Colonel

Albion Earnest Andrews

OBE
Born16 June 1877[1]
Wells, Somerset, England[2]
Died14 December 1928(1928-12-14) (aged 51)[3]
Chertsey, Surrey, England
AllegianceBritish Ceylon
Service/branchCeylon Defence Force
RankColonel
UnitHampshire Regiment
Commands heldCommander 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 into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment on 4 May 1898, and promoted to lieutenant on 22 October 1899.[5] 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.[6]

During the First World War, he served with the 11th Royal Sussex Regiment and the Royal Hampshire Regiment.[7]

References

  1. ↑ UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962
  2. ↑ 1891 England Census
  3. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  4. ↑ "Commandants". ceylondatabase.net. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1903
  6. ↑ "No. 27480". The London Gazette. 7 October 1902. p. 6346.
  7. ↑ British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
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