03 World War II Canadian Generals

Transcription

CANADIAN GENERALS
LIEUTENANT-GENERALS
MAJOR-GENERALS
OF
WW2
Updated: 06 February 2016
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CANADIAN GENERALS / LIEUTENANT-GENERAL / MAJOR-GENERALS
World War II
General Henry Duncan Graham (‘Harry’) CRERAR, CH, CB, DSO, CD
General Officer Commanding – 1st Canadian Army
General, The Honourable Andrew George Latta (“Andy”) McNAUGHTON, PC, CH, CB, CMG, DSO, CD
General Officer Commanding – Canadian Army
Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard BURNS, CC, DSO, OBE, MC, CD
General Officer Commanding – 1st Canadian Corps
General Charles FOULKES, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD
GOC – 1st Canadian Corps
Chief of the General Staff
Lieutenant-General The Honourable Percival John MONTAGUE, CB, CMG, DSO, MC, VD, CD, KC
Manitoba Regiment
Chief of Staff Canadian Military Headquarters London
Lieutenant-General Maurice Arthur POPE, CB, MC
Royal Canadian Engineers
Head Canadian Joint Staff Mission Washington
Lieutenant-General Ernest William SANSOM, CB, DSO, KStJ
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
GOC - 2nd Canadian Corps
Lieutenant-General Guy Granville SIMONDS, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD
Royal Canadian Artillery
General Officer Commanding – 2nd Canadian Corps
Lieutenant-General Kenneth STUART, CB, DSO, MC
Chief of Staff – Canadian Military Headquarters London
Lieutenant-General John Carl MURCHIE, CB, CBE
Major-General Ronald Okeden ALEXANDER, CB DSO
Royal Canadian Regiment
General Officer Commanding – Pacific Command
Major-General Thomas Victor ANDERSON, DSO, CD
Chief of the General Staff 1938
Inspector General Central Canada
Major-General Beverley Woon BROWNE, CB, DSO, MC
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Adjutant-General NDHQ
Major-General George Brock CHISHOLM, CC CBE MC*
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Director-General Medical Services
Major-General Charles Francis CONSTANTINE, CB, DSO
General Officer Commanding – Military District #2 Toronto
Major-General Daniel Everett DEWAR, CBE
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Director-General of Small Arms Ammunition
Major-General William Henry Pferinger ELKINS, CB, CBE, DSO and Bar, KStJ
Master General of Ordnance
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Major-General Charles Philip FENWICK, CB, CBE, CStJ, MC, ED
Royal Canadian Medical Corps
Director-General Medical Services Canadian Army in England
Major-General Harry Wickwire FOSTER, CBE DSO
Lord Strathcona's Horse
General Officer Commanding – 1st Canadian Infantry Division
Major-General William (“Billy”) Wasbrough FOSTER, CMG, DSO**, VD, ADC
Special Commissioner Defence Projects Northwest Canada
Major-General Hardy Nelson GANONG, CBE, VD, ED
Carleton and York Rangers
GOC – Newfoundland and Canadian Military Forces
Major-General Ralph Burgess GIBSON, CB, CBE, VD
Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff
Brigadier Thomas Graeme GIBSON, CBE, DSO, CD
GOC – 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Major-General William Antrobus GRIESBACH, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar
General Officer Commanding – 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
Inspector-General for Western Canada
Major-General Halfdan Fenton Harboe HERTZBERG, CB, CMG, MC
Commandant – Royal Military College
Major-General Charles Sumner Lund HERTZBERG, CB, MC, VD
Chief Engineer – First Canadian Army
Major-General Bertram Meryl HOFFMEISTER, OC, CB, CBE, DSO**, ED
General Officer Commanding – 5th Canadian Armoured Division
Major-General Gordon Byron HOWARD, CBE
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (PF)
Controller General
Major-General Ralph Holley KEEFLER, CBE, DSO, ED
Royal Canadian Artillery (PF)
General Officer Commanding – 3rd Canadian Infantry Division
Major-General Rodney Frederick KELLER, CBE
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI)(PF)
Major-General Howard KENNEDY, CBE, MC
Quartermaster-General
Major-General George KITCHING, CBE, DSO, OStJ, CD
Major-General Pierre Edouard LECLERC, CBE MM ED
General Officer Commanding - Combined Newfoundland & Cdn Military Forces Newfoundland
Major-General Harry Farnham Germaine LETSON, CB, CBE, MC, ED, CD
Adjutant-General
Major-General Robert Marsden LUTON, CBE MC
Director of Medical Services Canadian Military Headquarters London
Major-General Donald John MACDONALD, CBE DSO** MC
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Inspector-General Central Canada
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Major-General John Percival MACKENZIE, CB, DSO**, ED
Major-General John Henry MacQUEEN, CBE
Master-General of Ordnance
Major-General Albert Bruce MATTHEWS, CBE, DSO, ED, CD
General Officer Commanding – 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Major-General Harold Halford MATTHEWS, CMG DSO
Adjutant-General
Major-General George Eric McCUAIG, CMG, DSO*, VD
Royal Highlanders of Canada
Camp Commandant – Camp Borden
Major-General Albert Edward NASH, MC, ED
The Mississauga Horse / GGHG
Inspector-General – Central Canada
Major-General Victor Wentworth ODLUM, CB, CMG, DSO and Bar, VD, LLD
General Officer Commanding – 7th Canadian Infantry Division
Major-General Lionel Frank PAGE, CB, DSO**
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (PF)
General Officer Commanding - Atlantic Command
Major-General Edouard de Bellefeuille PANET, CMG, DSO, ED
District Officer Commanding – Military District #4
Major-General George Randall PEARKES, VC, CC, CB, DSO, KStJ, MC, CD
GOC – 1st Canadian Division
Major-General Frederick Ross PHELAN, CB, DSO, CStJ, MC, VD
Canadian Grenadier Guards
Director-General Reserve Army
Major-General The Honourable Edward Chester (“Johnny”) PLOW, CBE, DSO
Brigadier Royal Artillery – 1st Canadian Army
Major-General Arthur Edward POTTS, CBE, OStJ, ED
Major-General Charles Basil PRICE, CB, DSO, DCM, VD
General Officer Commanding – 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Major-General Ernest James RENAUD, CB, CBE, CD
Deputy Quartermaster-General
Major-General Harold James RILEY, DSO**, Q.C.
Commanding Officer – 27 Canadian Infantry Battalion Manitoba Regiment
Director – National Selection Service
Major-General John Hamilton ROBERTS, CB, DSO, MC
General Officer Commanding – 2nd Canadian Division
Major-General Harry Leonard Nowell SALMON, MC
Royal Canadian Regiment (PF)
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Major-General Edward James Carson SCHMIDLIN, MC
Major-General Alexander Charles SPENCER, CBE, ED, DLitts (Hon)
1st Canadian Hussars(NPAM)
Adjutant General NDHQ
Major-General Daniel (Dan) Charles SPRY, CBE, DSO, CD
Princess Louise Fusiliers (NPAM)
Major-General Charles Ramsay Stirling STEINE
Royal Canadian Engineers (PF)
Major-General Thomas Louis TREMBLAY, CB CMG DSO ED
Royal 22e Regiment NPAM
Inspector-General Eastern Canada
Major-General Guy Roderick TURNER, CB, MC*, KStJ, DCM, CD
Inspector-General Western Canada
General The Right Honourable George Phillas VANIER, PC, DSO, KStJ, MC*
Royal 22e Regiment (PF)
Governor-General of Canada
Major-General Christopher (Chris) VOLKES, CB CBE DSO CD
Major-General Alfred Ernest WALFORD, CB, CBE, MM, ED
Major-General Ernest Geoffrey WEEKS, CB CBE MC* MM*
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Adjutant-General
Major-General John Burton WHITE, CBE, DSO, ED
Commander - Canadian Forestry Corps
Major-General Frederick Frank WORTHINGTON, CB MC* MM*
Canadian Armoured Corps / PPCLI
GOC – 4th Canadian Armoured Division
Major-General Hugh Andrew YOUNG, CB CBE DSO
Major-General James Vernon YOUNG, CB CBE
Ministers of National Defence and of National War Service
Major-General The Honourable Leo Richer LAFLECHE, PC, DSO, CStJ
Royal 22e Regiment
Minister of National War Service
Colonel The Honourable James Layton RALSON, CMG, DSO*, ED
Minister of National Defence
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BRIGADIERS CANADIAN ARMY WWII
Major-General Clarence Churchill MANN, CBE, DSO, CD
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
General Officer Commanding – 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Brigadier-General Donald Robert AGNEW, CBE, CD, ADC
Commander – 1st Canadian Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Brigadier-General Kenneth Gault BLACKADER, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, CD
Quebec Regiment
Brigadier-General Douglas Gordon CUNNINGHAM, CBE, DSO, ED, CD, KC
GOC – 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Brigadier James Arthur De LALANNE, CBE, OStJ, MC*, ED
Vice-Adjutant General – NDHQ Ottawa
Brigadier-General John Ernest GENET, CBE, MC
Chief Signal Officer – 1st Canadian Army
Brigadier-General James Curry JEFFERSON, CBE, DSO, ED
General Officer Commanding – 2nd Canadian Brigade Italy
General Officer Commanding – 5th Canadian Brigade NW Europe
Brigadier Ian Strachan (‘Blinkie’) JOHNSTON, CBE, DSO, ED
Acting General Officer Commanding – 5th Canadian Armoured Division
Brigadier-General John (“Jock”) Godfrey SPRAGGE, DSO, OBE, ED
General Officer Commanding – 7th Canadian Brigade
Brigadier-General Percy Arthur Stanley TODD, CBE, DSO, SBStJ, ED, CD
Brigadier-General Thomas John RUTHERFORD, CBE, ED
Grey and Simcoe Foresters
Brigadier Robert Andrew WYMAN, CBE, DSO, ED
COC – 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade
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CANADIAN BORN GENERALS in the BRITISH ARMY
Brigadier-General Sir Charles Frederick CARSON, Kt, CB, CBE, MC*
Royal Engineers
Major-General Cecil Benfield FAIRBANKS, CB, CBE
General Officer Commanding – British Army of the Rhine
Brigadier Ernest BENJAMIN
Commander – Jewish Brigade Group
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Edward GRASETT, KBE, CB, DSO, KStJ, MC
General Officer Commanding – VIII Corps British Army
Major-General Charles Alexander Phipps MURISON, CB, CBE, MC
Royal Artillery
Deputy Quartermaster-General British Army
Brigadier-General Sir Godfrey Dean RHODES, Kt, CB, CBE, DSO, CStJ
Royal Engineers
Deputy Quartermaster-General Movements and Transportation Persia & Iraq Force
CANADIAN OFFICERS from WWII who rose to GENERAL / LIEUTENANT-GENERAL / MAJOR-GENERAL
General Jean Victor ALLARD, CC, CBE, DSO, ED, CD
Chief of the Defence Staff
Lieutenant-General Samuel Findlay CLARK, CBE, OStJ, CD
Lieutenant-General Howard Douglas GRAHAM, OC, CVO, CBE, DSO*, ED, CD
Chief of General Staff
Lieutenant-General Geoffrey WALSH, CBE, DSO, CD
Chief Engineer – 2nd Canadian Corps, 1st Canadian Army
Lieutenant-General William (‘Bill’) A. MILROY, CM, DSO, OStJ, CD
Commander – Mobile Command
Major-General Mortimer Patrick BOGERT, DSO, OBE, CD
General Officer Commanding – Eastern Command
Major-General Roger ROWLEY, DSO, ED, CD
Commanding Officer - Stormont, Dundas and Glengary Highlanders
Major General James Desmond Blaise SMITH
CBE, DSO, KStJ, CD, ADC
Commandant (18th) – Royal Military College Kingston
Major-General George Hylton SPENCER, OBE, CD, ADC
Deputy Comptroller General
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Born:
Died:
28 April 1888
01 April 1965
Hamilton, Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario
Honours
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
LG
LG
LG
LG
LG
07/07/1945
09/01/1943
01/09/1917
17/03/1945
28/07/1945
29/09/1945
29/09/1945
04/11/1944
02/11/1946
05/10/1946
14/04/1945
14/04/1945
28/07/1945
04/10/1945
19/05/1945+
23/06/1945+
02/04/1946+
04/04/1946+
07/01/1955
CH
CB
DSO
Commander
Medal
Grand Officer
Croix
5th Class
Order
1st Class
Commander
Croix
Grand Cross
1st Class
MID
MID
MID
MID
KStJ
Companion of Honour
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Service Medal
Order of Leopold
Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm
Order of Virtuti Militari
Order of the White Lion for Victory
Order of the White Lion
Legion of Honour
Croix de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze
Order of Orange Nassau with Swords
Order of Kutozov
Mentioned-in-Despatches
Knight of the Order of St. John
USA
USA
Belgium
Belgium
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
France
France
Netherlands
USSR
Civilian
1909
Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission, Toronto
Promotions
24/06/1909
22/09/1914
15/08/1915
07/12/1915
25/03/1916
19/07/1916
10/04/1917
01/05/1917
10/11/1918
10/11/1918
01/04/1920
01/01/1923
15/08/1938
15/08/1938
25/01/1940
19/11/1941
20/03/1944
Lt
Captain
Temp Major
Captain
Temp Major
Temp Major
Acting LCol
Temp Major
Brevet LCol
Temp LCol
Major
Temp LCol
Colonel
T/Brigadier
A/MGen
LGen
General
4th Field Battery Canadian Artillery (CA)
11th Battery Canadian Artillery
CO 10th Battery Canadian Artillery
Reverts to Captain
Brigade Major 11th Battery Canadian Artillery
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
RCA
RCA
RCA
Commandant RMC
VCDS
GOC – 1st Canadian Army
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Military
20/08/1906
01/06/1909
14/10/1914
11/07/1915
22/07/1916
15/08/1915
07/12/1915
25/03/1916
06/07/1917
01/03/1917
19/06/1917
17/08/1917
21/06/1918
15/07/1918
10/10/1918
09/02/1919
18/08/1920
04/06/1923
01/04/1925
01/04/1927
01/01/1928
30/04/1929
15/02/1932
18/12/1933
01/05/1934
01/01/1935
14/05/1937
15/08/1938
14/10/1939
01/03/1940
06/07/1940
22/07/1940
23/12/1941
06/04/1942
01/11/1943
20/03/1944
30/07/1945
01/08/1947
19/06/1952
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Captain
Temp Major
Captain
Temp Major
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Major
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
BGen
BGen
MGen
MGen
MGen
LGen
LGen
LGen
General
General
General
General
Royal Military College 1906 to 1909
4th Field Battery Cdn Artillery Hamilton (Militia)
Overseas with 1st Contingent 11th Battery, 3 Brigade CFA
Acting Commander 10th Battery Cdn Field Artillery France
End Acting Commander 10th Battery Cdn Field Artillery
Acting Commander 10th Battery Cdn Artillery France
Reverts to Captain Seniority 22/09/1914
LG 26/01/1917+
Promoted Temporary Major
LG 05/09/1916+
Brigade Major, 11th Battery, 3rd Brigade Cdn Field Artillery
Brigade Major, 11th Battery, 1st Brigade Cdn Field Artillery
Brigade Major, 11th Battery, 8th Army Brigade, CFA
Brigade Major 5th Canadian Division Artillery France
Staff Course England
Staff Officer, Royal Artillery, Canadian Corps
Counter Battery Staff Officer/CBSO Cdn Corps France
To Canada – General Staff
Staff Officer Artillery - Reorganization Plans
Staff College in Camberley
GSO2 War Office London
Officer Commanding B Battery RCHA
Professor of Tactics RMC
GSO1 NDHQ working on reorganization of Cdn Militia
Canadian Representative Geneva Disarmament Conference
Local LCol on Military Duty in the United Kingdom
Imperial Defence College London
Director of Military Operations & Intelligence
Canadian Representative London Imperial Conference
Commandant RMC
Brigadier General Staff CMHQ London
Mobilization Plans at NDHQ
Vice-Chief of General Staff Ottawa
Chief of General Staff Ottawa
GOC - 2nd Cdn Infantry Div (never actually in command)
GOC – 1st Canadian Corps in Italy
GOC – 1st Canadian Army
Retires
Head of Canadian Mission on Japanese Peace Settlement
Appointed ADC General to the Queen
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Honours to General Henry Duncan Graham (Harry) CRERAR, CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD
CH - CB - DSO - KStJ - 1914/15 Star - British War Medal - WW1 Victory
Medal - 1939-1945 Star - Italy Star
- France & Germany Star - Defence Medal
- CVSM + Clasp - 1939-1945 War Medal with MID - King George V Jubilee - King
George VI Coronation - Elizabeth II Coronation - Canadian Forces Decoration & Bar
(George VI)
Order of Virtuti Militari (5th Class) (Poland)
Distinguished
Service Medal (USA) - Commander Legion of Merit (USA) - Commander Legion of Honour
(France) - Grand Officer Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) - Orange
ribbon with two central blue stripes - Grand Officer Order of Leopold (Belgium) Order of the White Lion for Victory (Czechoslovakia)
(First Class) (Czechoslovakia) - War Cross (Czechoslovakia) - Order of Kutozov 1st
Class (USSR)
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General Henry Duncan Graham (Harry) CRERAR, CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD
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General, The Honourable Andrew George Latta (“Andy”) McNAUGHTON,
DSO, CD
General Officer Commanding – Canadian Army
Born:
Died:
25 February 1878
11 July 1966
Moosomin, Saskatchewan
Montebello, Quebec
Prov Lt
Lt
Captain
Major
LCol
Brevet Colonel
Brigadier
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
MGen
LGen
General
(Cdn Militia)
(CFA)
(CFA)
(CFA)
(CFA)
(CFA)
(CFA)
(CFA)
PC, CH, CB, CMG,
Promotions
04/05/1909
09/05/1910
16/05/1911
28/05/1913
11/03/1916
10/11/1918
10/11/1918
01/01/1920
01/01/1923
01/01/1923
01/01/1929
10/07/1940
27/09/1944
Military
04/05/1909
09/05/1910
28/05/1913
22/09/1914
21/10/1915
11/03/1916
27/01/1917
10/11/1918
01/01/1920
01/05/1921
01/01/1923
15/09/1925
01/01/1927
01/05/1928
01/01/1929
01/06/1935
05/10/1939
17/07/1940
06/04/1942
26/12/1943
01/11/1944
Provisional Lt
Lieutenant
Major
Major
Major
LCol
LCol
BGen
LCol
LCol
Colonel
BGen
BGen
BGen
MGen
MGen
MGen
LGen
LGen
LGen
General
Canadian Militia
3rd Battery CFA
Command 3rd Battery CFA
4th (7th) Battery
21st Howitzer Battery CFA
11th Brigade CFA
CBSO (Heavy Artillery) Cdn Corps France
BGen Royal Artillery (Heavy) Canadian Corps France
Director of Military Training & SD
Royal Staff College Camberley England
DC of GS & Dir of Training & Staff Duties
DC (Deputy Chief) of GS
DOC MD No. 11 (Victoria, B.C.)
Seconded as President NRC
Inspector-General 1st Canadian Division
GOC 1st Canadian Corps
GOC 1st Canadian Army
Returns to Canada due to illness
Retires from Canadian Army
Civilian
02/11/1944
01/09/1945
02/04/1946
26/09/1946
01/01/1948
01/01/1950
17/07/1950
30/06/1959
15/04/1962
Minister
Chairman
Cdn Rep
President
Permanent Delegate
Commissioner
Chairman
Resigns Chairman
Resigns Member
Canadian Section Canada-USA PJB on Defence
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada
of Canada UN Security Council
Canadian Section International Joint Commission
International Joint Commission
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General The Honourable Andrew George Latta (Andy) McNAUGHTON, CH CB CMG DSO CD
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
15/06/1946
26/01/1935
05/07/1919
10/08/1918
25/01/1947
02/11/1944
CH
CB
CMG
DSO
Grand Officer
PC
Companion of Honour
Companion Order of the Bath
Companion Order of St. Michael and St. George
Companion Distinguished Service Order LCol
Order of Leopold
Belgium
Member of the Privy Council of Canada
Medals of:
General Andrew George Latta (‘Andy’) McNAUGHTON, PC, CH, CB, CMG, DSO, CD
CH, CB, CMG, DSO, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal with MID, 1939/45
Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, CVSM with Clasp, 1939/45 War Medal with MID, King
George V Jubilee, King George VI Coronation, EIIR Coronation, CD (George VI) plus 3
Bars, Grand Officer, Order of Leopold (Belgium).
