Corps Regimental Sergeant Major – Senior Warrant Officer 1 (one in a Corps) Battalion Regimental Sergeant Major – Warrant Officer 1 (one in a battalion) Battalion Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant – Senior Warrant Officer 2 (one in a battalion) Company Sergeant Major – Warrant Officer 2 (one in a Company) Company Quarter Master Sergeant – Staff Sergeant (one in a Company) Sergeant (five in a Company excluding the CSM and CQMS/depend on the platoons in the company) Corporal (fifteen in a Company) Lance Corporal (fifteen in a Company) Cadet Past Commanding officers (1902-1987) Major SM Borrous 1902–1905 Major James Von Langenberg ED CLI 1905–1915 Major WE Gratiaen 1916–17 Major Edvin Evans 1917–1920 Col LMCD Robison ED 1920–1932 Col S. A. Pakeman CBE, MC, ED 1932–1938 Col Robert Patrick ED 1938–1943 Col R.J.F. Mendis OBE ED 1943–1948 Lt Col HVC De Silva ED 1948–1951 Col R Sabanayagam OBE 1951–1955 Bvt Col TN Munasinghe ED 1955–1960 Lt Col HCF Abeykoon ED 1960–61 Lt Col HSR Gunawardana 1961–1965 Lt Col P. D. Ramayanayake 1965–1968 Lt Col EA Perusinghe ED 1968–69 Bvt Col GW Rajapaksha ED 1969–1973 Bvt Col KPG Nilame ED 1973–1977 Bvt Col RB Narampanawa ED 1977–1980 Bvt Col NBS Balalle 1980–1984 Lt Col HKDA Fernando 1984–1987 Past Directors (1988-Present) Maj Gen E. G. Thevanayagam, VSV 1987–1991 Col HW Senevirathna (Actg) 1991 Brig Justus B Rodrigo, VSV 1991–1994 Maj Gen T. N. De Silva, USP 1994–1999 Col YL Kulasooriya (Actg) 1999–2000 Brig GSM Ranathunga, USP 2000–2002 Col RM Somapala (Actg) 2002 Maj Gen WR Wijerathne, USP 2002–2004 Brig DHMRB Thammita, RSP 2004–05 Maj Gen GBW Jayasundara, RWP, RSP 2005–2013 Maj Gen HMHA Herath 2013–2015 Maj Gen LWCBB Rajaguru, RWP, RSP, USP 2015–16 Maj Gen AKP Wickramasinghe, VSV, USP 2016 to 2018 Maj Gen MMS Perera 2018 to 2019 maj Gen PWB Jayasundara VSV,USP, ndc 2019- See also Cadet Army Cadet Force Community Cadet Forces Australian Defence Force Cadets Bangladesh National Cadet Corps Canadian Cadet Organizations Combined Cadet Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps National Cadet Corps (Ghana) National Cadet Corps (India) National Cadet Corps (Singapore) New Zealand Cadet Forces References External links Web site Disciplined citizens needed for country to prosper: PM Youth organisations based in Sri Lanka Military of Sri Lanka Military youth groups Military education and training in Sri Lanka Military units and formations of Ceylon in World War II Military units and formations established in 1881