Service/branch Ceylon Defence Force Rank Colonel | Allegiance British Ceylon | |
Commands held Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force & Ceylon Volunteers Force | ||
Colonel Randolph Jewell Francis Mendis OBE, ED, BA was an acting Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force & Ceylon Volunteers Force. He was appointed on 6 April 1946 until 7 August 1949. His post was abolished after Independence and succeeded by Roderick Sinclair as Commander of the Army.
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