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Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard BURNS, CC, DSO, OBE, MC, CD
General Officer Commanding – 1 Canadian Corps
Born:
Died:
17 June 1897
13 September 1985
Montreal, Quebec
Manotick, Ontario
Private
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Brevet LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Colonel
Brigadier
MGen
Acting LGen
MGen
LGen
Militia
RMC
RCE
RCE
RCE
LG 20/06/1919+
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
BGS CC
OA CAC
4 CAD
GOC 2 Cdn Division
GOC I Cdn Corps
21 Army Group
GOC UNEF
Private
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Major-General
Major-General
Deputy Minister
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Ambassador
Lieutenant-General
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Husars (Militia)
Royal Military College
Commissioned in the Royal Canadian Engineers
To England RCE
Staff Captain 12 Canadian Infantry Brigade
Instructor Military Engineering RMC
DEO Military District No. 5
GSO 2 (Surveys)
GSO 1 Military District No. 4
Crerar / Burns in England in preparation for 1st CID
Commander Cdn Reinforcement Unit Aldershot
Brigadier General Staff Cdn Corps
Officer Administering CAC
Brigade Commander in 4th Cdn Armoured Division
GOC – 2nd Canadian Division
GOC – 5th Canadian Armoured Division (Italy)
GOC - Cdn Section General HQ 2nd Echelon 21 Army Group
Department of Veterans Affairs Director-General Rehabilitation
Veterans Affairs
UNTSO Commander
Commander – United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF)
Promoted / Commander UNEF
Adviser for disarmament
Retired
Promotions
15/06/1913
20/08/1914
26/06/1915
24/05/1918
25/03/1919
01/04/1920
01/03/1927
15/07/1935
14/05/1940
01/02/1941
01/08/1941
01/02/1942
01/05/1943
20/03/1944
14/10/1944
01/01/1958
Military
01/06/1913
20/08/1914
26/06/1915
01/03/1916
22/09/1919
10/09/1924
13/03/1930
01/05/1931
25/12/1938
02/02/1939
15/09/1939
04/05/1940
01/02/1941
01/08/1941
01/02/1942
06/05/1943
30/01/1944
20/03/1944
05/11/1944
05/09/1945
1950
01/08/1954
01/11/1956
01/01/1958
1960
1970
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Honours of Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard BURNS, CC DSO OBE MC CD
CG 15/07/1967
CG 21/10/1944
CG 29/06/1935
CG 10/02/1917
CC
DSO
OBE
MC
Companion Order of Canada
Companion Distinguished Service Order
Officer Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
CG 06/12/1944
CG 06/12/1944
CG 12/07/1947
Officer
Croix
2nd Class
Legion of Honour
Cross of Valour Gold Aristion Andrias
France
France
Greece
Medals of Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard BURNS, CC DSO OBE MC CD
(On display at the Canadian War Museum):
CC, DSO, OBE (1st type), MC (GV), British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1939/45 Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star,
Defence Medal, CVSM with Clasp, 1939/1945 Medal with MID, UNTSO, UNEF, King George V Jubilee, King George VI
Coronation, EIIR Coronation, Centennial, EIIR Jubilee, CD (George VI) plus 2 Bars, Officer Legion of Honour (France), Croix
de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze (France), Cross of Valour 2nd Class (Greece).
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General Charles FOULKES, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD
Born:
Died:
03 January 1903
12 September 1969
Stockton-on-Tees, England
Ottawa, Ontario
01/10/1923
01/07/1926
01/07/1931
01/11/1935
02/09/1939
01/09/1940
01/08/1942
10/11/1944
11/01/1944
/1960
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
General
(CMGC)
(RCR)
(RCR)
01/09/1920
01/10/1923
01/07/1931
01/11/1935
16/03/1936
01/01/1937
07/01/1939
02/09/1939
14/09/1940
15/12/1941
01/08/1942
04/04/1943
11/01/1944
28/09/1944
10/11/1944
21/08/1945
31/08/1945
02/02/1951
28/04/1960
Officer Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
General
General
GSO 3 Military District #3
GSO 3 - Military District #2
GSO 1 - 3rd Canadian Division
Commanding Officer – 1st Battalion The Regina Rifle Regiment
GOC – 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Brigadier-General Staff - 1st Canadian Army
GOC – 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
GOC – II Canadian Corps
GOC – First Canadian Corps (Italy)
Chief of General Staff - NDHQ
End Chief of General Staff – NDHQ
Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
Retires
Promotions
Honours of General Charles FOULKES, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD
CG 21/12/1967
CG 02/06/1945
CG 08/01/1944
CG 23/12/1944
CC
CB
CBE
DSO
Companion - Order of Canada
Companion - Order of the Bath
Commander - Order of the British Empire
Companion - Distinguished Service Order
CG 14/04/1945
CG 14/04/1945
CG 07/06/1947
CG 17/11/1951
CG 31/05/1947
CG 31/05/1947
CG 22/12/1945
Commander
Croix
Commander
Grand Officer
Grand Officer
Croix
Grand Officer
Grand Cross
MID
MID
MID
Legion of Honour
Legion of Merit
Order of Military Merit of Italy
Order of the Crown
Croix de Guerre (1940) avec Palme
Order of George 1
LG 08/11/1945+
LG 08/01/1946+
LG 02/04/1946+
16
France
France
USA
Italy
Belgium
Belgium
Netherlands
Greece
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Medals of General Charles FOULKES, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD
CC
Companion of the Order of Canada
CB
Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
CMG
Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
DSO
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
1939/45 Star
Italy Star
France & Germany Star
Defence Medal
CVSM with Clasp
1939/45 War Medal with MID
EIIR Coronation, Centennial
CD (George VI) plus Bar
Grand Officer Order of the Crown (Belgium) – top star
Croix de Guerre (1940) avec Palme (Belgium).
Grand Cross Order of George 1 (Greece)
– second star / hip badge
Commander Legion of Honour (France) – neck ribbon on right
Commander Legion of Merit (USA) – lower left neck
Grand Officer Order of Military Merit of Italy (Italy) – third star and upper middle neck ribbon
Croix de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze (France)
Grand Officer Order of Orange Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) – Lower centre
17
Manitoba Regiment
Chief of Staff Canadian Military Headquarters London
Born:
Died:
10/11/1882
11/06/1966
Dunville, Ontario
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Promotions
01/01/1915
1917
01/01/1917
05/04/1918
01/12/1937
06/07/1940
11/11/1944
Captain
Major
Temp LCol
LCol
Honorary Colonel
MGen
LGen
Military
1909
1914
01/01/1915
1916
14/08/1916
31/01/1917
17/09/1917
05/04/1918
05/05/1918
01/04/1919
16/07/1919
01/01/1920
01/07/1924
01/06/1928
01/01/1932
01/06/1936
01/12/1937
01/01/1940
06/07/1940
27/12/1943
22/11/1944
17/09/1945
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Temp LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Honorary Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
18th Mounted Rifles
34th Fort Garry Horse
34th Horse
Staff Captain (Canadian Local Forces)
DAAG AG & QMG Staff HQ Infantry
DAA & QOMG on AG & QMG Staff
End DAQMG position
Commanding Officer - Manitoba Regiment
Promoted Temp LCol and remains Seconded
Assistant Commander and Chief Staff Officer Cdn Military HQ
Relinquishes Asst Cdr & Chief Staff Officer Cdn Military HQ
Commanding Officer - Fort Garry Horse
End Command Fort Garry Horse
General Officer Commanding - 6th Canadian Mounted Brigade
Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General of Canada
End GOC 6th Canadian Mounted Brigade
Honorary Colonel - The Fort Garry Horse
End ADC to the Governor General of Canada
Senior Combat Officer/Chief of Staff CMHQ London
Major-General in Charge of Administration CMHQ
Chief of Staff CMHQ London
Retire
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
Judge
LOA
Judge
Judge
Judge
Graduated from Osgoode Hall
Called to the Ontario and Manitoba Bar
Firm of Pitblado & Hoskin, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Leave of Absence during WWI)
Manitoba Court of King’s Bench
Leave of Absence from the Bench during WWII
Manitoba Court of King’s Bench
Court of Appeal
Retired
LG 20/09/1916+
LG 03/04/1917+
LG 17/11/1917+
LG 02/07/1918+
LG 04/06/1919+
LG 03/09/1919+
Civilian
1905
1907
1913
1932
1940
1945
1951
1959
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Honours of Lieutenant-General the Honourable Percival John MONTAGUE, CB CMG DSO MC VD CD
CG 09/01/1943
CG 05/07/1919
CG 26/01/1918
CG 02/02/1917
WWI
1928
CB
CMG
DSO
MC
VD
MID 5x
KC
Companion - Order of St. Michael and St. George
Military Cross
Volunteer Officers Decoration
Mentioned-in-Despatches 5x times in WW1
King’s Council
Major-General WWII
LCol – Manitoba Regiment
LCol – Canadian Infantry
Captain – DAAG HQ
Medals
CB - CMG - DSO - MC - 1914/15 Star - British War Medal - Victory Medal with MID - Defence Medal - CVSM
with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal with MID - George V Jubilee - George VI Coronation - EIIR Coronation - VD – CD and
Bar (GVI)
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19
Lieutenant-General Maurice Arthur POPE, CB, MC
Born:
Father:
Died:
29/08/1889
20/09/1978
St. Patrick, Temiscquata County, Riviere-du-Loup, P.Q.
Sir Joseph Pope, KCMG, CVO, ISO (Private Secretary to Sir John A. Macdonald)
Ottawa, Ontario
Promotions
16/01/1915
26/06/1917
26/06/1917
24/05/1918
01/03/1927
15/07/1935
15/08/1938
xx/xx/1940
24/12/1941
12/10/1945
Provisional Lt
Lieutenant
Captain
Brevet Major
Major
Brevet LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
MGen
LGen
(RCE)
(RCE)
(RCE)
(RCE)
(RCE)
Military
04/08/1914
01/04/1915
15/08/1915
01/01/1916
04/10/1917
02/06/1918
01/09/1920
01/06/1922
01/07/1923
01/02/1926
01/05/1928
14/03/1931
01/04/1933
01/04/1935
15/08/1938
15/08/1938
10/05/1939
01/03/1941
24/12/1941
06/03/1942
05/09/1944
12/10/1945
15/06/1950
10/12/1953
20/03/1956
Provisional Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
McGill University COTC
Engineers Training Depot Ottawa
To England - Shorncliffe
To France - 4th Field Company 2nd Division
Staff Captain 11th CIB 4th Division
Brigade Major 4th Bde CE France
Canadian Battlefield Memorials Commission
Preparatory Course RMC Kingston
Staff College Camberley England
GSO MD #11 Victoria, B.C.
GSO MD #5 Quebec City
GSO 2 War Office London
GSO 2nd Grade War Office London
GSO 1st Grade National Defence HQ
Director Military Operations and Intelligence&
Secretary Chiefs of Staff Committee
GSO 1 CMHQ London
Assistant Chief of the General Staff
Vice Chief of the General Staff
Military Staff Officer to the Prime Minister
Head of Military Mission to Berlin
Ambassador Belgium / Minister to Luxembourg
Ambassador to Spain
Retires
20
LG 07/04/1931+
LG 07/04/1933+
Lieutenant-General Maurice Arthur POPE, CB, MC, CD
Honours to LGen Maurice Arthur POPE, CB MC
CG 08/01/1944
LG 04/02/1918+
CG 13/04/1946
CG 12/02/1944
CG 06/12/1947
CB
MC
Commander
First Class
Cross
CD
Major-General
Military Cross WWI
Acting Captain
Legion of Merit
USA
Military Cross First Class
Belgium
War Cross (1939)
Czechoslovakia
Canadian Forces Decoration and 3 Bars
2
Medals of LGen Maurice Arthur POPE, CB MC
CB - MC - British War Medal - Victory Medal with MID - Defence Medal - CVSM - 1939/45 War Medal - George VI
Coronation - EIIR Coronation - CD (George VI) plus 3 Bars - Commander Legion of Merit (USA) - Military Cross First
Class (Belgium) - War Cross (1939) (Czechoslovakia)
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21
GOC - 2nd Canadian Corps
Born:
Died:
18/12/1890
12/10/1982
Stanley, New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Private
Provisional Lt
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Acting LCol
Brevet LCol
LCol
Major
Temporary Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
71st Regiment
71st Regiment
71st Regiment
Promotions
01/04/1906
25/04/1907
08/05/1909
--/--/1915
19/01/1917
04/10/1918
25/09/1919
01/01/1920
01/09/1923
25/12/1936
13/05/1940
26/10/1940
15/01/1943
RCMGB
Military
14/10/1914
01/08/1916
19/01/1917
04/10/1918
23/02/1919
--/--/1925
07/07/1926
01/10/1927
01/05/1931
01/05/1935
25/12/1936
01/12/1939
01/02/1940
13/05/1940
26/10/1940
01/06/1941
15/01/1943
29/01/1944
23/11/1944
01/01/1945
16/05/1945
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-Gen
Major-Gen
LGen
LGen
LGen
LGen
LGen
Overseas First Contingent - Instructor Machine Guns
To France - Command Machine Gun Battalion
Commanding a Company, Cdn Machine Gun Corps
Promoted Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
Command 4 Canadian Infantry Battalion Cdn Machine Gun Corps
British Army Staff College
GSO MD #6
GSO 2 Headquarters
Assistant Adjutant & QMG Military District No. #12
GSO Military District No. #4
Director Military Training & SD
Asst Adjutant & QMG 1st Canadian Infantry to England
Command - 1st Cdn Infantry Battalion when BGen Pearkes ill
Back to Asst Adjutant & QMG 1st Canadian Infantry
GOC - 3rd Canadian Infantry Division
GOC - 2nd Canadian Corps HQ
Relieved of Command due to bladder cancer
Assigned to Investigate Pacific Commands Problems
Inspector-General
Retired on Medical Grounds
LGen
Progressive Conservative Candidate - Defeated
Civilian
11/06/1945
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Honours to Lieutenant-General Ernest William SANSOM, CB, DSO, KStJ
CG 05/06/1943
CG 24/07/1920
LG 26/04/1977
LG 09/04/1957
LG 20/06/1920
CB
DSO
KStJ
OStJ
MID (WWI)
Knight of Grace - Order of St. John
Officer of the Order of St. John
Medal of Lieutenant-General Ernest William SANSOM, CB, DSO, KStJ
CB - DSO - KStJ - British War Medal - Victory Medal with MID - Defence Medal - CVSM with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal
with MID - George V Jubilee - George VI Coronation? - EIIR Coronation - CD
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23
Lieutenant-General Guy Granville SIMONDS, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD
General Officer Commanding – Second Canadian Corps
Born:
Died:
24/04/1903
15/05/1974
Bury St. Edmunds, England
Toronto, Ontario
Promotions
22/08/1921
01/07/1924
01/07/1929
01/04/1933
09/04/1938
30/10/1940
20/07/1940
18/05/1941
07/08/1941
13/04/1943
06/01/1944
Officer Cadet
Lt
Brevet Captain
Captain
Temp Major
Major
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
MGen
LGen
(RMC)
(RCA)
(RCA)
(RCA)
(RCA)
(RCA)
(RCA)
(GSO1 – 2 Cdn Inf Division)
(Brig General Staff 1 Cdn Corps)
(GOC – 2 Cdn Inf Division)
(GOC – 2 Cdn Corps)
Military
22/08/1921
01/07/1924
16/06/1925
----/--/1928
----/--/1932
----/--/1933
----/--/1936
09/04/1938
12/12/1938
20/09/1939
---/12/1939
----/--/1940
---/11/1940
18/05/1941
07/08/1941
01/08/1942
11/09/1942
13/04/1943
29/04/1943
01/11/1943
30/01/1944
25/06/1945
1945
1949
01/02/1951
02/09/1955
Gentleman Cadet
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Captain
Temp Major
Temp Major
Temp Major
Temp Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
RMC Student
RMC #
Graduate Royal military College
RCHA Battery Winnipeg
Gunnery Staff College Larkhill England
RCHA Battery Winnipeg
Staff College Camberly England
Associate Professor of Artillery RMC
Instructor in Tactics RMC
GSO 2 - 1st Canadian Division
Overseas
CO - 1st Field Regiment RCHA
Command - Canadian Junior War Staff College England
GSO 1 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Brigadier General Staff (BGS) 1 Canadian Corps HQ
Visit to Observe 8th Army in North Africa
GOC - 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade 1st Cdn Division
GOC - 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
GOC - 1st Canadian Infantry Division (Sicily/Italy)
GOC - 5th Canadian Armoured Division (Italy)
GOC - 2nd Canadian Corps (Northwest Europe)
Imperial Defence College
Staff Imperial Defence College
Commandant - Canadian Staff College Kingston
Retire
24
Lieutenant-General Guy Granville SIMONDS, CC CB CBE DSO CD
Honours to Lieutenant-General Guy Granville SIMONDS, CC CB CBE DSO CD
CG 19/12/1970
CG 30/09/1944
CG 09/01/1943
CG 25/09/1943
CG 07/04/1945
CG 14/04/1945
CG 14/04/1945
CG 30/03/1946
CG 22/12/1945
CG 31/08/1946
CG 31/08/1946
CG 07/04/1945
LG 02/04/1946+
CC
CB
CBE
DSO
5th Class
Commander
Croix
Commander
Grand Officer
Commander
Croix
Member
MID
Virtuti Militari 5th Class
Legion of Honour
Legion of Merit
Order of the Leopold
Croix de Guerre (1940) avec Palme
Order of Polania Restituta
Poland
France
France
USA
Netherlands
Belgium
Belgium
Poland
Medals of Lieutenant-General Guy Granville SIMONDS, CC CB CBE DSO CD
CC - CB - DSO - 1939/45 Star - African Star clasp 8th Army - Italy Star - France & Germany Star - Defence Medal CVSM with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal with MID - EIIR Coronation - Centennial - CD (George VI) plus 2 Bars - Virtuti
Militari 5th Class ( Poland) - Commander Legion of Honour (France) - Croix de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze (France) Commander Legion of Merit (USA) - Grand Officer Order of Orange Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) - Commander Order
of the Leopold (Belgium) - Croix de Guerre (1940) avec Palme (Belgium) - Order of Polania Restituta (Poland)
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Born:
Married:
09/09/1891
1916
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Marguerite Dorthy Bould
Children:
2
2 Son; 1 Daughter
Died:
03/11/1945
Ottawa, Ontario
Promotions
22/06/1911
05/07/1915
26/02/1917
15/08/1918
11/01/1921
22/06/1931
01/07/1936
15/10/1939
15/10/1939
19/11/1941
10/12/1943
Lieutenant
Captain
Brevet Major
Acting LCol
Major
Brevet LCol
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Temp Brigadier
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
Vice Chief General Staff
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Canadian Engineers
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade - Awarded DSO
GOC – 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade / Acting LCol
End period as GOC
SEO - Military District #13
DEO - Military District #5
DEO - Military District #11
AD of MI
GSO1 – Royal Military College
Director of Military Operations & Intelligence
Commandant – Royal Military College (RMC)
Vice Chief of General Staff
Acting GOC-in-C - 1st Canadian Army
Chief of Staff CMHQ London
End Acting GOC-in-C 1st Canadian Army
End Chief of Staff CMQH London
Died while in service
Military
22/06/1911
1915
26/02/1917
15/08/1918
22/08/1918
25/05/1919
25/11/1925
25/01/1928
01/10/1929
01/01/1934
01/09/1937
12/12/1938
15/10/1939
13/03/1941
24/12/1941
10/12/1943
27/12/1943
01/03/1944
11/11/1944
03/11/1945
26
LG 16/10/1918+
Honours to Lieutenant-General Kenneth STUART, CB DSO MC
CG 09/01/1943
CG 08/02/1919
CG 03/02/1917
CG 11/05/1946
WWI
CB
DSO
MC
Commander
MID
Military Cross WWI
Legion of Merit
USA
Major
Medals of Lieutenant-General Kenneth STUART, CB DSO MC
CB - DSO - MC (WWI) – 1914/1915 Star - British War Medal - Victory Medal with MID - Defence Medal - CVSM with
Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal - George VI Coronation - Commander Legion of Merit (USA)
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Lieutenant-General John Carl MURCHIE, CB, CBE
Born:
Died:
07/06/1895
05/03/1966
Edmunston, New Brunswick
Ottawa, Ontario
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Brevet Major
Major
LCol
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
RCA
RCA
RCA
RCA
RCA
GSO1 NDHQ
Director of Military Training
Director of Staff Duties
Director of Military Intelligence and Military Operations
Brigadier General Staff Canadian Military HQ London
Vice-Chief of the General Staff NDHQ
Chief of the General Staff NDHQ
Promotions
26/06/1915
22/03/1919
26/06/1925
26/06/1930
01/04/1938
01/01/1939
01/12/1939
01/12/1939
13/05/1940
24/02/1941
15/02/1942
03/05/1944
Military
16/05/1915
26/06/1916
1917
1918
22/03/1919
01/09/1932
01/11/1934
01/06/1937
01/12/1939
13/05/1940
24/02/1941
15/02/1942
01/06/1942
02/09/1942
03/05/1944
1946
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Royal Military College Graduates
Royal Canadian Artillery Overseas
Severely Wounded in France
Returned to Service in France
Promoted Temporary Captain
LG 11/09/1919+
GSO 3 – Military District #11 (Victoria, B.C.)
