Ceylon Police Medal

Award

Ceylon Police Medal
Ceylon Police Medal ribbons for Gallantry (left) and Meritorious Service (right)
Type	Medal
Awarded for	Gallantry or meritorious service
Presented by	Ceylon
Eligibility	Members of the Ceylon Police Force
Status	Defunct
Established	1950
Last awarded	1972

Ribbon bar for Gallantry Ribbon bar for Meritorious Service

Precedence
Next (higher)	Indian Police Medal^[1]
Next (lower)	Colonial Police Medal^[1]

The Ceylon Police Medal was awarded to police officers of the Ceylon Police Force, with two versions: for gallantry and for meritorious service. The number of medals for meritorious service was limited to a maximum of ten a year.^[2]

The medals were established in August 1950^[3] to replace the Colonial Police Medal. They were themselves replaced by the Sri Lanka Police Weeratha Padakkama for gallantry and Sri Lanka Police Vishishta Seva Padakkama for meritorious service when Ceylon became a republic in 1972.^[4]

Circular and made of silver, the medals have the sovereign's effigy of the obverse, (George VI until 1953, then Elizabeth II). The reverse bears the image of an elephant with, above, the wording "Ceylon Police Service" and, below, either "For Gallantry" or "For Merit", as appropriate. The ribbon is suspended from a straight bar suspension, with awards for gallantry distinguished by two narrow red stripes in the ribbon design.^[2]

List of recipients

Debiwala Liyanage Shelton Peiris, Sub-inspector of Police - 1951
Arthur Vivian Greg Nathanie, Inspector of Police - 1952
Loku Banda Warnamoriya, Inspector of Police - 1952
Madduma Banda Werapitiya, Inspector of Police - 1954
Garvin Walter Liyanage, Sub-inspector of Police - 1956
Karl Stephanus van Rooyen, Assistant Superintendent of Police - 1957
B. Weerasinghe, Assistant Superintendent of Police in Charge of North-Central Province - 1958 anti-Tamil riots.
D. D. S. Ranasinghe, HQ Inspector and Officer in Charge, Anuradhapura Police Station - 1958 anti-Tamil riots.
Knrussomuttu Sehamalai, Inspector of Police - 1958

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b "No. 41285". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 1958. p. 364.
^ ^a ^b Mussell, John W., ed. (2014). Medal Yearbook 2015. Token Publishing Limited, Honiton, Devon. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-908-828-16-3.
^ Taprell Dorling, Captain H. (1956). Ribbons and Medals. A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London. p. 145.
^ "Ceylon Police Medal 1950-1972". ceylonmedals.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

References

Sri Lanka Police
Sri Lankan Medals

Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

Orders

Current

Royal family orders	George VI Elizabeth II

Dormant

Defunct

Royal Guelphic

Royal family orders	George IV Victoria & Albert Edward VII George V

Other

Current
decorations
and medals

Level 1	Victoria Cross George Cross
Level 2A	Distinguished Service Order Conspicuous Gallantry Cross Royal Red Cross (class I)
Level 2B	George Medal King's Police Medal, for Gallantry King's Fire Service Medal, for Gallantry
Level 3A	Distinguished Service Cross Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Air Force Cross Royal Red Cross (class II)
Level 3B	Sea Gallantry Medal King's Gallantry Medal Royal Victorian Medal British Empire Medal King’s Police Medal, for Distinguished Service King's Fire Service Medal, for Distinguished Service King's Ambulance Service Medal King's Volunteer Reserves Medal Polar Medal Imperial Service Medal Overseas Territories Police Medal Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service
Level 4	Mentioned in Despatches King's Commendation for Bravery King's Commendation for Bravery in the Air King's Commendation for Valuable Service
Other	Badge of Honour Elizabeth Cross

Obsolete
decorations
and medals

Level 1	Indian Order of Merit (1st class) Albert Medal (1st class) Edward Medal (1st class) Empire Gallantry Medal
Level 2A	Indian Order of Merit (2nd class) Distinguished Conduct Medal Conspicuous Gallantry Medal Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying)
Level 2B	Albert Medal (2nd class) Edward Medal (2nd class) Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Gold
Level 3A	Order of British India (1st class) Order of British India (2nd class) Indian Order of Merit (3rd class) Title Badge (India) (1st class) Title Badge (India) (2nd class) Title Badge (India) (3rd class) Royal West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal King's African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal Indian Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal Military Medal Distinguished Flying Medal Air Force Medal Burma Gallantry Medal
Level 3B	Constabulary Medal (Ireland) Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Silver Kaisar-i-Hind Medal (Gold, Silver, Bronze) Indian Police Medal, for Gallantry Ceylon Police Medal, for Gallantry Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Gallantry Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Gallantry Mauritius Police Medal for Meritorious Service Colonial Police Medal, for Gallantry Canada Medal Queen's Medal for Chiefs Indian Police Medal, for Meritorious Service Ceylon Police Medal, for Merit Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Meritorious Service Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Meritorious Service
Level 4	Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air