W.W.E.C. Fernando

W.W.E.Clancy Fernando
Admiral Clancy Fernando
Born	1938
Died	1992 (aged 53 or 54) † Colombo Sri Lanka
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Service/branch	Sri Lanka Navy
Years of service	35 years
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy
Battles/wars	Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards	Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, Uttama Seva Padakkama

Admiral Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando VSV, USP, MSc, ndc, psc, MNI, SLN (In Sinhalese: ක්ලැන්සි ෆර්නැන්ඩෝ) (10 October 1938–16 November 1992 †) was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1 November 1991 - 16 November 1992. He was assassinated by the LTTE in 1992, as the most senior officer in the Sri Lankan military to be killed in the line of duty.

Admiral Fernando, received his secondary education at Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa.He was a member of the team Western Band Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa. After leaving school he enlisted as a Cadet Officer in the Royal Ceylon Navy in December 1957. After completing basic training, he proceeded for training at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, United Kingdom.

Admiral W.W.E.C. Fernando held the memberships of the British Institute of Management, and the Nautical Institute of U.K and had obtained a Master’s Degree in Defence Studies. He had also been conferred with the certificate of Master Mariners and was the first President of Sri Lanka Branch of the Nautical Institute of U.K.

Admiral Fernando is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India and from the National Defence College in New Delhi.