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 and existed until 1949. The Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force was succeeded by the Commander of the Army.

List of Commanders

No. Portrait Rank Name Appointment Left office Unit Decorations
Ceylon Volunteers (1888-1896)
1 Lieutenant colonel Francis Conninsby Hannan 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

References

  1. ↑ "Commandants". ceylondatabase.net. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

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