Brigadier Brigadier ( ) is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore (rank), commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several t ...

G. R. Jayasinghe, VSV was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

n military officer, who was the former head of the

Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps The Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAOC) is a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is the procurement, receipt, storage, accounting, maintenance, control, issue and disposal of Military logistics, ordnance stores. It ...

and founder of the

Sri Lanka Rifle Corps The Sri Lanka Rifle Corps (SLRC) is a ( reserve) regiment of the Sri Lanka Army. It is made up of two volunteer ( reserve) battalions. It has been formed with personnel from the central highlands and the many plantations in the Central Province ...

in 1984. Educated at

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo also known as; Royal Colombo, Colombo Royal College or Colombo Royal) is a Single-sex education, boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started by Joseph Marsh (priest), Joseph Mar ...

, 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

from 1966 to 1969 and from 1969 to 1974.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jayasinghe, G. R. Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Living people Sri Lanka Military Academy graduates Sinhalese military personnel Year of birth missing (living people) Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps officers Sri Lankan brigadiers