Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

Thomas Howard Chapman, was director of public works of

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and acting

commander of the Ceylon Defence Force Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force was the title of the head of the Ceylon Defence Force. The post was created in 1888, replacing the position of General Officer Commanding, Ceylon, and existed until 1949. List of Commanders See also *Sri Lank ...

. He was appointed on 1 January 1920 until 21 July 1920. He was succeeded by F. M. G. Rowley.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Thomas Howard Commanders of the Ceylon Defence Force 20th-century British Army personnel Officers of the Order of the British Empire British civil servants in Ceylon Members of the Legislative Council of Ceylon