NAM.1969-01-43-4

Private / Ceylon Malay Rifle Corps. Colour lithograph after William Hunsley, 1830 (c). Initially formed by the East India Company as independent companies of Malays (Muslims) in 1795, in 1801 these companies were regimented and transferred to the British Army as the Malay Regiment. This was renamed the 1st Ceylon Regiment in 1807.