W. E. Banks

Captain W. E. Banks CBE, DSC
Allegiance	United Kingdom Ceylon
Service/branch	Royal Navy Royal Ceylon Navy
Rank	Captain
Commands held	Commander of the Royal Ceylon Navy

Captain W. E. Banks CBE, DSC was the first Commander of the Royal Ceylon Navy. He was appointed on 2 December 1950 until 25 November 1951. He was succeeded by J. R. S. Brown.^[1]

References

↑ "Past Commanders". navy.lk. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

Military offices
Preceded by Royce de Mel	Commander of the Royal Ceylon Navy 1950-1951	Succeeded by J. R. S. Brown

Commanders of the Sri Lankan Navy

Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force 1 Beauchamp 2 De Mel Sri Lanka Navy 1 Banks 2 Brown 3 Chavasse 4 De Mel 5 Kadiragamar 6 Hunter 7 Gunasekara 8 Perera 9 de Silva 10 Silva 11 Fernando 12 Samarasekara 13 Thisera 14 Sandagiri 15 Karannagoda 16 Samarasinghe 17 Dissanayake 18 Colombage 19 Perera 20 Wijegunaratne

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