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ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE DURING WORLD WAR II – PART 2-By Avishka Mario Senewiratne Source:ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE DURING WORLD WAR II The British occupy the College Given the extraordinary circumstances the country was facing due to the tense Japanese intervention during World War II, we discussed in the first segment that St. Joseph’s College had to be given over to the British so that they could station their Royal Navy in the school premises. It was they who occupied the College during 1942-1946. Part 1 of this series gave a glimpse of how the College functioned in exile at distant branches in Borella, Homagama, Kelaniya and Gampaha.  Therefore, discussing what the College ‘premises’ went through during this time is equally important. Young ladies (Wrens) from the lands of our colonists, who had joined the British Royal Navy, had to come to Ceylon, one of their best-known colonies, at the height of the worst ...