What is Sepala Attygalle?
{{Infobox military person |name= Don Sepala Attygalle |honorific_suffix=[[Royal Victorian Order|LVO]], [[Sri Lanka Armoured Corps|SLAC]] |birth_date= 1922 |death_date= January 2001 |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= |image= |image_size= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka]] |serviceyears= 1942-1977 |rank=[[General officer|General]] |branch= {{plainlist| *[[Ceylon Defence Force]] *[[Ceylon Army]] *[[Sri Lanka Army]] }} |commands= {{plainlist| *[[Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Army]] *[[Chief of Staff]] of the Sri Lankan Army }} |unit= {{plainlist| *<!-- Commented out: [[File:SLLI Crest.gif|25px]] -->[[Ceylon Light Infantry]] *[[Sri Lanka Armoured Corps]] }} |battles= {{plainlist| *[[World War II]] *[[1971 JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka)|1971 Insurrection]] }} awards{{plainlist| *[[Royal Victorian Order|Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order]] *[[War Medal 1939–1945]] }} |laterwork= [[Permanent Secretary]] [[Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)|Ministry of Defence]], <br/> [[Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]] }} General '''Deshamanya Don Sepala Attygalle''', LVO, ADC, idc, psc, SLAC (1922 — January 2001) was a Sri Lankan [[military]] [[leader]], a [[civil servant]] and a [[diplomat]]. He became the longest-serving Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977). He went on to serve as the Permanent [[secretary]] to the Ministry of Defense and Sri Lankan High [[Commissioner]] to the [[United Kingdom]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Attygalle, Sepala}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:Sri Lankan generals]] {{bio-stub}}