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
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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 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 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 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
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