Robert Black Fell Explained

Honorific Prefix:Brigadier-General
Robert Black Fell
Honorific Suffix:CB CBE
Birth Date:5 November 1859
Death Date:22 March 1934 (aged 74)
Birth Place:Finsthwaite, Cumbria, England
Death Place:London, England
Allegiance:British Ceylon
Branch:Ceylon Defence Force
Rank:Brigadier-General
Unit:Scottish Rifles
Commands:Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force

Brigadier-General Robert Black Fell CB CBE (5 November 1859 – 22 March 1934) was the 4th Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force.[1] He was appointed on 1 June 1913 until 6 March 1914, and again until 31 December 1919. He was succeeded by the acting W. G. B. Dickson and again by Thomas Howard Chapman.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Brigadier-General Fell Obituary . . 23 March 1934 . 19 .
  2. Web site: Commandants. ceylondatabase.net. 21 March 2014.