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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
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British Army 2241 Private Acting Lance Corporal Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Lieutenant Burma Infantry
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Born 1889
Died 1968
British Army 1844 Lance Corporal Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Lieutenant Burma Infantry
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British Army 2093 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
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Born 1886
Died 1960
British Army 675 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Captain Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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British Army Lieutenant 8th Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Major Machine Gun Corps
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British Army Lieutenant Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Attached East Kent Regiment
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Died 1915
British Army 3/8801 Private Dorsetshire Regiment
British Army 3/8801 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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British Army Private Ceylon Planters Rifles Corps
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British Army 2252 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers
British Army Captain Indian Army Reserve of Officers
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British Army 2238 Rifleman Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps/Ceylon Contingent
British Army 2238 Rifleman Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
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British Army 1734 Serjeant Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery
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British Army 2247 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
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British Army Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Royal Scots
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