Albion Earnest Andrews


Albion Earnest Andrews, OBE 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.
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. 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.
During the First World War, he served with the 11th Royal Sussex Regiment and the Royal Hampshire Regiment.