Ceylon Railway Engineer Corps

Ceylon Railway Engineer Corps
Active	1955 - 1956
Country	Ceylon
Branch	Ceylon Army
Role	Rail Transport

Ceylon Railway Engineer Corps was a (reserve) regiment of the Ceylon Army. Raised in 1955 with staff from the Ceylon Government Railway. The government hoped to minimized the effects to the Post and Telegraph services in the event of trade union action (strikes were common) by mobilizing the personnel attached to this unit. However it was disbanded in 1956 when the leftist S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike became prime minister.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

Regiments and corps of the Sri Lanka Army
Combat Arms	Armoured Corps Light Infantry Sinha Regiment Gemunu Watch Gajaba Regiment Vijayabahu Regiment Mechanized Infantry Commandos Special Forces Rifle Corps National Guard
Support Arms	Artillery Engineers Signals Corps
Support Services	Military Intelligence Engineer Services Regiment Service Corps Medical Corps Ordnance Corps Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps of Military Police General Service Women's Corps Pioneer Corps
Disbanded	Ceylon Mounted Rifles Ceylon Planters Rifle Ceylon Railway Engineer Ceylon Rifle Colombo Town Guard National Service Regiment Post and Telegraph Signals Rajarata Rifles Ruhunu Regiment President's Guard