# National War Memorial, Colombo

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The **National War Memorial** in front of the [Parliament complex](/source/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka) is dedicated to all military personnel killed since [World War I](/source/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](/source/Remembrance_Day_(Sri_Lanka)) 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]

## See also

- [Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)](/source/Remembrance_Day_(Sri_Lanka))
- [Cenotaph War Memorial, Colombo](/source/Cenotaph_War_Memorial,_Colombo)

## References

1. ["National War Heroes Day ceremony in Battaramulla"](https://www.sundaytimes.lk/240519/news/national-war-heroes-day-ceremony-in-battaramulla-557852.html). *the Sunday Times*. Colombo: Sunday Times. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

1. ["National War Heroes' Monument"](https://www.lankapradeepa.com/2022/05/national-war-heroes-monument.html). *www.lankapradeepa.com*. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

1. ["National War Heroes' Day Commemoration"](https://www.sundaytimes.lk/230521/news/national-war-heroes-day-commemoration-520602.html). *www.sundaytimes.lk*. Colombo: the Sunday Times. May 21, 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

1. ["Sri Lanka Commemorates 15 Years of Civil War Victory; Nation Salutes Fallen War Heroes at Battaramulla War Heroes Memorial"](https://www.newsfirst.lk/2024/05/19/sri-lanka-commemorates-15-years-of-civil-war-victory-nation-salutes-fallen-war-heroes-at-battaramulla-war-heroes-memorial). *www.newsfirst.lk*. Colombo: News First. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

1. ["National War Heroes' Day commemoration event gets underway"](https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=90659). *www.adaderana.lk*. Colombo: Ada Derana. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

## External links

- [Nation Jointly Salutes Our Liberators on War Heroes Day](http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=13819)[dead link]

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