Ceylon Planters

Ceylon Planters

Remembering men who worked on mostly tea and rubber plantations in Sri Lanka when it was Ceylon. Includes the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps (CPRC) and men who served in other regiments. The CPRC, founded in 1900, was part of the Ceylon Defence Force and made up mostly of European planters. The CPRC was deployed to defend the Suez Canal in 1914 and in mid-1915 became part of the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli. It was disbanded some time in 1916 after which most of its men joined other regiments. For more information please refer to the book The Empires Other Anzacs by Lt Col Neil C Smith, (2014, Melbourne) ISBN 1876179 899

Created by: , Rosemary251

CSV Export
  • British Army 800 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

    British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

  • British Army 1952 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 2192 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

  • Died 1916

    British Army 2196 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

    British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

  • British Army Private Ceylon Mounted Rifles

    British Army Private Royal Army Service Corps

    British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

  • British Army 856 Rifleman Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

  • British Army 621 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 2168 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 2061 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 2138 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 2183 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 1224 Serjeant Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers

    British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers

  • British Army 1835 Lance Serjeant Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

  • British Army 1816 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 1391 Lance Corporal Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 2168 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army 7535 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

  • British Army 1968 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Lieutenant Rajputs Infantry

  • British Army 1985 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

  • Profile picture for Alexander Forrest

    Born 1891

    Died 1915

    British Army 2163 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army 2163 Rifleman Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

  • British Army 1734 Serjeant Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

    British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery