The Ceylon Army General Service Corps was raised on 14 December 1951 with Lt. Col B.J Wijemanne, MBE, ED as first Commanding Officer.

The Pay and Records Wing which was established on 14 October 1949 and the Education Branch were amalgamated in 1954.

In 1955 the then Acting Commander of the Army Col. (later Major General) H. W. G. Wijeyekoon, OBE, ED initiated the forming of the Hewisi Band along with Lt C. T. Caldera, CLI and Lionel Edirisinghe who was one of Sri Lanka's foremost musicians.

Today, the regiment has three bands which take part in all military ceremonials in the country and a cultural troupe.

Maj. R Wijesinghe (later Colonel) was the pioneer agriculturist and the main figure behind the successful farm projects in the Army.