Commandants Ceylon Defence Force

Commandants
CEYLON VOLUNTEERS
1. Lt.Col Francis Conninsby Hannan Clarke CMG,psc,FRGS,FRCI,CLIV(late
Colonel RA)
27.08.1893

20.04.1888

2. Lt.Col Henry Byrde (late 57th Regiment)CLIV

28.08.1893

13.05.1896

CEYLON VOLUNTEER FORCE

3. Colonel AFC Vincent (late Scottish Rifles) CMG

13.05.1896

31.05.1913

4. Major HG Morris(Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry) Acting Commandant 1902

5. Lt.Col. Gorden Fraser VD,CLI (Acting)
14.03.1913
13.05.1913

CEYLON DEFENCE FORCE

6. Brigadier General RB Fell(late CameronianScottish Rifles) CB, 01.06.1913
31.12.1919

7. Lt.Col. WGB Dickson CMR(Acting)

8. Lt.Col .EG Hayward VD,CAV(Acting)
9. Lt.Col. TH Chapman OBE,VD(Acting)

06.03.1914
07.10.1914
01.01.1920 -

21.07.1920

Brigadier General FMG Rowley

10.

CB,CMG,DSO

22.07.1920

08.02.1927

Colonel Albion Earnest Andrews(Late Hampshire Regiment)OBE

11.

09.02.1927 14.12.1928

Lt.Col. GB Stevens

12.

VD,CPRC(Acting)

14.12.1928

28.04.1929

Colonel Edward Bromfield Ferrers

13.

(Black Watch)DSO

29.04.1929 03.03.1935

Colonel Robert Burton Lesley (The Lincolnshire Regiment)MC

14.

03.03.1935 - 12.05.1937

Colonel Gorden Calthrop Throne (The Royal Norfolk Regiment)

15.

13.05.1937 05.02.1939

Colonel Reginald Strelley Moresby White(The Leicestershire

16.

Regiment)OBE
06.02.1939 01.01.1942

Colonel TG Watson(8th

17.
1945

18.

Hussars)

Colonel RA McGeorge (The Rifle Brigade)

01.01.1942
1945

1946

CEYLON DEFENCE FORCE & CEYLON VOLUNTEER FORCE

Major Anton Edema SLLI (Volunteers)

Commandants Ceylon Defence Force

19.

Colonel Randolph Jewell Francis Mendis

07.08.1949

OBE, ED, BA, (acting) CCC

06.04.1946

CEYLON VOLUNTEER FORCE

Colonel HWG Wijekoon OBE,ED

20.
1959
21.
Colonel MAG de Mel psc
1961
22.
Colonel SD Ratwatte ED
1962
23.
Brigadier BR Heyn
1963
24.
1978
25.
1984
26.
1986
27.
1988
28.

1955 1959
1961
1962

SRI LANKA ARMY VOLUNTEER FORCE

Brigadier BKVJE Rodrigo VSV ndc psc MA

1977

Brigadier HV Athukorale psc FBIM

1981 -

Brigadier EG Thevanayagam VSV

1984

Brigadier CAMN Silva VSV USAWC

1986

Major General H wanasinghe nds

1988.04.17 1989.03.18

29.

Major General SMA Jayawardhane VSV ndc psc

1989.03.18 1989

30.
Brigadier NGALDS de S Wijesekara
1990.01.01
31.
Major General Y Balaratnaraja ndc
1990.01.01 1992.06.10
32.
Major General GH de Silva
1992.06.10 - 1992.08.09
33.
Major General CJ Abeyrathna
1992,08.09 1993.08.27
34.
Major General AMU Seneviratne ndc
1993.08.27 1994.01.01
35.
Major General TN de Silva
1994.01.01 1994.12.28
36.
Major General WR Wijerathne
1994.12.28 1995.06 .01
37.
Major General AMU Seneviratne ndc
1995.06.01 1995.10.12

Major Anton Edema SLLI (Volunteers)

1989

Commandants Ceylon Defence Force

38.

Major General HS Hapuarachchi

1995.10.12 - 1995.11.15

39.

Major General EH Samaratunga

1995.11.15 1996.05.15

40.

Major General HS Hapuarachchi

1996.05.15 1996.12.11

41.

Major General J Nammuni USP

1996.12.11 1997.11.05

42.

Major General AK Jayawardhane RWP RSP rcds psc

1997.11.05 1998.09.06

43.

Major General HNW Dias RWP RSP VSV USP ndc IG

1999.02.24 2001.07.01

44.

Major General AED Wijendra RSP USP ndc psc MSc

2001.07.01 2002.11.07

45.

Major GeneralSHS Kottegoda WWV RWP RSP USP ndc

2002.11.07 2003.11.06

46.

Major General AMCWB Seneviratne USP ndc psc

2003.11.06 2003.12.09

47.

Major General MDS Chandrapala RWP RSP USP ndu psc

2004.08.20 2004.12.16

48.

Major General N Mallawaarachchi RWP USP

2004.12.16 2006.01.06

49.

ndc psc

Major General DVSY Kulatunga RSP USP ndc psc

2006.01.06 2006.06.29

50.

Major General UBL FernandoRWP RSP ndu psc

2006.0629 2007.02.03

51.

Major General DVSY Kulatunga RSP USP ndc psc

2007.02.03 2008.02.25

52.

Major General UBL Fernando RWP RSP ndu psc

2008.02.25 2008.12.31

53.

Major General SR Balasuriya USP ndc psc IG

2009.01.01 -2009.07.22

54.

Major General DRAB Jayatilake RWP RSP USP Ldmc

2010.01.31 -

Major Anton Edema SLLI (Volunteers)