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→Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
The CPRC sent a contingent to South Africa in 1902 along with a detachment of the Ceylon Mounted Infantry. In 1910 the force became known as the Ceylon Defence Force.
A Corps of 150 ‘fine young Englishmen’ left Ceylon in 1914, comprised not only of planters but also Government servants, Colombo businessmen and others. They served in Egypt and were then attached to the Wellington infantry Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the ANZAC divisionat Gallipoli. The high standard of the men led to virtually all of them receiving commissions and they went on to serve in other regiments which meant this Corps then ceased to exist. <ref> Great War Forum thread [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=943 Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps] (retrieved 15 May 2014)</ref>
== Records ==
Except for the few short years when the East India Company was in control (1796-1802) records for Ceylon will not be found in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]], but at [[The National Archives]] at Kew. For example, the description and succession books of the Ceylon Rifles covering years 1809-1872 are held under reference W025/638-641 (these include officers services) and reference WO23/158 includes the admission books for the Ceylon Rifles and Gun Lascars for the period May 1868-Sept 1876. Personal data may also be held amongst the National Archive's Administrative Records of [[Ceylon]] (Sri Lanka).