GSO 3 - NDHQ
GSO 1 – Military District #11 (Victoria, B.C.)
Director of Military Training and Staff Duties
Director of Military Intelligence and Military Operations
Brigadier General Staff Canadian Military HQ London
Vice-Chief of the General Staff NDHQ
In addition to VCGS role becomes Commander of Pacific Command
Pearkes replaces him in Pacific Command role – back to VCGS in Ottawa
Chief of the General Staff NDHQ
End Chief of Staff
Honours of Lieutenant-General John Carl MURCHIE, CB, CBE
CG 06/01/1945
CG 05/06/1943
CG 06/03/1948
CG 05/10/1946
CG 02/11/1946
CB
CBE
Commander
Second Class
Cross
Legion of Merit
War Cross (1939)
Lieutenant-General
Major-General
USA
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Medals of Lieutenant-General John Carl MURCHIE, CB, CBE
CB - CBE - BWM - VM - Defence Medal - CVSM with clasp - War Medal - Commander Legion of Merit (USA) - Order
of the White Lion Second Class (Czechoslovakia) - War Cross (1939) (Czechoslovakia)
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28
Major-General Ronald Okeden ALEXANDER, CB DSO
Born:
Married:
07/08/1888
1917
Kandy, Ceylon
Gertrude Williams
Children:
3
2 Sons; 1 Daughter
Died
28/07/1949
Victoria, British Columbia
Promotions
28/08/1908
30/11/1908
21/06/1910
24/03/1915
01/11/1916
22/09/1929
04/05/1935
04/05/1935
17/10/1940
Probationarv Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Brevet LCol
Major
Colonel
Temp Brigadier
Major-General
Victoria Rifles, 3rd Regiment
Victoria Rifles, 3rd Regiment
RCR
RCR
RCR
Military Staff
Provisional Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Victoria Rifles
Victoria Rifles
CO – 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Temp. LCol)
GSO 2 - 2nd Canadian Division France
GSO 1 - 2nd Canadian Division France
DOC - Military District #7
DOC - Military District #4 (Montreal)
DOC - Military District #2 (Toronto)
GOC-in-C - Pacific Command
Inspector-General, NDHQ
Retire
Military
28/08/1908
30/11/1908
1910
01/11/1916
21/10/1917
05/02/1919
01/01/1920
07/09/1924
01/01/1928
01/05/1928
04/05/1935
25/09/1935
09/11/1938
11/10/1940
11/07/1942
15/03/1945
29
LG 26/01/1917+
LG 14/12/1917+
Honours to Major-General Ronald Okeden ALEXANDER, CB, DSO
CG 10/06/1944
CG 03/02/1917
LG 04/01/1917
LG 27/12/1918
LG 08/07/1919
CG 27/07/1946
CB
DSO
MID
MID
MID
Commander
Legion of Merit (USA)
(MGen)
(Major)
(Major)
(LCol)
(LCol)
(MGen)
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CB
08.06.1944 HM's birthday 1944
DSO
1917
MID
WW I
MID
WW I
MID
WW I
Medals of Major-General Ronald Okeden ALEXANDER, CB, DSO
CB - DSO - 1914/1915 Star – British War Medal – Victory Medal with MID – Canadian Volunteer Service – 1939/1945 War
Medal - King George V Silver Jubilee – King George VI Coronation - Commander, Legion of Merit (USA)
30
Major-General Thomas Victor ANDERSON, DSO, CD
Chief of the General Staff 1938
Born:
Died
07/08/1881
08/11/1972
Kandy, Ceylon
Cadet
Lt
Lt
Captain
Captain
Major
LCol
Brevet Colonel
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Royal Military College Kingston RMC #433
RO
14 Regiment (Prince of Wales Own Regiment)
14 Regiment (Prince of Wales Own Regiment)
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
DOC Military Districts #10 and #2
Chief of Staff
Promotions
1900
25/06/1900
27/11/1902
17/08/1903
22/03/1910
16/08/1913
16/01/1916
24/05/1918
07/04/1925
01/05/1929
01/02/1935
16/09/1936
Military
---/--/1900
---/--/1902
---/--/1905
---/--/1908
01/12/1910
14/10/1914
16/01/1916
16/01/1916
21/08/1917
04/05/1918
24/05/1918
01/01/1920
10/01/1921
15/09/1925
01/05/1929
01/10/1933
01/02/1935
21/11/1938
21/07/1940
01/06/1943
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Acting Colonel
Temporary Colonel
Brevet Colonel
Brevet Colonel
Brevet Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
RO Canadian Engineers
PWOR
Canadian Engineers
Adjutant Canadian Engineers
AD of Military Surveys
Adjutant Cdn Engineers 1st Division CEF
Promoted Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Commander - Royal Engineers 3rd Canadian Division France
Commander - Cdn Engineers Training Depot England
Acting Colonel – While CO C.E. Training Centre
Promoted Temporary Colonel
Staff College England
GSO 1 – Royal Military College (RMC)
Director of Military Training & Staff Training
DOC - Military District #10 Winnipeg
DOC - Military District #2 Toronto
Quartermaster-General NDHQ
Inspector General Central Canada
Retires
LG 18/01/1918+
LG 15/09/1917+
LG 26/06/1918+
LG 08/01/1919+
HONOURS to Major-General Thomas Victor ANDERSON, DSO, CD
CG 26/01/1918
4x WWI
CG 09/02/1918
DSO
MID
2nd Class
Companion - Distinguished Service Order DSO
Mentioned in Despatches 4 times in WWI
Russian Order of St. Anne 2nd Class with Swords
Russia
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Major-General Beverley Woon BROWNE, CB, DSO, MC, ED
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Born:
Married:
Died:
19/09/1883
1912
17/03/1948
Haysville, Ontario
Marion Helen Baillie in Vancouver
Ottawa, Ontario
Provisional 2nd Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Temporary Major
Temporary LCol
Brevet LCol
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Temporary Brigadier
MGen
29th Regiment
29th Regiment
29th Regiment
72th Regiment
Manitoba Regiment
Manitoba Regiment
Manitoba Regiment
PPCLI
Assistant Director of Organization
Assistant-Adjutant & Quartermaster-General HQ Military District #4
Military Staff
Military Staff
Provisional 2nd Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Lieutenant
Temporary Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
Temp Lieutenant-Colonel
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
29th Waterloo Regiment
Left the 29th Waterloo Regiment and moved to Vancouver
72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada)
16th Battalion, 9th Brigade, CEF
16th Battalion – reverted to Lieutenant to enter France
16th Battalion – serving in France
LG 24/10/1916+
Staff Captain - 9th CIB France
LG 09/03/1917+
DAAG - 2nd Canadian Division in France
Promoted Temporary Major while Seconded as DAAG
LG 12/02/1918+
DA & QMG Canadian Corps France / Temp. Major
LG 06/12/1918+
AA & QMG 1st Canadian Division France / Temp LCol
LG 05/03/1919+
Temporary Major; Acting LCol to be Temporary LCol
LG 15/05/1919+
Captain Permanent Forces
DAA & QMG - Military District #3
Assistant Director of Organization
District Officer Commanding - Military District #10
Adjutant-General National Defence Headquarters
Director-General Reserve Army National Defence Headquarters
Retire
Commissioner
Commissioner
Canadian Red Cross
Died while with the Canadian Red Cross
Promotions
07/01/1901
02/04/1901
10/06/1901
21/10/1914
25/09/1917
19/12/1918
06/01/1919
02/01/1920
01/10/1929
01/01/1932
10/06/1939
10/06/1939
01/02/1942
Military
07/01/1901
02/04/1901
10/05/1901
14/07/1905
24/11/1912
21/10/1914
09/02/1915
07/09/1916
02/02/1917
19/09/1917
25/09/1917
17/09/1918
19/12/1918
06/01/1919
02/01/1920
15/11/1919
01/05/1927
01/10/1929
01/01/1932
01/10/1938
10/06/1939
06/07/1940
01/02/1942
30/10/1943
Civilian
01/11/1943
17/03/1948
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Honours to Major-General Beverley Woon BROWNE, CB, DSO, MC
CG 08/01/1944
CG 08/02/1919
CG 28/08/1917
LG 25/12/1917
LG 24/05/1918
LG 31/12/1918
LG
WWI
CG 12/02/1944
17/03/1948
CB
DSO
MC
MID
MID
MID
Military Cross
MID
First Class
Croix
Colonel Auxiliary Forces
ED
3 times WW1
Military Cross - First Class
Belgium Croix de Guerre WW1
Long Service Medal
Efficiency Decoration
Belgium
Belgium
Captain & Brevet Colonel
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Major-General George Brock CHISHOLM, CC CBE MC*
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
18/05/1896
21/06/1924
2
02/02/1971
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario
1 Daughter and 1 Son
Victoria, B.C.
MD
MD
FRCP(C)
Dr
Dr
University of Toronto
General Practice in Oakville
Yale University to specialize in Mental Health of Children
Queen’s Square and Maudsley Hospitals in London, Ontario
Physician in Toronto
Grace McLean Ryrie
Civilian
1924
1924
1930
1932
1933
Promotions
25/05/1915
01/01/1917
30/01/1918
14/04/1918
18/09/1918
27/10/1918
21/01/1919
01/12/1935
07/09/1942
1945
Private
Temporary Lieutenant
Acting Captain
Lieutenant
Acting Captain
Lieutenant
Acting Captain
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Major-General
156h Battalion
15th Battalion
Acting Captain ends; revert to Lieutenant
15th Battalion
15th Battalion
Acting Captain ends; revert to Lieutenant
1st Central Ontario Regiment
GSO – Director of Personnel Selection NDHQ
LG 24/05/1918+
Military
25/05/1915
05/1915
06/1915
12/1915
16/07/1916
01/01/1917
09/04/1917
09/10/1917
09/10/1918
29/03/1919
29/04/1919
14/05/1919
14/06/1919
1919
1935
Private
Private
Private
Private
Acting Sergeant
T/Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Colonel
Canadian Expeditionary Force at Niagara Camp, Ontario
To Valcartier as Part of the 37th Battalion
To England with the 17th Reserve Battalion
To France with the Canadian Expeditionary Force (Cook, Sniper, Scout)
To the 15th Battalion (3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Cdn Division)
Commissioned as a Temporary Lieutenant
LG 07/02/1917+
Military Cross – Second Battle of Passchendale - Served in 15th Battalion all of WWI
Awarded Bar to the Military Cross at the Assault on Hill 70
Wounded - 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada)
In Europe until after the end of the war – to England
Sails for Home
Discharged
Home in Toronto
1st Central Ontario Regiment
Commanding Officer Lorne Scots 25th Inf Brigade
1940
1941
Colonel
Colonel
Commanding Officer 5th Infantry Brigade
07/09/1942
1945
24/01/1945
1946
11/02/1949
20/07/1953
1956
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Deputy Minister
Executive Secretary
Director-General
Executive Secretary
Director-General
GSO - Director of Personnel Selection NDHQ
Deputy Minister of National Health & Welfare
Executive Secretary Interim Commission WHO UN
World Health Organization
End time
LG 07/05/1965+
World Health Organization
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HONOURS to Major-General George Brock CHISHOLM, CC CBE MC*
15/07/1967
01/01/1943
13/04/1918
29/03/1919
CC
CBE
MC
MC & BAR
Military Cross
Bar to Military Cross
Dr
Brigadier-General
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
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Citation to Lieutenant George Brock Chisholm, MC. 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, 1st Central Ontario Regiment for the Bar
to the Military Cross:
“During two attacks this officer led his platoon with great courage under very heavy fire, dressing the wounds of some of his men
at great risk to himself, and when more than half of his men were casualties he disposed the remainder with great ability, and
consolidated his position. He set a brilliant example to his men. (LG 11 January 1919) – First MC 18 October 1917.
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15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada)
WWI
One of the main battles Brock fought in was the Battle of the Somme,
which lasted from July to November 1916. In a picture of Brock with a
group, a small card reads: “after the Somme” (see appendix S), in this
battle Brock would have still been a private. The Somme was one of the
largest battles of the First World War and was fought in Northern France.
The goal was to break through the German line along the River Somme.
The allies suffered irreplaceable losses of about 57, 000 casualties. In the
Battle of the Somme, Brock was probably working as a machine gunner,
as he did in most battles until he started getting promoted. Another battle
that the 15th Battalion was deeply involved in was The Battle of St.
Julien, otherwise known as The Second Gas Attack. This battle was a one
of the battles that made up The Battle of Ypres. At The Battle of St.
Julien allied forces were gas‐attacked by the Germans. Due to a
misunderstanding, the British troops had accidentally mobilized 1 mile
too far behind the Canadians, leaving them open to attack. The 15th
Battalion was forced back south of the St. Julien village due to enormous
losses.
The 15th Battalion also played a large role in the Assault on Hill 70,
which occurred on August 15th 1917. Brock went to Hugo Trench with
the entire 35th Infantry Brigade, which also included the 13th and 16th
Battalions. The 15th Battalion was called upon to send an offensive
attack called a “medium trench mortar”. They fired 500 rounds into the
northeast end of Bois Hugo and by 6am the 2nd Brigade was able to seize
the Red Line. The Assault on Hill 70 was meant to bring German
casualties and take German troops away from fighting at the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
At The Battle of Canal du Nord and Bourlon Wood on the 27th of September 1918, Brock was Captain, and his battalion had to
secure the town of Marquion. They went through extremely heavy fire to get to the southeast corner. The 15th Battalion was
fierce and sent equally heavy fire back at the Germans and with the help of tanks they managed to continue northward mopping
up the area east of the Canal du Nord. In Marquion Brock was injured for the first time.
Medical Records: Brock was ever only seriously wounded once during the war at The Battle of Canal du Nord and Bourlon
Wood when he was 22 years old. On September 27th 1918 Brock received what was called a “simple flesh wound to the outer
left thigh”. Brock was wounded in 28 September 1918 in the town of Marquion by a piece of German shrapnel and was admitted
into the Marylebone Hospital in Prince of Wales, London on October 1st, 1918. He was discharged October 23rd, 1918 for
transfer to the I.O.D.E Canadian Red Cross hospital in Hyde Park Place, London. He was finally recovered by December 9th,
1918 with a 2 inch long scar, but without having had any operation.
Lest We Forget: On April 9th 1917, Brock was awarded the Military Cross. Brock received this medal at the Second Battle of.
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An Oakville newspaper read that when other officers
were incapacitated Brock “rallied his men and did good
work”. The battalion on Brock’s left side had lost their
officers and Brock put his own life on the line to lead
them, as well as do his own work in the 15thBattalion.
Then, in a rare occurrence, Brock was awarded the bar
to the Military Cross on October 9th, 1917 at The
Assault on Hill 70. During his time in service Brock
earned $10 per month. When he was a Lieutenant and
Captain, he earned an extra field allowance of about 60
or 70 cents a month. All Brock’s pay went to his father
and into Brock’s account at the Bank of Montreal.
Brock earned about $440 total in 44 months of service.
By the end of Brock’s service overseas he was 22 years
old, stood 5 foot 7 inches tall and weighted140 lbs.
Brock grew an inch and gained 2 lbs in almost four
years in the military! In 1916 Brock’s friend Bert said
about him, “He has had some close shaves but has
come through fine. He is a full corporal in charge of ten
machine‐gun crews and is certainly doing his bit as
well as the bits of a whole lot of them around
Oakville”.
Brock returned home to Oakville and went to the
University of Toronto to become a doctor. He
graduated in the Class of 1924 and entered general
practice in Oakville until 1931 with a M.D. in
medicine. The same year that Brock graduated from U
of T he married Grace McLean Ryrie, who was born in
Toronto and had gone to the same school. They married in Oakville, Halton County on June 21st. Then, Brock went on to Yale
University to further his studies in something that really interested him: child psychology. He worked at Queen’s Square and
Maudsley hospitals in London, Ontario gaining knowledge about children’s mental health. He then returned to Toronto and
practiced psychology until 1940. In 1940 Brock enlisted as a Major General for the Second World War. Brock rose through the
ranks until he was the Federal Deputy Minister of Health. Brock came home to Toronto again, surviving his second war and in
1946 he was elected to be the executive secretary of the World Health Organization interim committee. Then, in 1956 he became
the first ever director –general of the WHO, an important organization today in the world health scene. George Brock raised two
children in his lifetime: Catherine Anne and Brock Ryrie. Brock was an extraordinary well‐respected man and was one of the
first people in Canada to advocate against the rising global population. Brock was known as Canada’s ‘famous angry man” and
was given the Order of Canada in 1967 and was named the Humanist of the Year in 1959. These were both awarded to him
because of his strong stand on child rights and he preached that children must not follow their parents and take on their bad
habits. Brock’s final publication before his death in 1971 was a book called “Can People Learn to Learn?”
On February 4 1971 George Brock Chisholm died of a stroke at the Veteran’s Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Major-General Charles Francis CONSTANTINE, CB, DSO
General Officer Commanding – Military District #2 Toronto
Born:
Married:
21/10/1883
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marie
Children:
3
3 Daughters
Died:
1953
Kingston, Ontario
Promotions
01/09/1902
22/06/1905
01/02/1910
23/02/1915
02/05/1917
01/04/1920
07/07/1926
02/07/1928
01/01/1935
Cadet
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Major-General
RMC
RHCA
RHCA
RHCA
CA
LG 09/10/1917+
CA
RMC
RMC
Adjutant-General
09/1902
06/1905
19XX
29/09/1914
29/09/1914
Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
RMC # 621
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Brigade Major – The Royal Canadian Artillery
LG 02/03/1915+
Brigade Major 1st Cdn Division Artillery England & France
29/07/1915
03/02/1917
Major
Major
Brigade Major 2nd Cdn Division Artillery England & France
GSO2 2nd Canadian Division France
01/03/1917
02/05/1917
10/12/1920
1921
1922
01/08/1926
02/07/1928
01/02/1930
01/05/1931
01/01/1934
01/01/1935
15/08/1938
23/11/1939
20/10/1940
14/08/1943
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
End Brigade Major position 2nd Canadian Division
Command Artillery Brigade – Vimy Ridge
Professor of Artillery RMC
Staff College Camberley
Return to Canada passed Staff College
Commandant (11th) Royal Military College (RMC)
Promoted
DOC - Military District #7 Saint John N.B.
