Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force




Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force was the title of the head of the Ceylon Defence Force.[1] The post was created in 1888, replacing the position of General Officer Commanding, Ceylon, and existed until 1949 when it was replaced by the position of Commander of the Ceylon Army.




Contents






  • 1 List of Commanders


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





List of Commanders













































































































































































































































No.
 Portrait
 Rank
 Name
 Appointment
 Left office
 Unit
 Decorations

Ceylon Volunteers (1888-1896)
1 Lieutenant colonel Francis Coningsby Hannam Clarke 20 April 1888 27 August 1893 Royal Artillery
CMG, psc, FRGS, FRCI, CLIV
2 Lieutenant colonel Henry Byrde 28 August 1893 13 May 1896 57th Regiment of Foot
CLIV

Ceylon Volunteers Force (1896-1913)
3 Colonel A. F. C. Vincent 13 May 1896 1902 Scottish Rifles
CMG
Major H. G. Morris 1902 1902 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3 Colonel A. F. C. Vincent 1902 14 March 1913 Scottish Rifles
CMG
Lieutenant colonel Gorden Fraser 14 March 1913 13 May 1913
VD, CLI
3 Colonel A. F. C. Vincent 13 May 1913 31 May 1913 Scottish Rifles
CMG

Ceylon Defence Force (1913-1946)
4 Brigadier general R. B. Fell 1 June 1913 6 March 1914 Scottish Rifles
CB
Lieutenant colonel W. G. B. Dickson 6 March 1914 ? CMR
Honorary Lieutenant colonel
 Edward James Hayward 7 October 1914 ?
CBE, VD, CAV
4 Brigadier general R. B. Fell ? 31 December 1919 Scottish Rifles
CB
Lieutenant colonel Thomas Howard Chapman 1 January 1920 21 July 1920
OBE, VD
5 Brigadier general F. M. G. Rowley 22 July 1920 8 February 1927
CB, CMG, DSO
6 Colonel Albion Earnest Andrews 9 February 1927 14 December 1928 Hampshire Regiment
OBE
Lieutenant colonel G. B. Stevens 14 December 1928 28 April 1929 Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
VD
7 Colonel Edward Bromfield Ferrers 29 April 1929 3 March 1935 Black Watch
DSO
8 Colonel Robert Burton Lesley 3 March 1935 12 May 1937 Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
MC
9 Colonel Gorden Calthrop Throne 13 May 1937 5 February 1939 Royal Norfolk Regiment
10 Colonel Reginald Strelley Moresby White 6 February 1939 1 January 1942 Leicestershire Regiment
OBE
11 Colonel T. G. Watson 1 January 1942 1945 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
12 Colonel R. A. McGeorge 1945 1946 The Rifle Brigade

Ceylon Defence Force & Ceylon Volunteers Force (1946-1949)
Colonel Randolph Jewell Francis Mendis 6 April 1946 7 August 1949
OBE, ED, BA


See also



  • Sri Lanka Army

  • Commander of the Army



References





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