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Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force

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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.

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"Commandants". ceylondatabase.net. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

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No.	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 Leslie	3 March 1935	12 May 1937	Royal Lincolnshire Regiment	MC
9	Colonel	Gordon Calthrop Thorne	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

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