Remembrance Day

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The Armed Forces Remembrance Day and Poppy Ceremony organised by the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association was held at the War Memorial, Vihara Maha Devi Park today. Chief of the Defence Staff and tri-forces commanders have attended the event. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

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Expatriate Sunday, 10 November 2019 11:20 PM

Sri Lanka is an independent country, poppies don’t grow in Sri Lanka and none of our soldiers killed in the poppy growing fields in Europe in the First World War. This is annual ceremony in London and being held today.

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