also issued condolence messages. Former naval chiefs Oscar Stanley Dawson and Laxminarayan Ramdas paid their last respects, as did the FOC-in-C Southern Naval Command, the Director General Indian Coast Guard, the AOC-in-C Training Command, the GOC Karnataka and Goa Sub Area and senior police and civil officers. Apart from the multitude of admirals, generals and air marshals, junior service officers in uniform crowding his funeral service, there was also a large gathering of sailors and civilian officials who came to pay their obeisance. From 2014, the Navy Foundation conducts an annual lecture The Admiral R L Pereira Memorial lecture in his memory. In December 2015, a residential colony for married officers was inaugurated by the Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command Vice Admiral Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee in Port Blair. The colony Pereira Enclave was named for Admiral Pereira. On Navy Day 2017, the president of India Ram Nath Kovind released a biography of Admiral Pereira during the 'At Home' function at Navy House. Awards and decorations Dates of rank References Bibliography 1923 births 1993 deaths Chiefs of the Naval Staff (India) Vice Chiefs of Naval Staff (India) Flag Officers Commanding Eastern Fleet Indian Navy admirals Anglo-Indian people Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Royal Indian Navy officers Defence Services Staff College alumni