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British Colonies & Protectorates Ceylon, China, Malaya, Burma @ Militarybadgecollection. Read the rest of this entry »British Colonies & Protectorates Badges part 2. Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps. Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps was a regiment attached to the Ceylon Defence Force which was the predecessor to the Sri Lanka Army prior to 1. Ceylon Army was formed. It was a volunteer (reserve) regiment based in Kandy, made up of only Europeans, who were tea and rubber planters of the hills of Sri Lanka. History. After the disbandment of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment (CRR) in 1. British planters and mercantile elite want to had before this had tried to create a volunteer infantry unit loosely known as the Matale Rifle Volunteer Corps but only months after its creation it was decommissioned. In 1. 90. 0 a new regiment named the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps was established with headquarters in Kandy; the officers and other ranks were made up of Europeans, who were tea and rubber planters in the central highlands of Ceylon. Its first Commanding Officer was Colonel R. N. Farquharson, a retired Naval Captain. The regiment was a volunteer regiment mobilized under internal emergencies or for deployments overseas. The regiment’s first deployment was in 1. South Africa arriving just before hostilities ended, not having experienced combat in the Second Boer War. The overall conduct of Ceylon troops received accolades from General. Kitchener, Chief of Staff to Lord Roberts in South Africa, who affirmed, “The Ceylon Contingent did very good work in South Africa I only wish we had more of them.”In the First World War the regiment sent a force of 8 officers and 2. Major J. The unit sailed for Egypt on October 1. Suez Canal. After which the unit was transferred to the Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) and was in 1. Anzac Cove (. The CPRC also performed operational duties as guards to ANZAC headquarter staff, including the General Officer Commanding ANZAC, Lieutenant General. William Birdwood, who remarked, “I have an excellent guard of Ceylon Planters who are such a nice lot of fellows.” According to its onetime Commanding Officer (CO), Colonel T. Y. Wright (1. 90. CPRC had sustained overall losses of 8. First World War. The CPRC was once mobilized once more when World War II started in 1. Although primarily deployed for home defence in Ceylon the CPRC source for officer reinforcements, providing an estimated 7. British Army and British Indian Army. Between August 1. July 1. 94. 2, the CPRC dispatched six contingents amounting to 1. Officer Training School at Belgaum, India. With Ceylon gaining independence from Britain the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps was disbanded on 1. April 1. 94. 9 along with the Ceylon Defence Force which led to the formation of the Ceylon Army. Recent years. In 1. Sri Lanka Rifle Corps was created, based on the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps . The two battalions were raised in Pallekele and Neuchatel Estate Neboda. The Rifle Corps has since then been deployed both in the central highlands and other parts of Sri Lanka due to the current civil war, with its members coming from the highlands and the plantations. Ceylon Light Infantry. The Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) is the oldest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army and the oldest infantry regiment in the army. It is made up of ten regular battalions, five volunteer battalions. Headquartered at Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda. Over the years it has become the most distinguished and dependable regiments in the army. History. The origins of the regiment goes back to the formation of the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteer force was formed on 1 April 1. Governor of Ceylon it was a reserve unit. The first commanding officer of the force was Lt. John Scott Armitage and the Colonel of the Regiment was HRHAlbert Edward, the Prince of Wales. It is said that the Regimental March “I am Ninety Five” and the Regimental Bugle Call, in use up to now, was adopted soon after raising of the force. In the same year, the Unit had the distinction in that HRH the Prince of Wales accepted the Honorary Colonelcy of The Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers, by virtue of which fact the Unit adopted his Crest and motto as Its badge. In 1. 89. 2, a mounted infantry company was formed and later it became a regiment of its own by the name of the Ceylon Mounted Rifles. The Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteer force troops were sent to South Africa in 1. Boer war and after the distinguish service in South Africa the force obtained the Banner from HRH The Duke of York. In 1. 90. 2, King Edward VII became the Colonel- in- Chief. In 1. 91. 0 with formation of the Ceylon Defence Force CLIV became a part of it and was renamed as the Ceylon Light Infantry. The regiment saw action during World War I along with allied troops. Soon after the war a regular element of the regiment was formed to take up garrison duties in Ceylon. This unit was named the Mobilised Detachment of Ceylon Light Infantry (Mob. The regiment was again mobilized during World War II and was deployed in the Seychelles and the Cocos Islands. First Prime Minister of Independent Sri Lanka Hon. D. S. Senanayaka visiting the 1st battalion of the CLI at the Echelon Square and watching volunteers being trained to handle light machine guns. After Ceylon gained its independence from Britain in 1. Army Act of 1. 