Vice Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama
• Air Vice Marshal P.B. Premachandra
• Brigadier Udene Kendaragama
• Air Commodore Shirantha Goonatilake  †
• Colonel A. F. Lafir  †
• Colonel Tuan Nizam Muthaliff  †
• Colonel Prasanna Wickramasuriya
• Lieutenant Colonel Lalith Jayasinghe  †
• Lieutenant Colonel Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
• Wing Commander Thilina Chandima Kaluarachchi †
• Lieutenant Commander S.W. Gallage
• Squadron Leader Dihan Fernando
• Squadron Leader Amal Wahid
• Flying Officer Chinthaka Hettiarachchi
• 'Commando' Snowy
• Major general S A D A D Gunawardena
• Special Forces Regiment Ekanayake

References[edit]

• Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999, Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 955-8089-02-8

External links[edit]

• Sri Lanka Army
• Sri Lanka Navy
• Sri Lanka Air Force
• Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka