Albion Earnest Andrews, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Albion Earnest Andrews

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1877

Place of Birth: Wells, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1928

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.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.