Gurcharan Singh Sekhon | |
|---|---|
| Native name | ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੇਖੋਂ |
| Nickname(s) | "Father of the Engineers", "The Unsmiling Colonel", "Guru"[1] |
| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) |
| Allegiance | Singapore |
| Service | Army |
| Years of service | 1966–1989 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Commands | Assistant Chief of General Staff (Operations) Chief Engineer Officer Commandant, Singapore Command and Staff College |
| Other work | Managing the design and construction of golf courses |
Colonel (RET) Gurcharan Singh Sekhon (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੇਖੋਂ, born 1937) is a retired Singaporean army officer. Nicknamed "Father of the Engineers", he is a pioneer of the Singapore Armed Forces, credited with setting up the Singapore Combat Engineers.[2][3][4] He served as the 6th Commandant of the Singapore Command and Staff College from 1979–1981, and thereafter as the Assistant Chief of General Staff (Operations) of the Singapore Army, an appointment today held by an officer of one-star rank.[5] In July 1967, he became a graduate of Singapore's first batch of officer cadets.[6] Of that batch, he was the first to command a specialist branch, to hold this command alongside command of a battalion, to command the Singapore Command and Staff College, and to command the First Division of the Singapore Armed Forces.[2][7]
- ^ "PIONEER - The unsmiling colonel". www.mindef.gov.sg. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ a b Singh, Malminderjit; Singh, Sarabjeet; Kaur, Harsimar; Singh, Hernaikh, eds. (2015). Singapore at 50: 50 Sikhs and their contributions. Singapore: Young Sikh Association. pp. 66–69. ISBN 9789810977481.
- ^ "Speech by Col (Retd.) Lim Yeow Pheng" (PDF). National Archives of Singapore. 23 July 2016.
- ^ "Speech by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Sikh Singaporeans and Singapore Khalsa Association National Day Dinner 1996" (PDF). National Archives of Singapore. 25 August 1996. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
We are honouring several of them tonight, including retired Justice Choor Singh, COL (Rtd) Gurcharan Singh, MP and lawyer Mr Davinder Singh, and this year's Businessman of the Year, Mr Kartar Singh Thakral.
- ^ "Army". www.mindef.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "PIONEER - The unsmiling colonel". Pioneer Magazine, Ministry of Defence (Singapore). Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ Singapore, Prime Minister's Office (2018-12-27). "PMO | PM Lee Hsien Loong at SAFTI Inaugural Commissioning Parade Golden Jubilee Dinner". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 2020-11-19.