G. R. Jayasinghe

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]

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

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]