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Ceylon Rifle Regiment

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Active
  
1795 - 1873

Type
  
Light Infantry

Nickname(s)
  
CRR

Country
  
Ceylon

Part of
  
British Army

Garrison/HQ
  
RHQ - Rifle Green, Colombo

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 were transferred from Dutch to HEIC service. Since then the regiment under different names fought for the British in the Kandyan War and the Uva Rebellion of 1818.

The Ceylon Rifle Regiment saw action in the Matale Rebellion in 1848. Since it served no practical application it was disbanded in 1873.

Trivia

  • The regiment's officers' mess is now known as Visumpaya.
  • 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.

    • References

    Ceylon Rifle Regiment Wikipedia
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