Panagoda Cantonment
Panagoda Cantonment is a cantonment located in the western Western Province of Sri Lanka. It serves as the regimental headquarters of many regiments of the Sri Lanka Army and is an arsenal. It also houses one of the main Military Hospitals operated by the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps. It is one of the largest military bases in Sri Lanka.
| Panagoda Cantonment | |
|---|---|
| Panagoda, Western Province | |
| Type | Cantonment |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Sri Lanka Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1953 |
| Architect | Tom Neville Wynne-Jones[1] |
| In use | 1953 – present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Sri Lanka Artillery, Sri Lanka Signals Corps, Sri Lanka Light Infantry |
List of regiment which has its regimental headquarters at the Panagoda Cantonment
References
- Athukorale, H. V. (1976). The Ceylon Light Infantry, History of the First Battalion (Regular Force), 1949-1975. p. 115.
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