G. R. Jayasinghe
G. R. Jayasinghe | |
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Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
Service/branch | Sri Lanka Army |
Rank | Brigadier |
Unit | Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps |
Commands held |
Sri Lanka Rifle Corps, Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps |
Battles/wars |
Sri Lankan Civil War, Insurrection 1987-89 |
Brigadier G. R. Jayasinghe, SLAOC 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.
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