Sepala Attygalle

Don Sepala Attygalle
LVO, SLAC
Don Sepala Attygalle; LVO, SLAC
Born	1922
Died	January 2001
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Service/branch	Ceylon Defence Force; Ceylon Army; Sri Lanka Army;
Years of service	1942-1977
Rank	General
Unit	Ceylon Light Infantry; Sri Lanka Armoured Corps;
Commands held	Commander of the Sri Lankan Army; Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army;
Battles/wars	World War II; 1971 Insurrection; awards Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order; War Medal 1939–1945;
Other work	Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, ; Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

General Deshamanya Don Sepala Attygalle, LVO, ADC, idc, psc, SLAC (1922 — January 2001) was a Sri Lankan military leader, a civil servant and a diplomat. He became the longest-serving Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977). He went on to serve as the Permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defense and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Sepala Attygalle Media

UK Royal Victorian Order ribbon
Vadamarachchi Operation Medal ribbon bar
Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services ribbon bar
DefenceMedalBAR
The ribbon of the War Medal, a British World War II military campaign medal, 32 millimetres wide with a 6½ millimetres wide red band, a 6½ millimetres wide blue band and a 2 millimetres wide white band, repeated in reverse order and separated by a 2 millimetres wide red band.
UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon
Sri Lanka Army 25th Anniversary Medal ribbon bar
Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal ribbon bar
Ribbon - Efficiency Medal (South Africa)
Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal ribbon bar