Ceylonský plantážnický střelecký sbor [1900-1949]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
     
Title:
Name:
Ceylonský the planter's rifle corps Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
Original title:
Original Name:
Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
Date of creation:
Raised/Formed:
DD.MM.1900
Predecessor:
Predecessor:
Mataleský shooting dobrovolnícký choir 1) Matale Rifle Volunteer Corps 1)
Date of termination:
Disbanded:
11.04.1949
Successor:
Successor:
Sri Lanský rifle corps 2) Sri Lanka Rifle Corps 2)
Parent headquarters:
Higher Command:
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Dislocation:
Deployed:
DD.MM.1900-11.04.1949 Kandy /
Commander:
Commander:
DD.MM.1900-DD.MM.YYYY Farquharson, R. N. (Colonel)
Subordinate units:
Subordinated Units:
DD.MM.1900-11.04.1949 Velenie
DD.MM.1900-11.04.1949 ?
DD.MM.1900-11.04.1949 Command
DD.MM.1900-11.04.1949 ?
Honorary title:
Honorary Name:
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Honors:
Decorations:
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Note:
Note:
1) rozpustený in ????
- dobrovolnícky regiment mobilized in the case of domáceho ohrozenia or pre nasadenie in zámorí
2) produced in 1984
1) disbanded at ????
- volunteer regiment mobilized under internal emergencies or for deployments overseas
2) raised at 1984 based on the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
Source:
Sources:
en.wikipedi.org
www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/095RB.htm
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In 1900, the Ceylon Plantation Rifle Corps is formed, based in Kandy.


The officer corps begins to be made up of Europeans who were engaged in tea or rubber growing in the Central Ceylon Highlands. The unit becomes a volunteer unit for use in case of domestic need or the need for service overseas.


In 1900 a contongen from the unit is sent to fight in South Africa. A second contingent arrives in Africa in 1902 to engage in the fighting of the 2nd Boer War.


After the outbreak of World War I, the regiment sends 8 officers and 229 men to fight, under the command of Maj. J. Hall Brown. This section sails for Egypt in October 1914, where it takes part in the defence of the Suez Canal. Thereafter, the contingent is assigned to the Australian New Zealand Army Corps (Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) ) and participates with it in the Battle of the Gallipoli Peninsula.


While on the battlefields of World War I, the unit lost 80 men and 99
were wounded.


In 1939 the unit is re-mobilised. The regiment serves as a home defence unit, but 700 of its men volunteer for the British Army and the British Indian Army.


Between August 1940 and July 1942 the unit provides 172 officers and men as reinforcements for the Officers' Training School at Belgaum, India.


After Ceylon receives independence from Great Britain the unit is disbanded on 11 April 1949.


source
en.wikipedia.org
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Officer Corps of 1908



Honorary Colonel
Right Honorable Sir JW Ridgeway, GCB, GCMG, KCSI.


Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel TY Wright, 19.7.1904, South African veteran.


Majors
Major GA Craib, 13/02/1906.
Major WH Biddulph, 1/6/1906.


Captains
Captain JE Martin, 12/02/1902.
Captain E Rosling, 11/5/1903.
Captain W Sinclair, 1.6.1904, Assistant Adjutant.
Captain AJ Forbes, 20.2.1907.
Captain EK Smith, 3/4/1907.
Captain GCS Hodgson, 25/06/1907.

Lieutenants
Lieutenant EB Creasy, 7/10/1903.
Lieutenant EM De C Short, 11/5/1903.
Lieutenant J Hall-Brown, 28/12/1906.
Lieutenant H Worship, 28/12/1906.

Second Lieutenants
Second Lieutenant FC Smith, 31.3.1906.
Second Lieutenant MM Smith, 20.2.1907.
Second Lieutenant F Booth, 20.2.1907.
Second Lieutenant A McP Blair, 20.2.1907.
Second Lieutenant WJ Agar, 20.2.1907.
Second Lieutenant FW Boyd, 20/02/1907.
Second Lieutenant GW Bolton, 2.6.1907.


Adjutant
vacant


Assistant Adjutant
Captain W Sinclair, 1/6/1904.


Quarter Master
Lieutenant JG Veall, 13/2/1904.


source
alh-research.tripod.com
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