94. CLI became the Ceylon Infantry Regiment and came under the newly formed Ceylon Army. But in 1. 95. 0 the regiment once again became the 1st Battalion, The Ceylon Light Infantry becoming the regular unit and the and the Volunteer Battalion was re- designated as the 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry. The regiment was deployed for counter insurgency operations in during the 1. Insurrection and in 1. Sri Lanka became a republic, the regiment changed its name to Sri Lanka Light Infantry. In the early 1. 98. In the ambush of the Four Four Bravo patrol from the C Company of the 1st Battalion marked the beginning of the Sri Lanka civil war. Since then the SLLI has been deployed combat operations thought out the island and has expanded to its present size of 1. Battalions. The regiment took par in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti in 2. Cadet Battalion. In 1. Royal College, Colombo attached to the CLI. This eventually expanded to became the Cadet Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry under the Ceylon Defence Force. Later this unit became the Ceylon Cadet Corps, now know as the National Cadet Corps. Regimental Colours. The regimental colours were awarded to the regiment in 1. March 1. 92. 2 Ceylon Light Infantry was awarded with the King’s and the Regimental Colours. When the first battalion regular force was formed HM Queen Elizabeth II presented the new colours to the battalion in 1. The Queens and Regimentals Colours were presented to the 1st battalion on 2. April 1. 95. 4 by HM Queen Elizabeth II. With the declaration of the Republic of Sri Lanka were land to rest within the regimental museum on 2. June 1. 97. 4. In 1. October 1. 97. 8 H. E. Jayawardena awarded the President’s and Regimental Colours to the 1st Bn SLLI and 2nd Vol Bn SLLI. Regimental Insignia. In early stage, from March 1. November 1. 88. 1 volunteer corps used an elephant and a coconut tree as their emblem. With the declaration of republic of Sri Lanka 1st and 2nd battalions of CLI decided to retain as much with the configuration and pattern of the existing badge. As result of these suggestions, a new insignia was introduced with following details; To retain the silver bugle horn bound with brass, which is on the existing badge. This was retained because the bugle traditionally represents the infantry arm and by doing so, the Regiment could perpetuate in no small measure some of the high ideals associated with the previous insignia. It in corporate with three sheaves of paddy arranged in a manner of up to the three plumps on the existing crest. These were in corporate to signify prosperity and the heritage of the people as an agrarian nation. It retains the motto of the Prince of Wales “ICH DIEN” which has been adopted as the motto of the regiment in its translation form “I SERVE”. Kenya Regiment. The Kenya Regiment was formed in 1. May 1. 96. 3. Volunteers were recalled in about 1. European settlers making up the main force. At the end of 1. 95. Mau Mau uprising was beginning. The first recruits were sent to Salisbury, now Harare, in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, for basic military training and then on to operational units. Later, training was conducted at Sgt Leakey V. C. Barracks (Kenya Regiment Training Centre) at Lanet, near Nakuru, Kenya. The Kenya Regiment then operated as a part of combined operations, which included British Regiments, King’s African Rifles, Kenya Police and Kenya Police Reserve, and the Royal Air Force. Apart from the Kenya Regiment operating in its own right, it also seconded officers to the King’s African Rifles and as District Officers in the Kenya Administration. Tanzania Defence Force. The Tanzania Peoples’ Defence Force (TPDF) (Swahili: Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania (JWTZ)) was set up in September 1. From its inception, it was ingrained in the troops that they were a people’s force under civilian control. They were always reminded of their difference from the colonial armed forces The TPDF was given a very clear mission: to defend Tanzania and everything Tanzanian, especially the people and their political ideology. TPDF sailors, pilots and officers are trained in China. Tanzanian citizens are able to volunteer for military service from 1. Conscript service obligation was 2 years as of 2. Early history. The formation of the TPDF was a result of the disbandment of the Tanganyika Rifles after a mutiny in 1. Soldiers of the regiment mutinied on January 1. The Mutiny began in Colito barracks in Dar es Salaam, then spread to Kalewa barracks in Tabora with Nachingwea, a new barracks, following suit. The mutiny was over pay, promotions, the removal of British officers and Africanisation. TE3. N Movie News, Wallpapers, Songs & Videos. Country. Afghanistan. Albania. Algeria. American Samoa. Andorra. Angola. Anguilla. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda. Argentina. Armenia. Aruba. Australia. 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