National War Memorial, Colombo
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UnveiledJune 7, 2008
Locationnear
| National War Memorial | |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | |
 National War Memorial | |
| For All Sri Lankan soldiers killed since World War I | |
| Unveiled | June 7, 2008 |
| Location | near |
The National War Memorial in front of the Parliament complex is dedicated to all military personnel killed since World War I as well as police personal killed due to militancy.
An annual ceremony to commemorate the velour and gallantry of War Heroes is held at the site on Remembrance Day of May.[1]
The walls engraved with names of 28,619 war heroes of the Army (23,962), Navy (1160), Air Force (443), Police (2,598) & Civil Security department (456) who had sacrificed their lives in the fight against LTTE organization before May 2009.[2][3][4][5]