Ceylon Rifle Regiment

Ceylon Rifle Regiment
Active	1795 - 1873
Country	Ceylon
Type	Light Infantry
Part of	British Army
Garrison/HQ	RHQ - Rifle Green, Colombo
Nickname	CRR
Engagements	Kandian Wars Uva Rebellion Matale Rebellion

Ceylon Rifle Regiment (CRR) was a regular native regiment formed by the British in Ceylon. Its history goes back to 1795 when five independent companies of Malays where transferred from Dutch to HEIC service. Since then the regiment under deferent names had fought for the British in the Kandyan War and the Uva Rebellion of 1818 The action the Ceylon Rifle Regiment saw was in the Matale Rebellion in 1848. Since it served no practical application and was disbanded in 1873.

Trivia

• The regiment's officers' mess is now part of the Sri Lanka Air Force headquarters, SLAF Colombo.
• The regiment's barracks, known as the Rifle Barracks, after being abandoned for a long time has been refurbished and in 2007 turned into the National Defence Services’ School, Colombo.

See also

• Sri Lanka Army

External links and sources

• Sri Lanka Army
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• Ceylon Defence Force