Albion Earnest Andrews | |
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Born | 16 June 1877[1] Wells, Somerset, England[2] |
Died | 14 December 1928[3] Chertsey, Surrey, England | (aged 51)
Allegiance | British Ceylon |
Service/ | Ceylon Defence Force |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Hampshire Regiment |
Commands held | 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 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]