G. R. Jayasinghe Explained

G. R. Jayasinghe
Allegiance:	Sri Lanka
Rank:	Brigadier
Branch:	Sri Lanka Army
Commands:	Sri Lanka Rifle Corps, Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps
Unit:	Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps
Battles:	Sri Lankan Civil War, Insurrection 1987-89

Brigadier G. R. Jayasinghe, VSV was a Sri Lankan military officer, who was the former head of the Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps and founder of the Sri Lanka Rifle Corps in 1984.^{[1] [2]}

Educated at Royal College, Colombo, he joined the army after leaving school. He was commissioned into the Ceylon Army Ordnance Corps as a Second Lieutenant. He served as the Commanding officer of the Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps from 1966 to 1969 and from 1969 to 1974.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Photographic exhibition . 2011-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019105354/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/11/10/new30.html . 2012-10-19 . dead .
2. Web site: SRI LANKA ARMY . 2011-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110509235656/http://www.ranjanwijeratnefoundation.org.lk/sri-lanka-army.html . 2011-05-09 . dead .
3. Web site: COMMANDING OFFICERS OF SLAOC . army.lk . Sri Lanka Army . 5 May 2020.