Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps

Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps
Active 14 October 1949 - Present
Country Sri Lanka
Branch Sri Lanka Army
Role Combat Support
Size 7 Battalions & 3 Base Depots
Regimental Centre Army Camp,Dombagoda, , Army Camp,Dombagoda,Horana .
Nickname(s) SLAOC
Motto To the Warrior his Arms
Anniversaries 14 October (Regimental day)
Engagements 1971 Insurrection
Insurrection 1987-89
Sri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Centre Commandant Brig H M U B Herath Lsc AATO
Colonel Commandant Maj Gen R V Udawatta psc ATO

The Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAOC) a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is the procurement, receipt, storage, accounting, maintenance, control ,issue & disposal of all types of ordnance stores. It is made up of seven regular ordnance battalions,three Base Depots and one volunteer (reserve) ordnance battalion and many independent ordnance depots give continuous support to the army. Headquartered at the Regiment Center, Dombagoda Cantonment,Dombagoda,Horana

History

The Corps of Ordnance in the Ceylon Army was formed on 29 March 1950. Before this, the Directorate of Ordnance was established with the arrival of British Army Adviser Maj. H.P Bracher of the RAOC. The ordnance element of the Army consisted of two parts namely the Directorate in Army HQ and the Ordnance Depot at Kirillapone. In June 1954 the Ordnance established its depot affiliated to the Ceylon Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. When the requirement of storage facilities were increasing, the Ordnance Depot was shifted from Kirillapone to the Panagoda Cantonment in July 1955. Lt. Col. D.F.T. Abeysinghe was appointed Commanding Officer of the Ceylon Army Ordnance Corps in 1959. The Ordnance Corps did not have a Volunteer counterpart, but in 1980 a Volunteer company was raised as part of the Corps and now it is elevated to the level of a unit. The first Commanding Officer of this unit is Maj. B.S.G Nanayakkara.

Units

Regular Army

Base Ordnance Depot - Ragama - Comdt Colonel SMWBN Thalagahawatta ato

Volunteers

Preceded by
Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps
Order of Precedence Succeeded by
Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

See also

External links and sources

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