DOC - Military District #6 Halifax
Adjutant-General
Adjutant-General
DOC - Military District #3 Kingston
DOC - Military District #6 Halifax
GOC - Military District #2 Toronto
Retires
Military
LG 05/05/1917+
LG 21/11/1917+
Honours to Major-General Charles Francis CONSTANTINE, CB DSO
08/01/1944
15/11/1919
03/02/1917
4x
28/07/1917
CB
DSO and Bar
DSO
MID
Chevalier
Companion - The Order of the Bath
BAR to the Distinguished Service Order
Legion of Honour
Major-General
LCol
Major
4 times WW1
France
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Major-General Daniel Everett DEWAR, CBE
Born:
Died:
30/07/1888
Promotions
01/06/1905
01/06/1908
01/10/1912
01/01/1915
28/10/1916
01/12/1919
01/04/1930
01/10/1932
15/07/1935
30/09/1937
30/09/1937
21/07/1938
1940
1945
In ranks
In ranks
Warrant Officer
Honorary Lieutenant
Captain
Temporary Major
Brevet Major
Major
Brevet LCol
Major
Temp Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Canadian Army 4 Regiment
Canadian Army
Canadian Army
Canadian Army
RCOC
RCOC
RCOC
RCOC
RCOC
RCOC – substantive Major
Military Staff
RCOC
Director-General of Small Arms Ammunition continuous to 1945
Retire
In ranks
In ranks
Warrant Officer
Honorary Lieutenant
Captain
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Temporary Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Acting Major-General
Major-General
Travelling
Major-General
Canadian Army 4 Regiment
Canadian Army
Canadian Army
Canadian Army
Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Supply, Cdn Training Area
Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Supply, Cdn Training Area LG 09/01/1919+
End above position
Canadian Ordnance Corps
LG 13/01/1920+
Director of Clothing, Equipment & Manufacturing Establishments
Retires
Travelling in Australia with his wife
Presented with his CBE in Melbourne
Military
01/06/1905
01/06/1908
01/10/1912
01/01/1915
29/11/1918
01/01/1919
31/07/1919
01/12/1919
30/09/1937
09/1940
09/1940
1945
10/1947
08/04/1949
Honours to Major-General Daniel Everett DEWAR, CBE
CG 15/06/1946
CBE
29/06/1946
Officer – Legion of Merit (USA)
CG 15/01/1947
Grand Officer
Order of Orange Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) + WWI pair
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Born:
Died:
13/06/1883
20/12/1964
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Kingston, Ontario
Honours
05/06/1943
01/01/1935
20/09/1919
26/01/1918
09/04/1957+
11/07/1961+
CB
CBE
DSO and Bar
DSO
CStJ
KStJ
Major-General
Brigadier-General
Lieutenant-Colonel
For Montay
Lieutenant-Colonel
Commander - Order of St. John
Knight of Grace – Order of St. John
Major-General
Major-General
Promotions
22/06/1905
22/06/1910
29/11/1910
01/07/1915
22/11/1915
17/12/1916
14/08/1920
07/07/1926
09/11/1938
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Brevet Major
Major
Brevet LCol
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
RCA
RCA
RCA
RCA
RCA
RCA
RCA
RCA
Staff Officer Artillery Duties 01/10/1930
RCA
Military
01/09/1900
22/06/1905
1906
06/1910
11/1910
1911
1912
1914
07/1915
07/1915
12/1915
12/1916
07/1917
12/1917
04/1918
10/1918
05/1919
08/1920
1922
1924
07/1926
10/1926
1930
01/02/1935
01/10/1938
09/11/1938
01/08/1940
15/07/1943
Cadet
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Brevet Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Brevet Major
Major
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Royal Military College Kingston Cadet
RMC #624
Royal Canadian Artillery ‘B’ Battery RCHA
‘N’ Battery Royal Horse Artillery in India
‘A’ Battery RCHA
‘A’ Battery RCHA
‘B’ Battery RCHA
Artillery Staff of the CGS at HQ Ottawa
RCHA – to England
RCHA – to France
Commander ‘A’ Battery RCHA in France
Commander RCHA Brigade
Evacuated from France due to Illness
Returned to France
Command a Royal Field Battery *
Return to Kingston
Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel
Commandant Royal Cdn Garrison Artillery Halifax
Camp Commandant Petawawa
Commander RCHA Brigade
Staff Officer Artillery Duties
Commandant - Royal Military College
GOC-in-Chief - Atlantic Command
Retired
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* = plus ‘I’ & ‘N’ Batteries Royal Horse Artillery north of Montay
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Medals of Major-General William Henry Pferinger ELKINS, CB, CBE, DSO and Bar, KStJ
CB - CBE – DSO – KStJ - British War Medal – Victory Medal – 1939/1945 Star – France &
Germany Star – Defence Medal – CVSM and Clasp – 1939/1945 Medal – King George V Silver
Jubilee – King George VI Coronation – Efficiency Decoration (ED) - Commander of the
Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands)
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Born:
Died:
10/07/1891
20/03/1954
St. John's, Newfoundland
Toronto, Ontario
Promotions
06/1916
1917
1942
26/05/1943
17/12/1944
Captain
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major General
Military
06/1916
1917
1919
Captain
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
01/11/1939
1942
26/05/1943
17/12/1944
1946
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Commanding Officer - 2nd Field Ambulance
Demobilized
----Assistant Director of Medical Services 2nd Canadian Division
Deputy Director of Medical Services 2nd Canadian Division
Deputy Director of Medical Services 1st Canadian Army
Chief of Medical Services Canadian Pacific Railways
Honours to Major-General Charles Philip FENWICK, CB, CBE, MC, ED
CG 05/01/1946
CG 10/06/1944
CG 26/01/1918
LG 28/06/1946+
LG 20/03/1945+
1940
CB
CBE
MC
CStJ
MID
ED
Military Cross
Battle of Amiens
Civilian
06/1916
1920
1923
1939
MB
Physician
Physician
Physician
1946
Chief of Medical Services
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Returned to the Canadian Army
-----Canadian Pacific Railways
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Honours and Medals
CB
CBE
MC
Military Cross
CStJ
British War Medal
Victory Medal
1939/1945 Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
King George VI Coronation Medal
EIIR Coronation Medal
ED
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Born:
Died:
02/04/1902
06/08/ 1964
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Promotions
04/09/1922
02/07/1924
01/01/1929
01/07/1934
07/12/1939
01/01/1943
01/01/1943
21/08/1944
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guard)
Officer Cadet
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Graduates from Royal Military College
To B Squadron Lord Strathcona's Horse Calgary
Stationed either in Calgary or Winnipeg until
GSO 3 - Military District # London, Ontario
Imperial Staff College
GSO 3 - Brigade Major 1st Canadian Infantry Division
Commanding Officer - 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guard
Commanding Officer - Highland Light Infantry of Canada
GOC - 13th Canadian Infantry Brigade Kiska Alaska
GOC - 7th Cdn Infantry Brigade 3rd Cdn Division
GOC - 4th Canadian Armoured Division
GOC - 1st Canadian Infantry Division
President - Court Martial of General Curt Meyer
GOC - Eastern Command (Halifax)
Military
04/09/1922
15/06/1924
02/07/1924
30/10/1934
30/10/1934
12/12/1937
13/09/1939
08/11/1939
28/01/1941
16/12/1942
01/06/1943
28/01/1944
21/08/1944
01/12/1944
15/09/1945
10/12/1945
01/09/1952
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Honours of Major-General Harry Wickwire FOSTER, CBE DSO
CG 07/07/1945
CG 23/12/1944
WW2
CG 15/04/1944
CG 24/06/1944
CG 14/04/1945
CG 14/04/1945
CBE
DSO
MID
Officer
Star
Officer
Croix
Commander - Order to the British Empire
Legion of Merit
Silver Star
Legion of Honour
Croisx de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze
USA
USA
France
France
Medals of Major-General Harry Wickwire FOSTER, CBE DSO
Medals at Citadel in Halifax
CBE - DSO - 1939/1945 Star - Italy Star - France & Germany Star - Defence Medal - CVSM with Clasp - 1939/1945
War Medal with MID - CD (George VI) + Bar - Silver Star (USA) - Officer Legion of Merit (USA) - Officer, Legion of
Honour (France) - Croix de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze (France)
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Major-General William (“Billy”) Wasbrough FOSTER, CMG, DSO**, VD, ADC
Born:
Immigrated:
Died:
01/10/1876
1894
02/12/1954
Bristol England
British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Engineering
Lumber Business
Superintendent
Manager
Justice of the Peace
Police Magistrate
Deputy Minister
MLA (to 1916)
Mountain Climber
President
Wycliffe College
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Globe Lumber Company on Vancouver Island
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Public Works
Member of the B.C. Legislative Assembly and Minister of Public Works
First Expedition to climb Mount Robson and Mount Logan (Highest Cdn Peak)
Conservative Party of British Columbia
Civilian
1893
1894
1905
1908
1910
06/12/1913
1913
1920
1923
03/01/1935
1938-1940
Managing Director
Head
Chief Constable
President
1945
1954
President
President
--WWI—
Evans, Coleman and Evans -Timber exporting company in Vancouver
Shipping Federation’s Protection Committee (144 Special Constables)
Vancouver Police Department
Royal Canadian Legion
----BC Hydro
Retired from BC Hyrdo
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
T/Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Chief Constable
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
ADC – 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
Company Commander – 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
Promoted T/Major & Seconded
Commanding Officer - 52nd Cdn Battalion Manitoba Reg’t
Commanding Officer - 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Commanding Officer – BC Regiment (NPAM)
Vancouver Police Department
Organized Auxiliary Service NDHQ / Director Overseas
DOC - Military District #12 Regina
DOC – Military District #6 Halifax
Chairman in Chief Officers Selection Board
Military
1914
26/12/1915
03/07/1916
17/06/1917
04/08/1917
19/02/1919
1920
03/01/1935
05/10/1939
15/10/1940
06/02/1942
14/02/1943
01/04/1943
LG 24/02/1916
LG 06/09/1916
LG 22/03/1918
LG 23/11/1917
Honours to Major-General William Wasbrough FOSTER, CMG DSO** VD
08/01/1944
14/01/1917
01/06/1918
18/01/1919
1931
5x
16/03/1946
07/01/1919
12/07/1918+
CMG
DSO
DSO*
DSO**
VD
MID
Commander
Croix
Croix
ADC
Companion - Order of St. Michael & St. George BGen
Major
Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
LCol
2nd Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
LCol
Volunteer Officer’s Decoration
MID 5 times WW1
Legion of Merit
USA
France
Croix de Guerre
Belgium
Aide-de-Camp to Governor General
Comm Northern Defense Projects
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Canadian Infantry
52nd Battalion Manitoba Reg.
LCol
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45
Medals of Major-General William Wasbrough FOSTER, CMG DSO** VD
CMG
DSO and two Bars
Victory Medal with MID
British War Medal
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
1939/1945 War Medal
Volunteer Decoration
Belgium Croix de Guerre
French Croix de Guerre
USA Commander Legion of Merit
WW2
WWI
WWI
WWI
WWII
WWII
All
WWI
WWI
WWII
Chief Constable – Vancouver Police Department
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46
Major-General Hardy Nelson GANONG, CBE, VD, ED
Carleton and York Rangers
GOC – Newfoundland and Canadian Military Forces
Born:
Married:
Children:
Son:
Died:
18/04/1890
1920
3
1
24/02/1963
St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Mildred Viola Thomas
Children
Lt Russell Edward Gagnon Killed in Action in Italy 18 March 1944
Charlotte County, New Brunswick (Home Saint John)
Promotions
01/01/1934
1941
11/07/1942
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
Military
1909
1915 – 1919
1916
1919
1939
1941
11/07/1942
15/10/1943
16/12/1944
31/05/1945
Private
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Canadian Militia – York Regiment
With 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles
Wounded at Vimy Ridge – returned to action
Remained in the Militia
Mobilized Carlton & York Regiment for Overseas (CO)
Officer Commanding - 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
GOC - 8th Division Home Defence Formation
GOC - 6th Canadian Division on Vancouver Island
GOC - Combined Nfld & Cdn Military Forces Nfld
Retire
Director
Civil Defence for the Province of New Brunswick
Civilian
1955
Honours to Major-General Hardy Nelson GANONG, CBE, VD, ED
CG 08/01/1944
CBE
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47
Major-General Ralph Burgess GIBSON, CB, CBE, VD
Born:
Married:
Died:
15/09/1894
03/08/1962
Toronto, Ontario
Doris Sophia Benedict
Ottawa, Ontario
(Died 1965)
Promotions
31/03/1913
17/11/1914
24/05/1918
01/10/1920
18/03/1922
09/09/1932
13/04/1935
24/12/1941
31/08/1944
Rifleman
Lieutenant
Temp Captain
Brevet Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
12th York Rangers
5th Battalion, Canadian Engineers
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada (Commanding Officer)
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada (Commandant)
Deputy Chief of the General Staff
Cadet
Cadet
Rifleman
Private
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Temp Captain
Temp Captain
Brevet Captain
Brevet Captain
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Upper Canada College Rifle Company
End time in Upper Canada College Rifle Company
Machine Gun Detachment, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
19th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
12th York Rangers
Transferred to Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
83rd Battalion (QORC), Canadian Expeditionary Force
Overseas with the 83rd Battalion CEF
Instructor on the Lewis Gun at Shorncliffe
Officer in Command Lewis Gun School, Cdn Training Brigade, Sandling
123rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion – to France
Adjutant, 5th Battalion, Canadian Engineers
LG 18/01/1919+
Demobilized – Awarded British General Service Medal & Victory Medal
‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion Queen’s Own Rifles second in command
Command ‘C’ Company, 1st Battalion (Upper Canada College Company) QORC
Queens Own Rifles
Passed Militia Staff Course
Regimental Adjutant, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Awarded Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal
Awarded Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Decoration (VD)
Appointed Member, Examining Board, Militia Staff Course
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Rifles
Passed examination for promotion to Colonel
Awarded King’s Silver Jubilee Medal (King George V)
Commandant Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Transferred to Corps Reserve
Awarded Coronation Medal of King George VI
Appointed to Canadian Active Service Force as GSO1 NDHQ Intelligence
Director of Military Operations and Intelligence
Deputy Chief of the General Staff “A”
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Deputy Chief of the General Staff “A”
Vice-Chief of the General Staff
Awarded Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
End Vice-Chief of the General Staff
Retires from active service on demobilization
Military
01/09/1907
31/ 05/1912
31/03/1913
01/10/1914
17/11/1914
07/04/1915
01/07/1915
25/04/1916
15/06/1916
01/07/1916
01/11/1916
24/05/1918
01/10/1919
01/10/1920
01/12/1921
18/03/1922
30/07/1926
03/11/1927
15/10/1928
01/01/1930
01/02/1936
09/09/1932
01/08/1934
06/05/1935
13/04/1935
01/06/1937
1937
19/07/1940
24/01/1941
24/12/1941
11/04/1942
01/06/1944
31/08/1944
05/09/1944
01/05/1946
02/02/1946
16/03/1946
48
Civilian
1924-1925
02/02/1946
President Royal Canadian Military Institute
Prison Commissioner Commissioner of Penitentiaries for Canada
Honours to Major-General Ralph Burgess GIBSON, CB CBE VD
CG 05/01/1946
CG 10/06/1944
01/01/1930
15/10/1928
CB
CBE
VD
----
Awarded Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Decoration
Awarded Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal
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49
Brigadier Thomas Graeme GIBSON, CBE, DSO, CD
GOC – 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Born:
Married:
Sons:
Died:
06/04/1908
07/10/1933
2
Toronto, Ontario
Mary Bertha Cameron
2 Sons
CBE
DSO
MID
Commander – Order of the British Empire
Honours
15/06/1946
28/04/1946
06/01/1945
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Promotions
1925
1929
27/10/1941
18/01/1942
08/04/1943
Private
Lieutenant
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Military
1925
1929
1931
1940
08/1940
27/10/1941
18/01/1942
13/06/1942
08/04/1943
12/10/1943
13/04/1944
24/02/1945
03/06/1945
1948
1947
1948
09/1950
1951
Ranks
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Staff College Camberley, England
Liaison Officer HQ Staff - 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
GSO2 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
CO – 1st Battalion Royal Winnipeg Rifles
GSO2 – 1st Canadian Army
General Officer Commanding – 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
End Command
District-Officer-Commanding Military District #6
In Charge of Administration for Eastern Command
Vice-Adjutant General National Defence Headquaters
Acting Commander – Airborne Regiment
Deputy Chief of Army Staff
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50
Born:
Son of:
Wife:
Died:
03/01/1878
First NWMP Badge
1906
21/01/1945
Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan
RCMP Lieut.-Col. Arthur Henry Griesbach
Janet Scott Macdonald Lauder
Edmonton, Alberta
CB
CMG
DSO and Bar
DSO
MID
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Lieutenant-Colonel
Honours
08/02/1919
26/01/1918
17/01/1920
29/07/1916
6x
Civilian
1895
1897
1898
1899
1901
12/1904
12/1906
12/1907
17/12/1917
15/09/1921
21/01/1945
Law Office in Edmonton
Worked in the Imperial Bank
Worked in the milling business
Studied Law in Edmonton
Opened his own law office as a Lawyer
Alderman City of Edmonton
Mayor of Edmonton (9th) – Youngest to date at age 28
End Mayor of Edmonton
Member of Parliament for Edmonton West (Conservative)
Canadian Senator
Died while a Canadian Senator
Military
1899
1901
1906
1907
1914
12/1914
1916
14/02/1917
25/02/1919
15/09/1921
01/07/1928
01/02/1936
07/1941
03/1944
Trooper
Trooper
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Major-General
Major-General
Returned to Canada Rifles South
19th Alberta Mounted Rifles
19th Alberta Dragoons (renamed)
2 i/c 19th Alberta Dragoons to Britain
Commanding 49th Battalion
Commanding Officer – 49th Battalion
GOC - 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1st Div
End GOC - Return to Canada
Promoted Major-General; Retire from Army
19th Alberta Dragoons
Ends term as Honorary Colonel
Retired
51
LG 23/03/1917+
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52
Born:
Brother:
Brother:
Married:
Son - KIA:
Daughters:
Died:
03/09/1884
05/12/1944
2
16/12/1959
Toronto, Ontario
MGen Charles Sumner Hertzberg, Cdn Engineers
Lieutenant Olaf P. Hertzberg, MC
Dorothy Hope
Captain Peder Harbo Anderdon Hertzberg
2 Daughters
CB
CMG
DSO
MC
MID
Major-General
Colonel
Major
Lieutenant
4x MID
Honours
06/01/1945
06/07/1919
26/01/1918
22/06/1915+
18/06/1915+
WWII
WWI
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
WWII
Civilian
Pre WWI
Civil Engineer
Military
27/01/1905
15/09/1905
02/1915
29/09/1915
18/02/1916
07/03/1916
25/06/1917
01/01/1918
22/07/1918
09/1918
31/07/1919
01/04/1920
16/12/1920
06/07/1923
1925
16/09/1919
01/10/1929
01/01/1934
01/01/1934
04/01/1938
15/08/1938
21/11/1938
09/04/1940
06/07/1940
01/09/1944
1945
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Temporary Captain
Temporary Captain
Captain
Temporary Major
Captain / T/Major
Temporary Major
Brevet Colonel
Temporary Colonel
Temporary Colonel
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
2nd Field Company
Canadian Engineers
2nd Field Company
Canadian Engineers CEF
Adjutant
Canadian Engineers
Promoted Temp Capt. Canadian Engineers LG 29/11/15+
Adjutant
Canadian Engineers LG 29/03/16+
Adjutant
Canadian Engineers LG 05/06/16+
Substantive Captain Canadian Engineers
CRE 1st Canadian Division France
Engineer Brigade Commander ‘A’ Batt.
LG 23/09/18+
Engineer Brigade Commander ‘A’ Battalion C.E.
CRCE Military District #6
Remained in the Canadian Engineers Permanent
SEO Military District #6 Halifax
Assistant Director of Military Training
Instructor Royal Military College
GSO1 Royal Military College
General Staff Officer #2 Toronto District
Military Staff
District Officer Commanding District 6 Halifax
District Officer Commanding District #3
Acting Adjutant-General
Commandant – Royal Military College Kingston
Retired
Honorary Member of Royal Military College
SEO = Senior Engineering Officer
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53
Medals
CB
CMG
DSO
MC
1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
CVSM with Clasp
1939-1945 War Medal
King George V Jubilee Medal
King George VI Coronation
Medal
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54
Major-General Charles Sumner Lund HERTZBERG, CB, MC, VD
Chief Engineer – First Canadian Army
Born:
Brother:
Brother
Married:
Died:
12/06/1886
01/01/1944
Toronto, Ontario
MGen H.F.H. Hertzberg, Cdn Engineers
Lieutenant Olaf P. Hertzberg, MC
*1
Jessie Alexander
New Delhi, India - from Smallpox
CB
MC
Croix de Guerre
Major-General
Lieutenant
Slovak Republic
Honours
05/06/1943
10/01/1917+
WWII
Canadian Engineers
Work with Siberian Force
Civilian
University
Pre WWI
Between Wars
After WWII
Hertzberg
After WWII
Engineering
Consulting Engineer
Engineer
Engineer
Structural Engineering
Structural engineering practice - James, Loudon and Hertzberg
Start his own engineering firm – Harkness, Loudon and
Engineer
Company became Harkness and Hertzberg
Private
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
2nd Field Company, Canadian Engineers (CE)
2nd Field Company, Canadian Engineers (CE)
7th Field Company, CE to France
Wounded severely at Vimy Ridge
Returned to Canada
16th Field Company, CE, 2 i/c Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
Promoted to Major
Demobilized – remained in the Volunteer Militia
Canadian Engineers Militia – 2nd Field Company in Toronto
Canadian Engineers Militia – No. 2 District Engineers in Toronto
CRE Royal Engineers (CRE) - 1st Div Engineers
Promoted while still CRE - 1st Cdn Div Engineers
CRE British - VII Corps
Chief Engineer - 1st Canadian Corp
Chief Engineer - 1st Canadian Army
Handed over to Brigadier Melville
To Southeast Asia Command to construct airfields
Died of Smallpox in New Delhi at age 58
Military
1902
1904
1916
1917
06/1917
09/1918
03/1919
06/1919
1920s
1930s
17/10/1939
05/1940
21/07/1940
24/12/1940
06/04/1942
22/06/1943
01/10/1943
01/01/1944
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1
* - all three brothers received the Military Cross
C.R.T. = Canadian Railway Troops
55
Major-General Bertram Meryl HOFFMEISTER, OC, CB, CBE, DSO**, ED
Born:
Died:
15/051907
04/12/1999
Vancouver, B.C.
