Editing Ceylon Defence Force (section)

==Personnel==
Its [[commissioned officers]] received their [[Commission (document)|commission]] from the Governor, instead of the [[British Monarch]] which was the case in the [[British Army]]. Since the force was a volunteer force, its personnel were made up of exclusively of the upper and middle class of the island who could spare the free time. Much of the officer carder was made up of Europeans, [[Burgher people|Burghers]] and a smaller extent from the [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]], [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Tamils]] and [[Sri Lankan Moor|Moor]] communities. A few Europeans had served with the [[British Army]], vast majority were planters, landowners and professionals such as lawyers, doctors engineers and civil servants. [[Oxbridge]] graduates could easily gain a commission. Officer training was limited with, much of the training and activity were planned on weekends and at the annual training camp and exercise that took place in [[Diyatalawa]]. Infantry companies were formed in cities and towns with local volunteers.

===Recruitment===
Recruitment took place at regiment and unit level, with the commanding officer of the regiment deciding on both the officer and other ranks recruited into their respective units, following an application and an interview by a recruitment board. This meant that regiments retained exclusiveness such as the Ceylon Mounted Rifles and the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps which was limited to Europeans and not opened to native Ceylonese.

===Training===
As [[Volunteer Force|volunteer units]], the CDF personal served in a part-time basis. They would carryout dills and practice during a weekend per month and would undertake a training camp of two week duration once a year at  Imperial Camp in the [[Diyatalawa Garrison]].