C. H. Fernando

Who is C. H. Fernando?

Major General C.H. Fernando, VSV, psc, SLAC is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Director of Operations, General Staff; GOC, 2 Division; Commander, Northern Command.

Educated at the prestigious Royal College, Colombo, Fernando graduated from the University of London and went on to join the Ceylon Army in 1957. He was commissioned in to the Ceylon Armoured Corps as a Second Lieutenant after basic training at the Young Officers Course in the UK. He went to become the head of both the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps and Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police as well as Colonel-Commandant of the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps. He was the General Officer Commanding of the 2 Division.

He became an instructor at the Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa and went on to became its Chief Instructor. Serving as the Acting Adjutant General, Army Headquarters, he became the 2IC and then after Commanding Officer, Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police; Officer Cadet School, Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa and 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps.

Brigadier Fernando took up the posts of Commander, Northern Command; Commandant, Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa; Commander, Support Forces Headquarters; Director of Training, Army Headquarters; Director of Operations, Army Headquarters; Commander, 21 Brigade; Regimental Commander, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps. In 1988 he was promoted to the rank of Major General and made General Officer Commanding, 2 Division.