West Vancouver, B.C.
Promotions
--/--/1927
--/--/1934
01/09/1939
11/10/1942
29/09/1943
01/11/1943
20/03/1944
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
A/Brigadier
Brigadier
MGen
Seaforth
Seaforth
Seaforth
Seaforth
Highlanders
Highlanders
Highlanders
Highlanders
of
of
of
of
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
Military
--/--/1927
--/12/1939
--/--/1942
01/10/1942
01/11/1943
20/03/1944
06/06/1945
01/09/1945
Lieutenant
Major
Major
LCol
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Vancouver
Seaforth - to England
Canadian Junior War Staff Course at RMC Kingston
Commanding Officer Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Commander - 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade (1 Div) Italy
GOC - 5th Canadian Armoured Division (Italy)
Named to Command Canadian Army Pacific Force
Transfer to the Reserve of Officers
07/08/1957
06/02/1963
Honorary LCol
Honorary LCol
Honorary LCol Seaforth Highlander of Canada
End Honorary LCol
Civilian
1945
1949
1949
1956
1958
1961
–
–
–
–
1956
1958
1961
1968
Returned
Vice-President
President
Chairman
Agent General
President
MacMillan and Bloedel Forest Products
for British Columbia in London, England
Council of Forest Industries of B.C.
56
Honours to Major-General Bertram Meryl HOFFMEISTER, OC CB CBE DSO** ED
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
LG
LG
26/06/1982
07/07/1945
28/10/1944
13/11/1943
18/03/1944
29/07/1944
07/06/1947
17/11/1951
22/12/1945
02/04/1946+
16/06/1945+
OC
CB
CBE
DSO
DSO*
DSO**
Commander
Commander
Grand Officer
MID
MID
Officer
- Order of Canada
Second Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
Legion of Merit
USA
The Military Order of Italy
Italy
The Order of Orange-Nassau
Netherlands
Major-General
Major-General
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57
Major-General Gordon Byron HOWARD, CBE
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (PF)
Controller General
Born:
Died:
08/05/1895
1976
Military
24/11/1914
24/11/1915
24/11/1929
01/03/1930
21/07/1938
1940
1940
1943
Lieutenant
Captain
Brevet Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
24/11/1914
01/01/1920
01/06/1923
01/10/1931
01/02/1934
1940
1943
1947
Lieutenant/Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Colonel
Major-General
Major-General
COC
COC
RCOC
RCOC
RCOC
COC WW1
Permanent Force Captain
DOO - Military District #6
DOO - Military District #11
Chief Inspector of Arms & Ammunition
Deputy Inspector-General Inspection Board UK/Canada
Controller-General & Chair Inspection Board UK & Canada
Retire
Honours to Major-General Gordon Bryon HOWARD, CBE
CG 16/06/1945
CBE
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58
Major-General Ralph Holley KEEFLER, CBE, DSO, ED
Born:
Married:
Children
Died:
12/09/1902
09/1927
2
17/09/1983
Weston, Ontario
Beatrice Louis Taschereau
1 Son; 1 Daughter
Ireland
BASc
Engineer
President
Chairman
Bell Telephone Company Montreal
Northern Electric (later Nortel Networks)
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Civilian
1924
1924
1965
1965
Promotions
08/11/1943
08/11/1943
23/03/1945
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Military
1940
1940
1941
1943
08/11/1943
10/11/1944
23/03/1945
19/11/1945
Captain
Captain
Major
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Staff Captain Artillery 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Brigade Major - 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Director of Military Training AG Branch NDHQ
Commander Royal Artillery (CRA) 2nd Cdn Infantry Division
Commander 6th Infantry Brigade 2nd Cdn Infantry Division
End GOC
Honours to Major-General Ralph Holley KEEFLER, CBE, DSO, ED
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
LG
LG
23/12/1944
13/01/1945
04/04/1946
23/09/1946
25/11/1946
04/04/1946+
08/11/1945+
CBE
DSO
MID
Chevalier
Croix
MID
MID
ED
Mentioned-in-Despatches (Mentioned 2x in WWII)
Legion of Honour
France
France
Major-General
Major-General
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Major-General Rodney Frederick KELLER, CBE
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) (PF)
Born:
Married:
Sons:
Died:
01/10/1900
2
21/06/1954
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Barbara Beresford Sinclair (nee Allan) Winnipeg
2 Sons
While on a visit to France (Lived in Kingston, Ontario)
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Major
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
RCMGB (Royal Cdn Machine Gun Battalion)
PPCLI
PPCLI
PPCLI
PPCLI
GOC 1 CIB
GOC 3 Cdn Division
Promotions
15/09/1920
15/09/1925
15/09/1930
01/04/1939
06/06/1941
31/07/1941
08/09/1942
Military
15/09/1920
01/08/1922
01/10/1928
09/04/1934
27/01/1937
01/10/1938
02/11/1939
20/07/1940
06/06/1941
31/07/1941
08/09/1942
08/08/1944
1946
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
RCMGB (Royal Canadian Machine Gun Battalion)
PPCLI
Supt of P & W Training RMC
Brigade Major 2 Canadian Infantry Battalion
GSO - 1st Canadian Division
CO - PPCLI
GOC - 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
Relieved of Command when wounded by American bombing
Retired
06/05/1952
22/06/1954
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
British Columbia Regiment
Died while holding appointment
Honours to Major-General Rodney Frederick KELLER, CBE
CG 10/06/1944
CG 24/04/1945
LG 02/04/1946+
CBE
Croix
MID
France
Medals of Major-General Rodney Frederick KELLER, CBE
CBE - 1939/45 Star - France & Germany Star - Defence Medal CVSM with Clasp
- 1939/45 War Medal with MID - Croix de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze (France)
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60
Major-General Howard KENNEDY, CBE, MC
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
31/05/1892
31/07/1924
3
Dunrobin, Ontario
Mary Macoun
2 Sons; 1 Daughter
Promotions
1918
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
19/07/1940
18/04/1942
1943
07/05/1943
Military
1915
19/07/1940
30/11/1941
18/04/1942
--/--/1943
07/05/1943
15/09/1944
07/03/1950
01/06/1951
01/05/1953
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Canadian Engineers
Commander Royal Engineers, 1st Canadian Division
GSO1 NDHQ
Director of Trades Training NDHQ
Deputy Adjutant-General (o) AG Branch NDHQ
Quartermaster-General NDHQ
End QMG appointment
Appointed 1st Commissioner of UNRWA *
End Chair UNRWA
Chaired Kennedy Board to look at Reserve Structure
* UNRWA = The U.N. Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Kennedy Board made up of MGen Howard Kennedy, MGen E.J. Renaud and MGen H.F.G. Letson
Honours to Major-General Howard KENNEDY, CBE MC
CG 08/01/1944
CG 01/06/1918
1957
CBE
MC
DSoc.Sc.
Military Cross
University of Ottawa
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61
Major-General George KITCHING, CBE, DSO, OStJ, CD
Born:
Died:
19/09/1910
15/07/1999
Shameen (near Canton) China
Canada
14/10/1930
01/09/1939
25/03/1942
25/07/1942
01/11/1943
01/03/1944
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Gloucestershire Regiment / BA
Edmonton Regiment
29/08/1944
01/09/1956
Brigadier
Major-General
Cadet
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
To Canada
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Sandhurst Military College England
2nd Battalion (61st Foot) Gloucestershire Regiment
28th Foot Gloucesterhire Regiment to Singapore
28th Foot to Mhow, India
Return to England and resigns from British Army
Promotions
Military
01/01/1929
14/10/1930
01/10/1931
01/11/1932
01/05/1938
01/03/1939
01/09/1939
30/11/1939
01/02/1941
01/07/1941
25/03/1942
25/07/1942
14/12/1942
01/11/1943
01/03/1944
21/08/1944
12/11/1944
01/07/1945
01/07/1947
01/09/1947
15/11/1949
01/07/1950
01/04/1951
01/05/1954
01/09/1956
01/05/1958
15/05/1960
01/06/1962
19/09/1965
Royal Canadian Regiment as Lieutenant
To England with 1st Division and to Aldershot
GSO 3 - Chemical Warfare 1st Canadian Division
GSO 2 - Training 1 Canadian Corps HQ
Commanding Officer - Edmonton Regiment
GSO 1 - 1st Canadian Infantry Division
GOC - 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade 5th CAD
Chief of Staff/BGS 1st Canadian Corps
Vice Quartermaster-General
National War College Washington
Brigadier General Staff Plans NDHQ
Commander Mobile Strike Force
Director-General Army Personnel (DGAP) NDHQ
Commandant Staff College Kingston
Chief of Staff Western Command
Vice-Chief of General Staff NDHQ
Chairman Cdn Joint Staff (CCJS) London
Chairman Cdn Joint Staff (CCJS) Paris
Commander Central Command Oakville, Ontario
Retires
62
Major-General George KITCHING, CBE DSO OStJ CD
Honours to Major-General George KITCHING, CBE DSO OStJ CD
CG
CG
LG
CG
CG
CG
07/07/1945
13/11/1943
02/07/1965+
07/06/1947
17/11/1951
22/12/1945
CBE
DSO
Officer
Officer
Commander
Commander
Order of St. John
Major-General
Legion of Merit
USA
The Military Order of Italy
Italy
Netherlands
MEDALS of Major-General George KITCHING, CBE DSO OStJ CD
CBE - DSO - OStJ - 1939/45 Star - Africa Star with bar 8th Army - France &
Germany Star - Defence Medal CVSM with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal with MID EIIR Coronation - EIIR Silver Jubilee - CD - Officer Legion of Merit (USA) Commander Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) - Commander Military Order of Italy
- Commander Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus
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63
Major-General Pierre Edouard LECLERC, CBE, MM, ED
General Officer Commanding - Combined Newfoundland & Cdn Military Forces Newfoundland
Born: 05/01/1898
Died: 1982
St. Charles, Montreal
Promotions
1916
09/1916
Sergeant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
Colonel
Temp Brigadier
MGen
1919
01/10/1936
01/10/1936
20/05/1942
Military
16/12/1916
09/1916
1919
1920
20/05/1940
28/08/1941
20/05/1942
15/10/1943
15/12/1944
Sergeant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Canadian Engineers awarded Military Medal
Commissioned as a Lieutenant
Commanding Officer – Le Regiment de Joliette
End CO – Le Regiment de Joliette
GOC – 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade England
GOC – 15th Canadian Training Brigade in England
GOC – 7th Canadian Infantry Div Home Defence Formation
Command - Combined Nfld & Cdn Military Forces Nfld
End Command
Honours to Major-General Pierre Edouard LECLERC, CBE MM ED
CG 05/06/1943
CG 16/12/1916
CBE
MM
Military Medal
Major-General
Sergeant
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Black Watch of Canada
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
Calgary Highlanders
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64
Major-General Harry Farnham Germaine LETSON, CB, CBE, MC, ED, CD
Adjutant-General
Born:
Married:
Step Son:
Died:
26/09/1896
1926
17/04/1992
Vancouver, B.C.
Sally McPhee Lang
The Honourable John Nichol, CC, RCNVR
Ottawa, Ontario
Promotions
1910
1914
1915
1916
1927
12/12/1936
19/08/1940
02/02/1942
Private
Private
Corporal
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Canadian Militia
Western Universities Battalion
Commissioned
Civilian
1921
1922
1923-1935
1935
BSc
PhD
Associate Prof
CEO
Engineering – West Coast McGill University
Doctorate in Engineering in England
Mechanical Engineering UBC
Letson & Burpee Engineering Firm (Shipbuilding)
Military
1910
10/1914
1915
1916
05/1917
1927
1930
1934
12/12/1936
09/1939
19/08/1940
02/02/1942
30/09/1944
19/03/1946
Private
Private
Corporal
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
LCol
LCol
LCol
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Canadian Militia
Commissioned
Canadian Infantry, CEF – Severely Wounded; awarded MC
Commanding Officer – British Columbia Regiment (DofCO)
Commander – COTC University of British Columbia
Commander - Canadian Bisley Team
Commanding Officer - Vancouver Area Defences
Military Attaché Washington
Adjutant-General
Chairman - Canadian Joint Staff Washington
Retires from the Army
---
19/03/1946
28/02/1952
1954
1954
1956
1958
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Secretary to Governor General of Canada Earl Alexander
End term as Secretary to Governor General of Canada
Military Advisor to Government
President Dominion of Canada Rifle Association (DCRA)
End President DCRA
Retired as Military Advisor to Government
22/05/1960
17/04/1992
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
British Columbia Regiment
End position on death – 5 bars to his CD
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65
Major-General Harry Farnham Germaine LETSON, CB, CBE, MC, ED
GOC - 14th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Honours to Major-General Harry Farnham Germaine LETSON, CB, CBE, MC, ED
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
05/01/1946
08/01/1944
23/06/1917
12/02/1944
15/04/1944
CB
CBE
MC
First Class
Commander
Companion - Order of
Commander - Order of
Military Cross
Military Cross First
Legion of Merit with
the Bath
the British Empire
Class
Oak Leaf Cluster
Belgium
USA
Medals: CB – CBE – MC – British War Medal – Victory Medal – Defence Medal – CVSM with
Clasp – 1939/1945 War Medal – King George V Jubilee 1935 – King George VI Coronation –
EIIR Coronation – CD – Commander Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster (USA) –
Military Cross First Class (Belgium) + Officer Legion of Honour (France)
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66
Major-General Robert Marsden LUTON, CBE, OStJ, MC, CD
Director of Medical Services Canadian Military Headquarters London
Born:
Died:
23/05/1891
20/11/1950
Promotions
01/10/1910
12/10/1914
12/10/1915
05/12/1917
01/04/1920
01/09/1925
01/09/1933
01/01/1939
01/01/1942
Private
Lieutenant
Captain
Brevet Major
Captain
Major
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
15th Field Artillery
AMC
AMC
AMC
RCAMC PF
RCAMC PF
RCAMC PF
RCAMC PF
RCAMC PF
Military
01/10/1910
12/10/1914
03/02/1917
01/09/1925
01/05/1930
01/08/1930
01/10/1935
04/11/1939
01/01/1942
1946
Private
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Major
Major
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Joined Militia in ranks 15th Field Artillery
Commissioned Lieutenant Army Medical Corps
Received MC as Captain CAMC
Deputy Director-General Medical Services Acting)
Deputy Director-General Medical Services
District Medical Officer – Military District #6
Director Medical Services CMHQ
Director Medical Services CMHQ
End Director of Medical Services CMHQ
10/08/1948
20/11/1950
Col Commandant
Col Commandant
Colonel Commandant RCAMC
Died while holding appointment
Honours to Major-General Robert Marsden LUTON, CBE MC
05/06/1943
03/02/1917
25/06/1935+
06/03/1948
CBE
MC
OStJ
Commander
Military Cross
Officer – Order of St. John
Legion of Merit
USA
Brigadier
Captain
LCol
Major-General
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67
Major-General Donald John MACDONALD, CBE DSO** MC
Inspector-General Central Canada
Born:
Died:
25/07/1889
03/12/1951
Williamstown, Glengarry, Ontario
London, Ontario
Promotions
15/03/1912
01/05/1913
01/09/1913
02/12/1917
07/08/1919
16/06/1935
06/06/1935
1944
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Brevet LCol
LCol
Colonel
Temp Brigadier
Major-General
Light Horse
Light Horse
Light Horse
Light Horse
LSH{RC}
Military Staff
Military Staff
Military Staff
Gentleman Cadet
Gentleman Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Temp LCol
Temp LCol
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Royal Military College Kingston
RMC #
Graduate from RMC
Transferred to Lord Strathcona’s Horse (R.C.)
First Canadian Expeditionary Force to Europe
To France with Strathcona’s Horse
Wounded – Invalided to England
Receives Military Cross
CO – Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Wounded
Corps Reserves to Active List – to ‘D’ Company
GSO - 1 Military District #13 (Calgary)
GSO - 1 Military District #12
AA & QMG - Military District #13 (Calgary)
DOC - Military District #11 (Esquimalt)
DOC – Military District #1
Inspector General - Central Canada
Retired
Military
1908
25/06/1909
07/1909
1911
03/10/1914
04/05/1915
24/05/1915
20/08/1915
02/12/1917
30/03/1918
09/09/1921
01/07/1923
01/09/1924
11/09/1927
06/06/1935
01/06/1938
31/08/1944
15/09/1944
31/08/1945
Honours to Major-General Donald John MACDONALD, CBE DSO** MC
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
LG
LG
LG
CG
10/06/1944
26/01/1918
21/12/1918
16/11/1918
29/07/1916
01/01/1916+
28/12/1917+
31/12/1918+
24/02/1945
CBE
DSO
DSO*
DSO**
MC
MID
MID
MID
Commander
Second Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Lieutenant Strathcona’s Horse
Order of Orange-Nassau
Netherlands
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68
Major-General John Percival MACKENZIE, CB, DSO**, ED
Born:
Died:
08/05/1884
25/08/1961
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Vancouver, British Columbia
Promotions
24/09/1914
03/09/1915
30/06/1916
02/05/1918
02/02/1942
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
MGen
Military
03/09/1915
30/06/1916
10/07/1917
01/05/1918
02/05/1918
02/05/1918
07/08/1918
1918-1920
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
02/02/1942
06/05/1943
Major-General
Major-General
Promoted Temporary Captain 8th CIB
Promoted Temporary Major 8th CIB
Attached HQ Canadian Engineers
End Attachment to HQ Cdn Engineers
Command a Battalion (Manitoba Reg)
Promoted Temporary LCol
Promoted Temporary LCol
1st Battalion Canadian Engineers
LG
LG
LG
LG
LG
LG
LG
23/11/1915+
10/10/1916+
16/10/1917+
16/08/1918+
09/09/1918+
11/10/1918+
19/11/1918+
Retire
Honours to Major-General John Percival MACKENZIE, CB, DSO**, ED
CG 10/06/1944
CG 17/01/1920
CG 22/09/1917
CG 03/02/1917
LG 07/06/1919+
WWI 2x
CB
DSO**
DSO*
DSO
Croix
MID
ED
Second Bar to the - Distinguished Service Order
Bar to the - Distinguished Service Order
Croix de Guerre
France
LCol
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69
Major-General John Henry MacQUEEN, CBE, CD
Born:
Married:
Died:
19/09/1893
01/08/1917
1980
New Glasgow, N.S.
