Albion Earnest Andrews
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Albion Earnest Andrews | |
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| Born | 16 June 1877[1] Wells, Somerset, England[2] |
| Died | 14 December 1928 (aged 51)[3] |
| Allegiance | British Ceylon |
| Branch | Ceylon Defence Force |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Hampshire Regiment |
| Commands | Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force |
Colonel Albion Earnest Andrews, OBE (16 June 1877 – 14 December 1928) was the 6th Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force. He was appointed on 9 February 1927 until 14 December 1928. He was succeeded by the acting G. B. Stevens.[4]
Andrews was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 3rd (Royal Denbigh and Flint Militia) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (later the Royal Welch Fusiliers) in March 1896.[5] He transferred to a Regular Army commission in the Hampshire Regiment (later the Royal Hampshire Regiment) in May 1898,[6] and was promoted to lieutenant on 22 October 1899.[7] He served with the 1st Battalion of the regiment, was for a time seconded, but was back as a regular lieutenant in his regiment in October 1902.[8]
During the First World War, he served with the 11th Royal Sussex Regiment and the Hampshire Regiment.[9]
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