21st February 2024 20:54:14 Hours
The military funeral of Major General D.S.K Wijesooriya (Rtd) RWP RSP USP psc of the Sri Lanka Engineers, who had served the country for more than 33 years, took place on Wednesday (21 Feb) afternoon at the Borella General Cemetery amidst a gathering of his military comrades and other mourners.
Retired Senior Officers, Principal Staff Officers, Senior Officers, Directors, and other mourners were also present to salute the late Senior Officer.
In accordance with military traditions, troops received the remains, offering a salute near the cemetery entrance before placing the coffin on the gun carriage, draped with the National flag.
As the funeral procession reached the main entrance to the cemetery, a representative gathering of Senior Officers formally received the coffin and began to inch their way towards the crematorium, with all of them together with family members lined up behind the coffin.
The formal Special Part I Order, issued by the Adjutant General of the Sri Lanka Army, was then read out to the mourners. Troops, in conformity with military traditions, then saluted the deceased, presenting a symbolic gun salute, the highest tribute a military officer could receive in the event of his demise.
Minutes after the Last Post, the bugle call that sounded, indicating that the great soldier had now gone to his final rest, the remains were taken to the crematorium.
Seconds after that, Major General M.K Jayawardena RSP VSV USP ndu, Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force and the Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers, presented the bereaved family with decorations and medals that Major General D.S.K Wijesooriya (Rtd) RWP RSP USP psc had earned during his illustrious career, a general tradition in the Armed Forces.
Senior Officers, Retired Senior Officers, Officers, Other Ranks, and Family members of Major General D.S.K Wijesooriya (Rtd) RWP RSP USP psc participated in the funeral ceremony.
Here follows the Part 1 Order read out at the funeral;