Aimee Olive Miller
Sergeant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Temp Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
78th Pictou Highlanders
RCOC
RCOC
RCOC
Colour Sergeant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
RMC #
Commissioned COC - 78th Pictou Highlanders
Overseas
DEOS MD #8 (Dir Equipment Ordnance Services)
Various Ordnance Corps Positions
Director of Ordnance Service
Senior Officer Ordnance
Assistant QMG Cdn Military HQ England
Assistant QMG Cdn Military HQ England
Deputy Quartermaster-General HQ England
Retires
President
President
Canadian Arsenals
RCOC Association
Promotions
1911
01/01/1920
1930
01/10/1932
21/07/1938
18/02/1941
01/07/1945
Military
1911
1914
1914-1918
01/01/1920
1930
21/07/1938
17/10/1939
15/05/1940
18/02/1941
18/12/1941
01/07/1945
06/04/1947
Civilian
01/06/1947
10/04/1948
Honours to Major-General John Henry MacQUEEN, CBE
CG 09/01/1943
CG 06/03/1948
CBE
Officer
Legion of Merit
USA
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70
Major-General Albert Bruce MATTHEWS, CBE, DSO, ED, CD
General Officer Commanding – 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
12/08/1909
25/09/1937
3
14/09/1991
Ottawa, Ontario
Victoria Corse Thorne
2 Sons; 1 Daughter
Toronto, Ontario
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
Acting Brigadier
Major-General
3rd Field Brigade
Adjutant – 7th Toronto Regiment RCA
7th Toronto Regiment RCA
RCA
1928
1928
1936
08/12/1939
01/08/1940
22/09/1941
04/09/1942
15/01/1943
14/03/1944
10/11/1944
06/10/1945
11/1945
18/01/1964
17/01/1969
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
30th Field Battery - 3rd Field Brigade
30th Field Battery - 3rd Field Brigade
Adjutant 7th Toronto Regiment – Royal Canadian Artillery
Overseas with the 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery
Second in Command 1st Medium Regiment RCA
Command 5th Medium Regiment RCA
Headquarters 1st Canadian Corps
CRCA - 1st Canadian Division (Commander Royal Cdn Art)
CCRA - 1st Canadian Corps
GOC - 2nd Canadian Division
Return to Civilian Life
Reserve of Officers List
Colonel Commandant Royal Canadian Artillery
End Colonel Commandant RCA
1946
Chairman
Head
Excelsior Life Insurance
Argus Corporation
Promotions
1928
1933
01/09/1939
22/09/1941
15/01/1943
10/11/1944
Military
Honours to Major-General Albert Bruce MATTHEWS, CBE, DSO, ED, CD
CG 23/12/1944
CG 13/11/1943
LG 02/04/1946+
Second
CG 25/11/1946
CG 25/11/1946
CG 22/12/1945
CBE
DSO
MID
MID
Chevalier
Croix
Grand Officer
Mentioned-in-Despatches (second)
Legion of Honour
France
France
Netherlands
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71
Major-General Harold Halford MATTHEWS, CMG DSO
Adjutant-General
Born:
Died:
22/05/1877
12/05/1940
Lower Hartford, Gloucestershire, England
Ottawa, Ontario
Military
1915
28/09/1915
26/11/1917
31/03/1917
26/09/1917
20/10/1917
1917
1919
31/05/1919
01/01/1928
27/11/1932
1935
15/08/1938
09/12/1938
08/04/1940
Major
LCol
Colonel
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
8 CIB - DSO
1915
CO – 90th Rifles (8th Cdn Infantry Battn) LG 17/12/1915+
Commanding Canadian Troops
LG 25/09/1917+
End Commanding Canadian Troops
LG 05/10/1917+
Relinquishes Temporary Colonel
LG 16/10/1917+
GSO2 – Cdn General List
LG 30/11/1917+
CO – 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion (B.C. Horse)
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (RC)
General Staff Officer 1st Grade ends
LG 19/09/1919+
Director of Military Operations & Intelligence NDHQ
Retired due to ill health / died 12/04/1940
Honours to Major-General Harold Halford MATTHEWS, CMG DSO
CG 05/07/1919
CG 17/07/1915
CMG
DSO
Companion - Order of St. Michael & St. George
LCol
Major
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72
Major-General George Eric McCUAIG, CMG, DSO*, VD
Royal Highlanders of Canada
Camp Commandant – Camp Borden
Born:
Died:
02/09/1885
21/03/1958
Toronto, Ontario
Montreal, Quebec
Stock Broker
Montreal
Civilian
Promotions
08/1914
1915
1916
1916
14/09/1918
WWII
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
Brigadier
Major-General
Military
1909
01/08/1914
01/09/1914
03/10/1915
13/10/1917
06/07/1918
14/09/1918
26/02/1919
14/04/1919
1930s
1930s
18/09/1940
30/09/1940
14/01/1941
30/04/1942
01/05/1942
20/05/1943
05/04/1945
06/04/1945
28/08/1945
2nd Lt
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
HLCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
HLCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
MGen
MGen
5th Regiment Royal Highlanders of Canada
13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada)
Adjutant 13th Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada
End Adjutant – 13th Battalion (RH of C)
LG 29/10/1915+
Command of a Quebec Regiment
Resumes Command of a Battalion
LG 06/07/1918+
GOC - 4th Infantry Brigade 2nd Canadian Division
GOC - 1st Infantry Brigade 1st Canadian Division
End GOC – Youngest General in the CEF
Commandant The Black Watch (R.H.R.)
Commander 12th (R) Infantry Brigade
Honorary LCol 2nd Battalion Black Watch of Canada NPAM
Commandant, Military Camp, Petawawa, Ontario
Commandant, Military Camp, Camp Borden, Ontario
Camp Commandant Hamilton-Niagara Area
Honorary LCol, Black Watch of Canada, Active Army
Chairman, Eastern Officers’ Selection and Appraisal Board
Chairman, East Ont. Selection in Brockville \Three Rivers P.Q.
Appointed Major-General on his retirement
Effective date of his retirement
Honours to Major-General George Eric McCUAIG, CMG DSO* VD
CG 03/02/1917
CG 21/12/1918
CG 03/02/1917
WWI
CMG
DSO*
DSO
MID
VD
Mentioned-in-Despatches WW1
Colonial Auxiliary Volunteer Officer’s Decoration
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73
Major-General Albert Edward NASH, MC, ED
The Mississauga Horse / GGHG
Inspector-General – Central Canada
Born:
15/10/1884
Immigrated: 1907
Married:
Died:
04/06/1944
Swansea, Wales
To Canada 1907
Yvonne C.
York Mills, Ontario
Promotions
1914
1917
11/01/1918+
1918
1934
26/10/1940
01/10/1942
Private
Lt
Captain
Major
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
218th Battalion
19th Alberta Dragoons
Civilian
Chartered Accountant
Military
1914-1918
1917
08/10/1917
1930
1935
01/09/1937
11/09/1939
01/08/1940
12/08/1940
26/10/1940
24/10/1941
14/09/1942
19/05/1944
04/06/1944
Private
Lieutenant
Captain
Served overseas with 218th Battalion as a Private
Commissioned with 19th Alberta Dragoons
Canadian Railway Service – Temporary Captain LG 11/01/1918+
Rejoined the Canadian Militia
LCol
CO - The Mississauga Horse (Renamed GGHG in 1936)
LCol
CO - The Governor General's Horse Guards
LCol
Assistant Adjutant & QMG MD #2 Toronto
Colonel
Assistant Adjutant & QMG MD #2 Toronto
Colonel
Director of Organization NDHQ
Brigadier
Deputy Adjutant General
Brigadier
Commanding Officer Group B Canadian Reinforcement Units
Brigadier
Vice Adjutant-General Cdn Military HQ England
Major-General Inspector-General Central Canada
Major-General Died of injuries from a car accident
Honours to Major-General Albert Edward NASH, MC, ED
LG 15/10/1918+
LG 08/12/1916+
MC
Croix
Military Cross
Croix de Guerre
France
Captain
Private
Air Vice-Marshal Billy Bishop, VC, DSO, MC, DFC served with the Mississauga Horse as
did Captain Sir Frederick Banting, KBE, MC
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74
Major-General Victor Wentworth ODLUM, CB, CMG, DSO and Bar, VD, LLD
Born:
Went to:
Married:
Died:
21/10/1880
1887
1904
04/04/1971
Coboug, Ontario
Tokyo (learned to speak Japanese)
Teresa Rogerson (died 1970)
Vancouver
CB
CMG
DSO
DSO and Bar
MID
2nd Class
Companion – Order of the Bath CB
Companion – Order of St. Michael & St. George
Order of Danilo 2nd Class
(Montengro)
Honours
26/07/1918
28/07/1917
22/01/1916
18/01/1919
8x (WWI)
14/04/1917
Civilian
1901
1904
1905
1908
1910
1923
1940
1945
Reporter
Daily World
Editor
Daily World
Editor
Nelson Daily News
Financial & Insurance
Winnipeg
Financial & Insurance
Vancouver
General Victor Odlum and Colonel Albert Malcolm "Buster" Brown
formed Odlum Brown & Company as a partnership
Left to join Cdn Army
Vancouver
Ambassador Turkey
Vancouver
Albert and Tom Brown ran Odlum Brown
Military
1899
01/1902
1902
1902
1910
1913
1914
1914
1915
04/07/1916
23/06/1919
1920
1926
01/10/1930
01/06/1936
20/05/1940
01/11/1941
Private
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Honorary Col
Honorary Col
Major-General
Major-General
2nd Special Svc Battalion RCR –South Africa
Commissioned in S.A. with the 3 CMR LG 22/08/02+
48th Highlanders Toronto
6th Duke of Connaught's Own Regiment Vancouver
100th Winnipeg Grenadiers
Irish Fusiliers of Canada
Irish Fusiliers of Canada CEF
2 i/c 7th Cdn Infantry Battalion
CO - 7th Cdn Infantry Battalion BC Regiment
GOC - 11th Cdn Infantry Brigade (4th Cdn Division)
Command Vancouver Garrison (NPAM)
Commanding Officer 23rd Brigade
To Reserve of Militia Officers
Irish Fusiliers (Vancouver Regiment)
End period as Honorary Colonel
GOC - 2nd Canadian Infantry Division WWII
Retired from Canadian Army to be Ambassador
Canadian Ambassador
11/1941
04/1943
10/1946
09/1947
1952
1964
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General retired
Publisher
Canadian Ambassador to Australia
Canadian Ambassador to China
Returned to Canada
Canadian Ambassador to Turkey
Returned to Canada
Vancouver Times
75
Honours to Major-General Victor Wentworth ODLUM, CB CMG DSO*
Medals of Major-General Victor Wentworth ODLUM, CB, CMG, DSO*,VD, LLD
CB
Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Bath
(WWII)
CMG
Companion of the Order of St. Michael & St. George (WWI)
DSO and Bar Distinguished Service Order and Bar
Queen's South Africa Medal with 4 Bars
1914/15 Star
British War Medal
Defence Medal
CVSM with Clasp
1939/45 War Medal
1935 Jubilee
1937 Coronation
EIIR Coronation
Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service Medal
Colonial Auxiliary Force Officer’s Decoration (VD)
Order of Danilo 2nd Class (Montengro)
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76
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (PF)
General Officer Commanding - Atlantic Command
Born:
Married:
Died:
17/12/1884
WWI
26/04/1944
Frodingham, Yorks, England
Rosa Laura Whitehouse
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Promotions
1907
14/05/1915
16/10/1915
19/04/1917
25/09/1935
25/09/1935
10/05/1941
Lieutenant
CLH
Captain
Major
LSH(RC)
LCol
LSH(RC)
Colonel
Temp Brigadier
Major-General
Military
1907
1913
1914
14/05/1915
16/10/1915
19/04/1917
01/01/1920
1929
01/01/1935
25/09/1935
06/06/1940
07/07/1940
31/10/1940
10/06/1941
25/12/1941
16/07/1943
26/04/1944
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
CLH
35th CAH
5th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
Promoted Temp Captain 5th CIB
LG 16/07/1915+
Promoted Temporary Major – 5th CIB
LG 23/11/1915+
Commanding Officer 50th Battalion
LG 10/07/1917+
Commanding Officer Lord Strathcona's Horse
AA & QMG Military District #6
DOC - Military District #7 Saint John New Brunswick
Commanding Officer - ‘Z’ Force Iceland
Commanding Officer - Canadian Troops Iceland
Commanding Officer - Canadian Base Units in England
GOC - Combined Nfld & Cdn Military Forces Nfld
GOC - Atlantic Command
Died
‘Z’ Force Iceland
The Fusiliers Mont-Royal
The Royal Regiment of Canada
The Cameron Highlanders of Canada
,
77
Honour to Major-General Lionel Frank PAGE, CB, DSO**
CG 05/06/1943
CG 18/01/1915
CG 03/02/1917
CG 06/07/1918
WWI
CG 27/07/1946
CB
DSO
DSO*
DSO**
MID
Commander
econd Bar Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches WW1 at least once
Legion of Merit
USA
Medals of Major-General Lionel Frank PAGE, CB, DSO**
CB
DSO and Two Bars
1914/15 Star
British War Medal
Defence Medal
CVSM with Clasp
1939/45 War Medal
1935 GV Jubilee
1937 GVI Coronation
EIIR Coronation
Commander Legion of Merit (USA)
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78
Major-General Edouard de Bellefeuille PANET, CMG, DSO, ED
District Officer Commanding – Military District #4
Born:
Died:
24/08/1881
1971
Ottawa, Ontario
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
RCA
RCA
RCHA
1920
1911
1914
01/01/1916
01/01/1917
27/02/1919
01/01/1920
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
RMC #499
DAAG/DAA/QMG 1st Canadian Division
A/QMG Canadian Corps
GSO 1 1st Canadian Division
Deputy Adjutant & QMG - 1st Canadian Corps
Resigned from Permanent Force
01/10/1921
1926 -1934
Hon Colonel
Honorary ADC
Le Regiment de Quebec (Miltrailleuse)
To the Governor General
1939-1940
1940
Major-General
Major-General
Director of Internment Operations Directorate
Promotions
1902
1904
01/10/1911
01/01/1917
27/02/1919
1939
Military
Honours to Major-General Edouard de Bellefeuille PANET, CMG, DSO, OStJ, ED
26/01/1918
12/02/1916
WWI 6x
12/02/1944
12/04/1919
CMG
DSO
OStJ
MID
First Class
Chevalier
ED
Mentioned in Despatches 6 times WW1
Military Cross First Class
Belgium
Legion of Honour
France
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79
Major-General George Randall PEARKES, VC, CC, CB, DSO, KStJ, MC, CD
Born:
Died:
26/02/1889
30/05/1984
Watford, England
Victoria, B.C.
Promotions
03/02/1915
16/03/1915
03/03/1916
30/04/1916
16/10/1916
20/11/1919
27/03/1918
16/02/1937
01/02/1938
01/02/1938
11/07/1940
Trooper
Lance-Corporal
Sergeant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Brevet LCol
LCol
Colonel
Temp Brigadier
Major-General
5 Canadian Mounted
5 Canadian Mounted
5 Canadian Mounted
5 Canadian Mounted
5 Canadian Mounted
PPCLI
PPCLI
PPCLI
Military Staff
Military Staff
Rifles
Rifles
Rifles
Rifles
Rifles
Military
13/12/1913
03/02/1915
16/03/1915
03/03/1916
30/04/1916
09/02/1918
29/03/1919
01/01/1920
01/07/1923
01/05/1928
01/10/1929
01/01/1934
01/01/1935
02/01/1938
20/07/1940
02/09/1942
15/02/1945
Constable
Trooper
Lance-Corporal
Sergeant
Lieutenant
Major
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
5 CMR - Canadian Expeditionary Force
Victoria Cross WW1 A/Major 5 CMR (Passchendaele)
Awarded DSO LCol 116th CIB
GSO 1 - MD #13
GSO 1 - MD #10
GSO 1 - MD #11
GSO 1 - RMC
GSO 1 - Training
Director of Military Training & SD
DOC - MD #13
GOC-in-C -Pacific Command
End GOC Pacific Command
Civilian
11/06/1945
21/06/1957
10/10/1960
13/10/1960
07/1968
Elected Conservative Member of Parliament
End Term as Minister of National Defence
Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
End term as Lieutenant-Governor of B.C.
10/09/1962
Honorary Colonel British Columbia Regiment
(Honorary Colonel’s uniform at right)
80
Major-General The Honourable George Randall PEARKES, VC, CC, CB, DSO, KStJ, KStJ, MC,
CD
PPCLI
Honours to Major-General George Randall PEARKES, VC, CC, CB, DSO, MC, CD
09/02/1918
15/07/1967
05/06/1943
29/03/1919
27/01/1917
07/01/1919+
15/01/1944
11/07/1961+
VC
CC
CB
DSO
MC
Croix
Commander
KStJ
Victoria Cross
Military Cross
Croix de Guerre
France
Legion of Merit
USA
Knight – Order of St. John
Medals of Major-General George Randall PEARKES, VC, CC, CB, DSO, MC, CD
VC - CC - CB - DSO - KStJ - MC - 1914/15 Star - BWM - Victory Medal with
MID - Defence Medal - CVSM with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal - 1935 Jubilee 1937 Coronation - EIIR Coronation - Centennial Medal - EIIR Silver Jubilee Commander Legion of Merit (USA) – Croix de Guerre (France)
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81
Major-General Frederick Ross PHELAN, CB, DSO, CStJ, MC, VD
Canadian Grenadier Guards
Born:
Died:
08/08/1885
11/12/1970
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Promotions
1914
13/05/1916
08/02/1918
31/03/1931
26/10/1940
26/10/1940
06/07/1943
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Quebec Regiment
Staff Captain
DAAG
CO Canadian Grenadier Guards
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Promoted Temp Captain Staff Captain
LG 27/07/16+
Staff Captain Headquarters
LG 03/07/17+
D.A.A.G. on Adjutant-General & QMG Staff LG 19/02/18+
Temp Major – Remain Seconded (Quebec Reg) LG 02/04/18+
Commanding Officer - The Canadian Grenadier Guards
Brigade of Canadian Guards
Deputy Assistant-Adjutant General Military District #4
Assistant Adjutant & QMG Military District #4
Deputy Adjutant General - Canadian Military HQ England
Commanding - Officer Cdn Reinforcement Units England
Commander - Combined Nfld & Cdn Military Forces Nfld
Retire
Military
13/05/1916
05/06/1916
26/11/1917
08/02/1918
31/03/1931
01/05/1937
11/12/1939
31/03/1940
26/10/1940
08/09/1941
06/07/1943
31/10/1943
21/04/1945
Honours to Major-General Frederick Ross PHELAN, CB DSO CStJ MC VD
CG 16/06/1945
CG 08/02/1919
CG 13/01/1917
LG 05/01/1951
LG 07/06/1919+
WWI 2x
CB
DSO
MC
CStJ
Croix
MID
VD
Military Cross
Commander – Order of St. John
Croix de Guerre
France
Mention in Despatches
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officer’s Decoration
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82
Major-General The Honourable Edward Chester (“Johnny”) PLOW, CBE, DSO, KStJ, CD
Born:
Married:
Died:
28/09/1904
1937
25/04/1988
St. Albans, Vermont, USA
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brockville, Ontario
Honours
30/06/1945
28/04/1945
04/07/1958+
22/12/1945
WWII 2x
CBE
DSO
KStJ
Commander
MID
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight of the Order of St. John
Order of Orange Nassau with swords
Netherlands
BGen
BGen
MGen
BGen
Military
09/1921
1925
1930
1930
1931
1933
1937
1938
1939
12/1939
14/04/1940
03/05/1940
19/07/1940
28/08/1940
21/09/1941
01/02/1942
06/04/1942
15/01/1943
13/09/1943
27/12/1943
19/12/1944
10/06/1945
01/10/1945
1946
01/01/1947
01/01/1949
1951
02/10/1958
Cadet
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
LCol
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
RMC #1649
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery ‘B’ Battery
RCHA Kingston – Leyland Trucks & Crossley Staff Cars
Attached British Army
Motor Transport Course at Woolwich, England
Adjutant RCHA
Stationed with RCHA in Winnipeg
To teach Artillery at Royal Military College (RMC)
Staff Course in England
Joined RCHA Battery
Brigade Major, Royal Artillery, 1st Canadian Division
GSO 2 – 1st Canadian Infantry Division
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General – VII Corps
Commander – 8th Army Field Regiment, Royal Cdn Artillery
Counter-Bombardment Officer – 1st Canadian Division
Commander Royal Artillery – 3rd Cdn Infantry Division
Commander Royal Artillery – 3rd Cdn Infantry Division
Commander Royal Artillery - 1st Canadian Corps
End Command – resumes in December
Commander Royal Artillery – 1st Canadian Corps
Brigadier, Royal Artillery – 1st Canadian Army HQ
Command RCHA – Canadian Army Occupation Force
Appointment in England
Directorate of Artillery at Army Headquarters
DOC – Military District (British Columbia)
Senior Canadian Liaison Officer, London, England
Commander – Eastern Command
Retire
Civilian
15/01/1959
1963
Lieutenant-Governor
Lieutenant-Governor
Nova Scotia
End term as Lieutenant-Governor
83
Major-General The Honourable Edward Chester (“Johnny”) PLOW, CBE, DSO, KStJ, CD
Medals and Honours
CBE
DSO
KStJ
1939/1945 Star
Italy Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
King George VI Coronation
EIIR Coronation
Centennial Medal
Commander of the Order of Orange Nassau with swords
\ Netherlands
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84
Born:
Family:
Married:
Children:
Died:
24/10/1890
6 brothers
6
09/1983
Blyth, Northumberland, England
3 Died in WWI
Marry Ann Rattray Stewart
Including two sets of twins
Kingston, Ontario
Civilian
1911
1913
1914
BSc
MSc
Instructor
University of Edinburgh
Cornell University
Ames College, Iowa, USA
- - - - -
1920
Head
Dairy Department, University of Saskatchewan
- - - - -
1949
1944
Administrator
Administrator
District Administrator Kingston, Dept of Veterans Affairs
Retired from DVA
Promotions
1915
09/1916
1920
1934
01/07/1940
01/07/1942
Private
Sergeant (1499)
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Commanding Officer – University of Saskatchewan COTC
Commander Saskatoon Non-Permanent Militia Garrison
GOC – 2nd CIB
GOC – 6th CID
Private
Sergeant
Sergeant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
2nd Universities Company McGill Univ. attached PPCLI
Wounded – 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Commissioned – 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
To Education Office – Lectures on Agriculture
Back with PPCLI
Wounded with PPCLI
Commander - University of Saskatchewan COTC
Cdr – Saskatoon Non-Permanent Active Militia Garrison
Commander - 19th Infantry Brigade
Commanding Officer - Saskatchewan Light Infantry MG
GOC - 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade
GOC – 2 CIB for raid on Spitzbergen
Acting GOC – 1st Canadian Infantry Division
GOC – 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigage
GOC - 6th Canadian Infantry Division (B.C.)
