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

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  • Sepala Attygalle
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  • General Deshamanya Don Sepala Attygalle, LVO, ADC, idc, psc, SLAC (1922—January 2001) was a Sri Lankan military leader, civil servant and diplomat. The longest serving Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977), he went on to served as the Permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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  • General Deshamanya D.S. Attygalle, LVO, SLAC
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  • General Deshamanya Don Sepala Attygalle, LVO, ADC, idc, psc, SLAC (1922—January 2001) was a Sri Lankan military leader, civil servant and diplomat. The longest serving Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977), he went on to served as the Permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He is most notable for successfully crushing the 1971 Insurrection in a matter of months and becoming the first Sri Lankan army officer to be promoted to the rank of a four star General. He is known as the "Father of the Armoured Corps" and was The Equerry to The Queen during her coronation in 1953.
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