| Honorific Prefix: | Colonel |
| Sir Edwin James Hayward | |
| Honorific Suffix: | CBE VD |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Camberwell, Surrey, England[1] |
| Death Place: | Ceylon |
| Nickname: | Edwin James Hayward |
| Allegiance: | British Ceylon |
| Branch: | Ceylon Defence Force |
| Rank: | Colonel |
| Commands: | Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force |
Colonel Sir Edwin James Hayward, CBE, VD (24 December 1868 – 14 November 1929) was a British soldier who was acting Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force. He was appointed on 6 March 1914.[2]
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1923 and knighted in 1927.[3]