DOC – Military District #2 Toronto, Ontario
GOC - Central Command
Retires
Military
1915
1916
09/1916
09/1916
12/1917
1918
07/09/1918
1920
1934
15/01/1936
30/11/1939
20/07/1940
01/08/1941
15/11/1941
22/12/1941
20/05/1942
11/10/1943
01/01/1946
01/08/1946
85
Honours to Major-General Arthur Edward POTTS, CBE, OStJ, ED
CG 05/06/1943
LG 04/07/1958+
CBE
OStJ
ED
Officer – The Order of St. John
Medals of Major-General Arthur Edward POTTS, CBE, OStJ, ED
CBE - OStJ - 1914/15 Star - BWM - Victory Medal with MID - 1939 Star - Defence
Medal - CVSM with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal - 1935 Jubilee - 1937 Coronation
- Auxiliary Service Long Service & Good Conduct Medal – Decoration (ED)
======================================================================================
86
Major-General Charles Basil PRICE, CB, DSO, DCM, VD
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
12/12/1890
23/08/1915
5
15/02/1975
Knowlton, Quebec
Marjorie Meredith Holden Trenholme
4 Daughters; 1 Son
Knowlton, Quebec
Promotions
1915
06/1915
1917
08/05/1918
1925
01/07/1931
1941
14/03/1941
CSM
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Civilian
1905
1910
1920
1937
1952
Junior Clerk
Agent
Manager
President
President
Bank of Montreal
Evans and Evan Manufacturing Agents
Elmhurst Dairy Limited
Elmhurst
Dairy Limited
Retires
Military
1905
1907
1908
1910
04/08/1914
09/1914
06/1915
1917
08/05/1918
1920
1924
1927
31/12/1929
1939
1940
1941
14/03/1941
07/09/1942
08/08/1944
Rifleman
Corporal
Sergeant
Colour Sgt
Private
CSM
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
MGen
MGen
Victoria Rifles of Montreal
Royal Montreal Rifles
Royal Montreal Rifles (CSM = Company Sergeant-Major)
Quebec Regiment
Quebec Regiment
Promoted Major – Quebec Regiment
LG 17/09/1918+
CO – Royal Montreal Regiment
End CO Royal Montreal Regiment
CO – Royal Montreal Regiment
End and retire as CO – Royal Montreal Regiment
CO - Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars
CO - 1st South Saskatoon Light Infantry (in England)
GOC - 3rd Canadian Division
Overseas Commissioner of the Red Cross Society
Retired / Ran as MLA in Quebec and Lost
Honours to Major-General Charles Basil PRICE, CB, DSO, DCM, VD
CG
CG
CG
2x
16/06/1945
15/11/1919
24/07/1915
WWI
CB
DSO
DCM
MID
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Mentioned-in-Despatches 2x WWI
======================================================================================
87
Major-General Ernest James RENAUD, CB, CBE, CD
Born:
Died:
25/07/1890
1967
Ottawa, Ontario
Promotions
Lt
Captain
Major
Brevet LCol
LCol
Colonel
Temp Brigadier
Brigadier
MGen
20/06/1912
20/11/1914
01/12/1919
19/09/1918
01/03/1930
21/07/1938
21/07/1938
(COC)
(COC)
(RCOC)
(RCOC)
(RCOC)
(Military Staff)
(Military Staff)
Military
24/11/1917
24/11/1917
04/02/1918
19/09/1918
19/09/1919
11/04/1921
15/10/1926
01/05/1929
01/05/1934
01/05/1936
30/09/1937
21/07/1938
1942
1943
1945
1948
Gentleman Cadet
Lieutenant
Captain
Temporary Major
Acting LCol
Temp. Major
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
LCol
LCol
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Royal Military College RMC #
Canadian Ordnance Corps
Chief OO Cdn Ordnance Corps HQ England
Graded Assistant Director of Ordnance Service
Promoted Acting LCol while Specially Employed
Relinquishes Asst D.O.S. and Acting LCol
ADOS Siberia
DOO - MD #13
DOO - MD #2
DOO - MD #5
DOO - MD #6
Director of E & OS
Director of Ordnance Services & OA RCOC
DOC MD #5
GOC MD #4
GOC Quebec Command
Retires
24/11/17+
18/03/18+
04/02/18+
30/11/18+
Honours to Major-General Ernest James RENAUD, CB, CBE, (OBE)
CG
CG
CG
LG
CG
06/01/1945
09/01/1943
14/02/1919
29/06/1923+
24/02/1945
CB
CBE
OBE
Croix
Commander
CD
Officer
- Order of the British Empire
Croix de Guerre Czechoslovak Republic
Order of Orange-Nassau
Netherlands
MGen
BGen
LCol
LCol
MGen
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88
Major-General Harold James RILEY, DSO**, Q.C.
Commanding Officer – 27 Canadian Infantry Battalion Manitoba Regiment
Director – National Selection Service
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
27/11/1887
1921
4
07/07/1975
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ruth McDonald Moore (of Denver, Colorado)
3 Sons; 1 Daughter
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lt
Captain
Major
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba
Promotions
1915
27/02/1916
1917
1919
1939
1942
Regiment
Regiment
Regiment
Regiment
Civilian and University
1911
1914
1914
Engineering
Manitoba Bar
Lawyer
Mechanical Engineering degree Worcester Polytechnic Inst.
Law Degree University of Manitoba
Winnipeg firm of Fillmore and Riley
Military
1915
27/02/1916
04/1915
26/11/1916
05/04/1918
19/04/1918
1919
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
LCol
LCol
LCol
27 Cdn Infantry Battalion Manitoba Regiment
Promoted Temp Captain 27 CIB Manitoba Reg
Severely wounded
Promoted Temp Major from Acting Major
Promoted LCol – to Command 27 CIB
CO – 27 CIB Manitoba Regiment
CO - 27 CIB Manitoba Regiment
LG 30/04/1916+
LG 20/03/1917+
LG 28/06/1918+
LG 24/05/1918+
Return to Law in Manitoba between Wars
1932/33
1939
1942
President
Brigadier
Major-General
Manitoba Bar Association
District Officer-in-Command Military District No. 10
Director of National Selective Service
Honours to Major-General Harold James RILEY, DSO**
CG 15/09/1917
CG 23/09/1919
CG 15/11/1919
4x
DSO
DSO*
DSO**
MID
Second Bar to Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches WW1 at least once
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89
Major-General John Hamilton ROBERTS, CB, DSO, MC
General Officer Commanding – 2nd Canadian Division
Born:
Married:
Children:
Married:
Died:
21/12/1891
1st
4
2nd 14/02/1943
17/12/1962
Pipestone, Manitoba
Isabelle Mary Waldron
3 Sons; 1 Daughter
Anne Caroline Westwood
Les Movettes, Fauvie, Jersey, Channel Islands
Lt
Captain
Major
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
24/03/1917
25/06/1929
1940
07/1940
07/11/1941
Temporary Captain
1914
1916
20/07/1917
03/1918
1918
10/10/1931
1940
05/1940
07/1940
078/1941
07/11/1941
06/04/1942
19/08/1942
03/1943
12/04/1943
1945
Cadet
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Brevet Major
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
RMC #891
Royal Horse Artillery
Wounded
Canadian Reinforcement Unit
Ceases Employment on Military Duty in UK LG 27/10/1931+
CO - 1st Field Artillery Regiment, France
Only commander Allied Forces to withdraw with all guns
Commander Royal Artillery 1st Canadian Division
Commander Corps of Royal artillery 1 Canadian Corps
Acting GOC - 2nd Canadian Division
LG 07/11/1941+
GOC – 2nd Canadian Division
Commander Operation Jubilee Dieppe Raid aboard HMS Calpe
Relieved of his command after Exercise Spartan
GOC Canadian Reinforcement Unit
Retires
1945
1946
Major-General
Major-General
Chief Administrative Officer Imperial War Graves
Commission Central European District
90
LG 20/07/1918+
Honours to Major-General John Hamilton ROBERTS, CB DSO MC
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
16/06/1945
10/10/1941
03/02/1917
21/07/1951
21/07/1951
CB
DSO
MC
Commander
Croix
Military Cross
Legion of Honour
France
Croix de Guerre with Bronze Palm
France
Medals:
CB
DSO
MC
Military Cross (WWI)
1914/1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
1939/1945 Star
Defence Medal
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp
Croix de Guerre with Bronze Palm
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91
Major-General Harry Leonard Nowell SALMON, MC*
Born: 09/02/1894
Died: 29/04/1943
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Chivenor, Devon, England
Promotions
Private
Lt
Captain
Major
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
1914
1916
1918
20/06/1919
02/1940
1942
08/09/1942
Military
1914
1914
11/1916
20/12/1918
20/06/1919
1930
26/12/1931
01/1940
02/1940
16/02/1940
1941
1942
08/09/1942
29/04/1943
Private
Private
Lieutenant
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
LCol
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
MGen
95th Saskatchewan Rifles
28th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canadian Infantry – Saskatchewan Regiment
LG 14/11/1916+
2nd i/c M.D.C. Wing No. 12 Kinmel Park
LG 24/06/1919+
Permanent Active Militia of Canada on Duty UK
LG 07/10/1930+
Imperial Defence College Camberley, England
Relinquished Local Rank ends duty in U.K.
LG 15/01/1932+
Staff – 1st Canadian Infantry Division
CO - Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment
CO – H&PE Regiment went to Brest a week before Dunkirk
GSO I - 2nd Cdn Div, England Royal Cdn Regiment LG 14/04/1939+
Commanding Officer - 7th Brigade
Killed near Devon England in Hudson Airplane Crash
Honours to Major-General Harry Leonard Nowell SALMON, MC*
CG 01/06/1918
CG 23/12/1916
MC*
MC
Bar to Military Cross
Military Cross
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
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92
Major-General Edward James Carson SCHMIDLIN, MC
Born: 18/08/1884
Died:
Brantford, Brant County, Ontario
Promotions
2/Lt
Lt
Captain
Major
Brevet LCol
Major
LCol
Colonel
Temp Brigadier
MGen
22/06/1905
09/02/1910
23/02/1915
1917
24/05/1918
01/04/1920
01/07/1936
14/08/1938
15/08/1938
24/07/1940
(RE)
(CE)
(CE)
(CE)
(CE)
(RCE)
(RCE)
(Military Staff)
(Military Staff)
Military
22/06/1905
01/09/1910
23/02/1915
1917
04/07/1917
1918
06/11/1918
01/04/1920
07/10/1921
19/09/1926
01/01/1934
01/07/1936
15/08/1938
09/04/1940
12/01/1942
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Major
Brevet LCol
LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Royal Engineers
Staff Lieutenant – Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Headquarters Divisional Engineers Cdn Engineers
Ends Adjutant Position Cdn Engineers
LG 21/08/1917+
Canadian Engineers
End Command of Battalion
LG 09/05/1919+
Canadian Engineers
Professor of Military Engineering RMC
Senior Professor & Professor of Military Eng RMC
Director of Engineering Services
Retire
1942
Professor
Professor and Head of Engineering Queen’s University
Honours to Major-General Edward James Carson SCHMIDLIN, MC
CG 03/02/1917
MC
Military Cross
“A Brilliant Mechanical Engineer who knew so much that he couldn’t understand why
others couldn’t understand.”
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93
Major-General Alexander Charles SPENCER, CBE, ED, DLitts (Hon)
1st Canadian Hussars(NPAM)
Adjutant General NDHQ
Born:
Married:
Died:
19/11/1887
1919
London, Ontario
London, Ontario
Barbara Ross
Honours
10/05/1944
1952
CBE
DLitts
Victoria College University of Toronto
Promotions
1911
07/03/1917
14/10/1918
1933
1941
1945
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
Brigadier
MGen
Military
1911
1914
07/03/1917
14/10/1918
22/10/1918
1932
1933
1939
04/1941
04/1942
1944
1944
1944
1945
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Commissioned 1st Hussars (NPAM)
7th CMR / Canadian Light Horse
Promoted to Captain Canadian Light Horse LG 14/08/1917+
Promoted to A/Major Canadian Light Horse LG 01/01/1919+
Promoted Temp/Major Canadian Light Horse LG 16/12/1918+
Passed Military Staff Course
Officer Commanding - No. 1 District Engineers
Commanding Officer – 1st Hussars
Commander - 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade Overseas
Commandant - Camp Borden
Vice-Adjutant General NDHQ
Acting Adjutant-General, NDHQ
Adjutant-General, NDHQ
Retired
Medals of Major-General Alexander Charles SPENCER, CBE, ED
CBE - 1914/15 Star - BWM - Victory Medal with MID
with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal -
-
Defence Medal
-
CVSM
CBE Citation
This officer has served continuously since 1911 when he joined the Non-Permanent
Active Militia as a Lieutenant with the 1st Hussars. He served throughout the last war
and remained with the militia during peacetime, rising to be Officer Commanding No.1
District Engineers in 1933. On the outbreak of the present war he was appointed
Lieutenant-Colonel in command of his old regiment, the 1st Hussars. He retained
command when his unit was absorbed in 1 Canadian Cavalry regiment (Mechanized) and in
April 1941 was appointed Brigadier Commanding 2 Armoured Brigade. He was made
Commandant Camp Borden in April 1942 and recently was appointed Brigadier in charge of
administration at the camp. This officer has made a noteworthy contribution in the
development and administration of this large camp and particularly in training of
Armoured Corps personnel. His services in all regards have been outstanding and he is
worthy of high recognition.
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94
Major-General Daniel (Dan) Charles SPRY, CBE, DSO, CD
Born:
Died:
04/02/1913
02/04/1989
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ottawa, Ontario
Promotions
13/04/1932
15/04/1934
1934
1939
1940
13/08/1943
18/12/1943
18/08/1944
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
(PF)
Commander 1st CIB
1 Canadian Infantry Brigade
GOC - 3 Canadian Infantry Division
Military
13/04/1932
15/03/1932
22/12/1939
09/1941
1942
13/08/1943
18/12/1943
13/07/1944
18/08/1944
22/03/1945
22/05/1945
01/1946
1946
1965
1978
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Major-General *
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Colonel of Regiment
Colonel of Regiment
Princess Louise Fusiliers
Princess Louise Fusiliers
Adjutant – Royal Canadian Regiment sails to UK
HQ Staff – 1st Canadian Division
Planning Staff – Invasion of Europe
Commanding Officer – Royal Canadian Regiment
Commander - 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade 1 CID
Commander - 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade 5 CAD
Command – Canadian Reinforcement Units Britain
Vice-Chief of General Staff to Retirement
Returned to Canada – Vice-Chief of the General Staff
Retires from the Canadian Army
Colonel of the Regiment – The Royal Canadian Regiment
End Colonel of the Regiment
* Youngest Major-General in the Allied Armies in WWII
Civilian
1946
1953
1965
Chief Commissioner
Director
Director
Chief Executive Commissioner The Boy Scouts of Canada
Boy Scouts World Bureau
Retires from Boy Scouts World Bureau
95
Honours to Major-General Daniel (Dan) Charles SPRY, CBE DSO CD
05/01/1946
27/07/1944
04/04/1946
02/04/1946+
31/08/1946
31/08/1946
CBE
DSO
MID
MID
Commander
Croix
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of the Crown with Palm Belgium
Croix de Guerre
Belgium
Medals of Major-General Daniel (Dan) Charles SPRY, CBE, DSO, CD
CBE - DSO - 1939/45 Star - France & Germany Star - Defence Medal
- CVSM
with Clasp
- 1939/45 War Medal with MID - CD - Commander Order of the Crown
with Palm (Belgium) - Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
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96
Major-General Charles Ramsay Stirling STEINE
Born:
Died:
06/01/1897
Promotions
15/08/1914
31/08/1914
1915
22/12/1920
11/01/1921
22/12/1930
01/07/1931
01/05/1936
1940
1942
15/01/1943
Private
Lieutenant
Officer Cadet
Brevet Captain
Captain
Brevet Major
Major
Brevet LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Major-General
6 Field Company CE
CE
RMC
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
15/08/1914
31/08/1914
1915
22/12/1915
Private
Lieutenant
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
In ranks 6th Field Company Cdn Engineers
Canadian Engineers
RMC #1089
Canadian Engineers
22/06/1924
11/10/1926
30/09/1929
15/07/1933
01/09/1936
1940
1941
1942
15/01/1943
01/10/1943
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Brevet LCol
LCol
Brevet LCol
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
DEO MD #10
Instructor in Military Engineering RMA England
DEO MD #5
01/10/1928
Assistant Director of ES
Staff Adjutant RMC
Assistant Adjutant General Cdn Military HQ England
A/Adjutant Gen & QMG 5th Cdn Armoured Division
Brigadier-General Staff 1st Canadian Army
Relieved of his command due to
\ "progressive anxiety neurosis"
Military
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97
Major-General Thomas Louis TREMBLAY, CB CMG DSO ED
Royal 22e Regiment NPAM
Born:
Died:
16/05/1886
28/05/1951
Chicoutimi, PQ
Quebec City, PQ
Promotions
1907
1909
1911
24/01/1916
1915
10/08/1918
1940
Lt
Captain
Major
T/LCol
LG 07/03/1916+
LCol
Brigadier
Major-General
Civilian
1907
08/1914
Civil Engineer
2nd Lieutenant
Transcontinental Railway
Joined Canadian Army – R22eR
---Militia---
1920
1936
Chief Engineer / GM
Member
Harbour of Québec
National Harbours Board of Canada
Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Major-General
Major-General
18th Saguenay Regiment
OC - 1st Quebec Battalion
2 i/c - Royal 22e Regiment
Commanding Officer - Royal 22e Regiment (22nd CIB)
GOC - 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade 2nd Cdn Division
Return to civilian life
Royal 22e Regiment
Voltigeurs de Quebec & ADC to the Governor General
Retire
Military
1904
1907
1911
1915
13/01/1916
10/08/1918
05/1919
1940
1946
98
Honours to Major-General Thomas Louis TREMBLAY, CB CMG DSO ED
CG 08/01/1944
CG 06/07/1918
CG 03/02/1917
LG 04/01/1917+
LG 28/05/1918+
LG 27/12/1918+
LG 08/07/1919+
5th Time
CG 28/07/1917
CB
CMG
DSO
MID
MID
MID
MID
MID
Officer
Companion
Companion
Companion
Mentioned
Mentioned
Mentioned
Mentioned
Mentioned
Legion of
- Order of the Bath
CB
- Order of St. Michael & St. George CMG
- Distinguished Service Order DSO
in Despatches
in Despatches
in Despatches
in Despatches
in Despatches 5 times WW1
Honour
France
Medals of Major-General Thomas Louis TREMBLAY, CB CMG DSO ED
CB - CMG - DSO - 1914/15 Star - British War Medal - Victory Medal with MID
- CVSM - 1939/45 War Medal - 1935 Jubilee - 1937 Coronation - Officer Legion
of Honour (France)
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99
Born:
Married:
Died:
13/12/1889
21/12/1916
1963
Four Falls, Aroostook Junction, New Brunswick
Margaret B. Turner (1893 – 1979) in the U.K.
