Editing Ceylon Defence Force (section)

==Impact on the Ceylon Army==
Soldiers who had experience in the CDF were actively recruited into the newly constructed regular force, and reconstituted volunteer force of the new [[Ceylon Army]]. In its first few years, and with few exceptions, the only new recruits enlisted were [[officer cadet]]s and soldiers below the rank of [[warrant officer]]. Ceylon Defence Force veterans featured prominently in the post-independence regular [[Ceylon Army]] until [[General]] [[D. S. Attygalle]] (1967–1977) finished his term as Commander. The last Ceylon Defence Force veteran to leave the Army was [[Brigadier]] [[T. S. B. Sally]], who ended his service tenure in 1979.