Units of The Ceylon Defence Force
- Ceylon Light Infantry (CLI) (1881–Present)
- Mobilised Detachment of Ceylon Light Infantry (Mob. Det., CLI) (1917–1939)
- Ceylon Garrison Artillery (CGA) (1889–Present)
- Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps (CPRC) (1887–1949)
- Ceylon Cadet Battalion (CCB) (1902–Present)
- Ceylon Mounted Rifles (CMR) (1906–1938)
- Ceylon Engineers (CE) (1911–Present)
- Ceylon Medical Corps (CMC) (1911–Present)
- Colombo Town Guard (CTG) (1914–1918, 1939–1945)
- Town Guard Artillery (TGA) (1914–1939)
- Ceylon Motor Cyclist Corps (CMCC) (1915-N/A)
- Ceylon Supply & Transport Corps (CSTC) (1918–1949)
- Ceylon Signal Corps (CSC) (1943–Present)
- Auxiliary Territorial Service (Ceylon) (ATS (Ceylon)) (1943–1946)
- Royal Military Police (Ceylon) (1944–1949)
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