Ottawa, Ontario
1 Son
Promotions
06/06/1909
13/08/1914
1915
13/09/1915
13/08/1916
20/12/1917
24/05/1918
01/04/1920
01/01/1930
17/07/1935
07/1940
06/04/1942
Private
Corporal/Sergeant
Company Sergeant Major
Lieutenant
T/Captain
Captain
Brevet Major
Captain
Major
Brevet LCol
Brigadier
Major-General
67 Regiment
71 Regiment
3rd Field Company Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Military
1903
06/06/1909
13/08/1914
11/09/1914
01/08/1915
13/09/1915
14/08/1916
06/10/1918
04/03/1919
10/04/1919
1919
27/07/1922
27/07/1922
1925
11/03/1927
01/10/1929
14/07/1933
01/01/1939
01/10/1939
07/1940
12/1940
1941
05/04/1942
04/1943
03/1945
1946
Private
Private
Corporal
Sergeant
Company Sgt-Major
Lieutenant
T/Captain
T/Major
T/Major
T/Major
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Non Permanent Active Militia
67th Regiment
71st Regiment
71st Regiment, 1st Division in England
3rd Field Company Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Engineers
LG 10/10/1916+
Staff Learner
LG 17/12/1918+
Staff Captain Canadian Engineers
LG 22/05/1919+
Staff Officer Canadian Engineers
LG 08/08/1919+
Joined the Permanent Force
Staff Captain 1st Brigade CE France
Instructor in Military Engineering RMC
Staff College in Quetta, India
DEO MD #10
Assistant Director of Engineering Services
GSO 1 NDHQ
GSO 1 MD #11
GSO 1 1st Canadian Division Overseas
Brigadier General Staff VII Corps
Brigadier General Staff 1 Cdn Corps
Deputy Adjutant & QMG - 1 Cdn Corps
Deputy Adjutant & QMG - 1 Cdn Army
Cdn Liaison Officer to COS Supreme Allied Commander
Inspector-General of Western Canada
Retired
100
Honours to Major-General Guy Roderick TURNER, CB, MC*, KStJ, DCM
19/01/1943
16/09/1916
03/05/1919
08/04/1916
14/07/1959+
02/01/1953+
Several WWI
CB
MC
MC*
DCM
KStJ
OStJ
MID
Military Cross
MC
Bar to the Military Cross
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Knight Commander – Order of St. John
Major-General
Captain
Acting Major
Company Sgt-Major
Major-General
Major-General
Medals of Major-General Guy Roderick TURNER, CB, KStJ, MC*, DCM, CD
CB
MC*
KStJ
DCM
1914/15 Star
BWM
VM with MID
Defence Medal
CVSM with Clasp
1939/45 War Medal
CD
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101
General The Right Honourable George Phillas VANIER, PC, DSO, KStJ, MC*
Royal 22e Regiment (PF)
Governor-General of Canada
Born:
Died:
23/04/1888
05/03/1967
Montreal, PQ
Ottawa, Ontario
Promotions
24/09/1914
15/01/1915
21/03/1915
29/09/1917
24/11/1917
10/08/1918
01/04/1920
27/04/1925
01/02/1942
01/12/1964
Prov Lt
Lt
Captain
Temporary Major
Acting LCol
Brevet Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major-General
General
R22eR
R22eR
R22eR
R22eR
R22eR
R22eR
R22eR
R22eR
Minister to the Allied Governments
Governor-General of Canada \ London
Military
04/09/1915
03/03/1916
02/01/1916
09/06/1916
02/08/1916
08/09/1918
09/10/1918
11/11/1918
18/07/1919
01/04/1920
27/08/1921
03/12/1922
01/12/1924
29/07/1925
23/02/1928
08/05/1930
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Arrives with R22eR in France
Awarded the Military Cross action
Awarded the Bar to the Military Cross
Awarded Legion of Honour
Awarded Bar to the Military Cross
Awarded DSO
Canadian Hospital Hyde Park - Right leg removed
Returns Home from England
Joins Permanent Force as Major
Appointed ADC to Governor General
Staff College Camberly England
Returns from England to Ottawa
Commanding Officer Royal 22e Regiment
Military Representative to the League of Nations
Retires from the Army
Assistant To High Commissioner Canada House London
Assistant
Minister
Lieutenant-Colonel
Minister
Major-General
Minister
Ambassador
Ambassador
His Excellency
The Right Honourable
General
General
High Commissioner Canada House London, England
Minister to France (Paris)
Return to Canada House following fall of France
Minister to the Allied Governments in London
Granted the rank of Major-General
To Provisional Government Algiers
To France (Paris)
End of the term in France
Appointed Governor-General of Canada
Appointed Member of British Privy Council
Appointed full General
Dies in Office
Civilian
08/05/1930
25/01/1939
24/06/1940
30/11/1940
01/02/1942
30/12/1943
08/09/1944
31/12/1953
03/08/1959
01/02/1964
01/12/1964
05/03/1967
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102
General The Right Honourable George Phillas VANIER, DSO, KStJ, MC*, CD
Royal 22e Regiment
Honours to General George Phillas VANIER, DSO, MC*, CD
LG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
02/10/1960+
29/03/1919
29/03/1919
01/07/1916
08/09/1917
15/06/1946
KStJ
DSO
MC*
MC
Chevalier
Commander
Knight of Grace - Order of St. John
Military Cross
Legion of Honour
France
Legion of Merit
USA
Medal of General George Phillas VANIER, DSO, MC*
KStJ - DSO - MC* - 1914/15 Star - BWM - VM with MID - Defence Medal - CVSM
with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal - 1935 George V Jubilee Medal - 1937 George VI
Coronation Medal - 1952 EIIR Coronation Medal - CD - Chevalier Legion of Honour
(France) - Commander Legion of Merit (USA)
Also:
Knight of the Order of Malta
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103
Born:
Immigrated:
Brother:
Died:
13/04/1904
1910
KIA 31/08/1944
27/03/1985
Armagh, Ireland
To Canada
LCol Frederick Alexander Vokes RMC #1940 KIA
Oakville, Ontario
Promotions
01/09/1921
01/07/1924
10/12/1929
10/12/1929
01/07/1936
01/04/1940
01/06/1940
01/06/1940
01/11/1943
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
RMC
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
RCE
GOC – 2ndt Canadian Infantry Brigade
Officer Cadet
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
RMC #1633
Graduate RMC
Royal Canadian Engineers at Halifax
To McGill University
Completes Engineering Degree McGill
School of Engineering Chatham England
DEO - Military District #
Winnipeg
DEO - Military District #12 Regina
Toronto
Regina / Dundern Camp
To Staff College Camberley England
Army Liaison Officer - RCAF Station Camp Borden
Army Liaison Officer - RCAF Station Trenton
DEO - Military District #3 Kingston?
Staff Officer - Office of MGen of Ordnance
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General - NDHQ
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General - CMHQ London
Assistant Adjutant General – CMHQ London
Assistant Adjutant QMG - 1st Canadian Division
GSO 1
- 1st Canadian Division
CO
– 1 PPCLI (2 CIB 1CID)
Commander - 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
GOC
- 1st Canadian Infantry Division
GOC
– 1st Canadian Corps Italy Temporary
GOC
– 1st Canadian Infantry Division
End service in Italy
GOC
- 4th Canadian Armoured Division
Commandant - Canadian Army of Occupation
GOC - Central Command Oakville Ontario
GCO - Western Command Edmonton Alberta
Retires
Military
16/06/1925
16/06/1925
17/06/1925
01/09/1926
15/06/1927
01/09/1927
15/05/1929
01/04/1931
01/03/1933
1933
01/01/1934
15/05/1934
17/07/1935
01/11/1936
12/05/1937
29/03/1939
18/12/1939
15/05/1940
26/09/1940
06/06/1941
07/10/1941
24/06/1942
01/11/1943
26/10/1944
16/11/1944
30/11/1944
11/12/1944
05/06/1945
01/06/1946
01/06/1951
1959
104
Honours to Major-General Christopher (Chris) VOLKES, CB CBE DSO CD
CG 07/07/1945
CG 16/09/1944
CG 25/09/1943
WWII
06/12/1944
06/12/1944
CG 17/11/1951
CG 12/07/1947
LG 02/04/1946+
CB
CBE
DSO
MID
Officer
Croix
Commander
2nd Class
MID
Legion of Honour
Military Order of Italy
Cross of Valour Gold Aristeion Andreias
France
France
Italy
Greece
Medals of Major-General Christopher (Chris) VOLKES, CB CBE DSO CD
CB - CBE - DSO - 1939/45 Star Germany Star - Defence Medal - CVSM
EIIR Coronation - CD (George VI) with
- Commander Military Order of Italy Class (Greece) - Croix de Guerre avec
African Star - Italy Star - France &
with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal with MID 2 Bars - Officer Legion of Honour (France)
Cross of Valour Gold Aristeion Andreias 2nd
Palme en Bronze (France)
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105
Born:
Died:
20/08/1896
1990
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Civilian
1912
1946
Accountant
Financial Advisor
Family Firm
James A. Ogilvie and Sons of Montreal
- - Head
Henry Morgan Company Limited of Montreal
Governor
McMaster University
Treasurer
Montreal Board of Trade
Commissioner
Montreal Metropolitan Area Boy Scouts
1st Canadian President Federation Commonwealth & Brit Chambers of Commerce
Chair
Canadian Vickers Ltd.
Military
08/1914
09/1915
12/1915
06/1916
1917
1917
1919
1927
1934
30/10/1939
01/12/1939
09/07/1940
06/04/1942
08/04/1943
01/08/1944
19/10/1944
1946
1947
Private
Private
Private
Corporal
Warrant Officer II
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Honorary Colonel
58th Westmount Rifles (Signaller)
3rd Canadian Siege Battery CEF
Overseas with CEF
12th Canadian Siege Battery (Cape’s Battery)
12th Canadian Siege Battery (Cape’s Battery)
Commissioned – 12th Cdn Siege Battery
Returned to Montreal
7th Medium Battery Montreal
Commanding Officer 2nd Medium Brigade Cdn Field Art
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General 1st Cdn Inf Div
Overseas with 1 Canadian Infantry Division
Assistant Adjutant & QMG 1st Canadian Corps
Deputy Adjutant & QMG 1st Canadian Corps
Deputy Adjutant & QMG 1st Canadian Army
Deputy Adjutant & QMG 1st Canadian Army
Retire
Headquarters - 3rd Canadian Division
Honours to Major-General Alfred Ernest WALFORD, CB CBE MM ED
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
04/01/1946
08/01/1944
27/01/1917
03/02/1945
17/03/1945
CB
CBE
MM
MID
Officer
Medal
Military Medal
Legion of Merit
USA
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal
106
Medals of Major-General Alfred Ernest WALFORD, CB CBE MM ED
CB Medal
Medal
CBE - MM - BWM - VM - 1939/45 Star – France & Germany Star - Defence
- CVSM with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal with MID - 1935 George V Jubilee
- 1937 George VI Coronation Medal - Officer Legion of Merit (USA)
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107
Major-General Ernest Geoffrey WEEKS, CB CBE MC* MM*
Adjutant-General
Born:
Married:
Died:
30/05/1896
04/10/1930
07/09/1987
Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Winnifred Rose Scott
Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Promotions
21/09/1914
01/08/1915
01/01/1917
20/02/1917
01/07/1920
04/08/1932
17/10/1939
15/10/1941
02/02/1942
30/11/1944
In Ranks
In Ranks
Acting Sergeant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
MGen
4 Regiment Cdn Artillery
12 Section Cdn Signals Corps
12 Section Canadian Signals Corps
RCCS
RCCS
RCCS
RCCS
Deputy Adjutant-General
Administration Cdn Military Headquarters London
Private
Corporal
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
In Ranks 4 Regiment Cdn Artillery
In Ranks 12 Section Cdn Signals Corps
Commissioned Cdn Signals Corps
Commanded a Signals Formation
DSO Military District #11 (District Signals Officer)
DSO Military District #1
DSO Military District #10
British Army HQ London
End Employment in U.K.
GSO Military District #12
Assistant Director Organization NDHQ
Commander – Royal Signals – 1 Cdn Infantry Division
Assistant Adjutant & QMG 2nd Cdn Infantry Division
GSO 1 - 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Director - Military Training NDHQ
Deputy Adjutant-General NQHQ
Deputy Chief of the General Staff NDHA
Assistant Deputy Adjutant General CMHQ London
OIC Cdn Section 1st Echelon 15th Army group
Major-General i/c Administration CMHQ London
Adjutant General Canadian Army
Retires
Military
21/09/1914
01/08/1915
20/02/1917
1919
10/11/1920
20/10/1923
15/05/1925
12/04/1934
12/04/1935
07/05/1935+
01/10/1938
17/10/1939
20/05/1940
06/10/1941
15/10/1941
02/02/1942
11/04/1942
01/07/1943
13/02/1944
30/11/1944
31/08/1945
15/10/1950
108
Major-General Ernest Geoffrey WEEKS, CB, CBE, MC*, MM*
Honours to Major-General Ernest Geoffrey WEEKS, CB, CBE, MC*, MM*
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
LG
05/01/1946
30/12/1944
15/11/1919
13/04/1918
10/03/1917
11/11/1916
26/07/1947
17/07/1948
02/04/1946+
CB
CBE
MC*
MC
MM*
MM
Commander
Commander
MID
Military Cross
Bar to the Military Medal
Military Medal
Legion of Merit
USA
Order of the Crown with palm
Belgium
Medals and Decorations
Order of the Bath
Military Cross and Bar
Military Cross
Military Medal and Bar
Military Medal
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
1939-45 Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
Canadian Volunteer Service medal with clasp,
1935-1945 War Medal with MID
George VI Coronation Medal
Canadian Forces Decoration and Bar
Order of Merit
Legion D'honneur
CB
CBE
MC*
MC
MM*
MM
CD
Commander
Commander
USA
France
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109
Major-General John Burton WHITE, CBE, DSO, ED
Commander - Canadian Forestry Corps
Born:
Died:
23/03/1888
31/05/1945
Montreal, Quebec
Ottawa, Ontario
Promotions
1914
01/04/1918
01/01/1936
01/12/1918
1943
Major
T/Col
Hon Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Civilian
Vice-President
Canadian International Paper Company
Military
1914
1914
1916
01/04/1917
01/04/1917
14/06/1917
23/11/1918
01/12/1918
1919
1922
1927
1930
1933
01/01/1936
1940
1943
Major
17th Duke of York Canadian Hussars
Major
224th Battalion CEF
Major
To Canada to Raise 242nd Battalion
Colonel
CO – Canadian Forestry Corps France
LG 20/04/1917+
Colonel
Deputy Director of Timber Operations
LG 22/06/1917+
Colonel
Director of Timber Operations
LG 13/11/1917+
Brigadier-General T/BGen as Deputy Director Cdn For Corps LG 03/12/1918+
Brigadier-General End Director of Timber Operations
LG 24/06/1917+
Lieutenant-Colonel CO - 17th Duke of York Royal Cdn Hussars
Colonel
CO – 3rd Mounted Brigade Military District #4
Colonel
End CO 3rd Mounted Brigade
Colonel
CO – 3rd Mounted Brigade Military District #4
Colonel
End CO 3rd Mounted Brigade
Honorary Colonel 17th Duke of York Royal Cdn Hussars
Brigadier
Commander Canadian Forestry Corps
Major-General
Retire with the rank of Major-General
Honours to Major-General John Burton WHITE, CBE DSO ED
CG 09/01/1943
CG 26/01/1918
WW1
CG 15/11/1919
CBE
DSO
MID
Officer
Mention in Despatches at least once WW1
Legion of Honour
France
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110
Born:
Married:
Son:
Daughter:
Died:
17/09/1889
1924
1927
1929
08/12/1967
Peterhead, Scotland
Clara Dignum in Winnipeg
Peter (Reporter / Writer)
Robin
Ottawa, Ontario (NDH)
Private
Corporal
Lieutenant
Temp Captain
Brevet Major
Major
Temp LCol
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Black Watch
Black Watch
Black Watch
Cdn Machine
PPCLI
PPCLI
Promotions
17/03/1916
01/02/1917
22/11/1917
12/08/1918
01/05/1936
01/04/1939
01/05/1938
01/09/1939
02/02/1942
of Canada (CEF)
of Canada
of Canada
Gun Corps
Before Military
1907
1907
1913
Officer
Running Guns
Mexican Civil War
Nicaraguan Arm
Mexico – in Jail
On the Side of Francisco Madero against Dias Government
Military
17/03/1916
22/11/1917
12/08/1918
15/08/1919
15/08/1919
01/01/1920
1920
1921
26/06/1922
1923
01/09/1923
01/08/1932
01/11/1932
31/03/1934
1935
1938
04/1938
01/05/1938
01/11/1938
01/09/1939
13/08/1940
14/03/1941
02/02/1942
08/03/1942
01/08/1942
03/1944
31/08/1945
26/01/1946
Private
Lieutenant
Temp. Captain
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Brevet Major
Acting Major
Acting Major
Acting Major
Acting Major
Lieutenant-Col
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
In ranks of the CEF
Black Watch of Canada
Commissioned Regular Force – Motor Machine Gun Brigade
MMGB in Montreal
1 MMGB (Motor Machine Gun Brigade) Montreal
National Defence HQ Ottawa
Rosedale Barracks Toronto
Royal Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade
MMGB disbanded – transfers to PPCLI
DMIO
- Military District #2
PPCLI
GSO 3
DMIO
Assistant Adjutant & QMG NDHQ
To Bovington Army Camp, England to learn about tanks
Cdn Armoured Fighting Vehicle Training Centre Borden
CO – Cdn Armoured Fighting Vehicle Training Centre
CO - Cdn Armoured Fighting Vehicle Training Centre
Commander - 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
Commander – 1st Canadian Tank Brigade
Overseas
GOC - 4th Canadian Armoured Division at Fort Debert NS
GOC – 4th CAD overseas
End GOC – 4th CAD – Commandant – Camp Borden
GOC – Pacific Command
Retired
01/10/1948
Honorary Colonel Canadian Rangers
Honorary Colonel Commandant Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
111
Civilian
1948 – 1957
Coordinator
Civil Defence for Canada
Honours to Major-General Frederick Frank WORTHINGTON, CB MC* MM*
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
05/06/1943
17/01/1920
03/05/1919
28/04/1917
28/04/1917
CB
MC*
MC
MM*
MM
Military Cross
Bar to the Military Medal
Military Medal
Medals of Major-General Frederick Frank WORTHINGTON, CB MC* MM*
CB - MC and Bar - MM & Bar - 1914/15 Star??? - BWM - VM with MID?? Defence Medal - CVSM with Clasp - 1939/45 War Medal - 1935 George V Jubilee
Medal - 1937 George VI Coronation Medal - 1952 EIIR Coronation Medal – Centennial
Medal - CD
Note: His first name is sometimes spelled without a ‘K’ at the end. However, in his
WWI attestation papers, he puts a ‘K’ at the end so Frederick is the correct spelling.
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112
Major-General James Vernon YOUNG, CB CBE
Born:
Married:
Died:
13/10/1891
28/08/1915
1961
Hamilton, Ontario
Willmot Maude Holton (from Hamilton)
Hamilton, Ontario
Promotions
25/09/1914
01/07/1942
Lt
Captain
Major
LCol
Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
Civilian
President
Cosmos Imperial Mills Limited
Gentleman Cadet
Lieutenant
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
RMC #
Canadian Expeditionary Force - Valcartier
Deputy Master-General of Ordnance
End Master-General of Ordnance
Military
1911
25/09/1914
11/09/1941
01/07/1942
30/06/1945
Honours to Major-General James Vernon YOUNG, CB CBE
CG 05/01/1946
CG 08/01/1944
CB
CBE
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113
Major-General Hugh Andrew YOUNG, CB, CBE, DSO, CD
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
03/04/1898
01/09/1927
2
1982
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Emily Pepper
1 Son; 1 Daughter
01/01/1916
01/05/1924
01/05/1929
04/08/1932
10/10/1935
19/10/1940
24/06/1942
16/09/1944
In ranks CEF - 2 years 208 days
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Major-General
01/01/1916
27/10/1917
10/05/1924
22/06/1928
25/07/1929
1933
1934
01/10/1938
22/01/1940
12/10/1940
07/08/1941
07/12/1941
24/06/1942
08/09/1942
15/01/1943
27/02/1944
16/09/1944
31/08/1946
1947
Private
Captain
Lieutenant
Brevet Captain
Brevet Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
RCCS
RCCS
RCCS
RCCS
In ranks CEF for 2 years 208 days
Central Ont. Regt – Temp Quartermaster LG 07/02/1918+
DSO - Military District #12
DSO - Military District #10
Return to Canada
GSO 2 – Military District #13
GSO 2 – Canadian Military HQ England
GSO 1 - Cdn Military HQ, England
GSO 1 – 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
GSO 1 - 5th Cdn Armoured Division, England
Brigadier General Staff Canadian Military HQ
Commanding Officer 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Brigadier General Staff, II Canadian Corps, England
GOC - 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade
End QMG position
Retire from Army
Civilian
1947
14/11/1950
15/11/1953
1963
Vice-President
Commissioner
Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister
Central Mortgage and Housing
Northwest Territories
Department of Public Works
Retire
114
Major-General Hugh Andrew YOUNG, CB CBE DSO
Honours to Major-General Hugh Andrew YOUNG, CB, CBE, DSO, CD
CG
CG
CG
CG
CG
LG
15/06/1946
16/06/1945
07/10/1944
25/11/1946
25/11/1946
02/04/1946+
CB
CBE
DSO
Chevalier
Croix
MID
Legion of Honour
France
Croix de Guerre avec Palme en Bronze France
Honours and Medals
CB
CBE
DSO
British War Medal
Victory Medal
1939/1945 Star
Defence Medal
CD
Chevalier – Legion of Honour (France)
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115
CANADIAN
BRIGADIERS
In
WORLD WAR II
116
Major-General Clarence Churchill MANN, CBE, DSO, CD
Born:
Immigrated:
Married:
Children:
Died:
1904
1910
1930
5
14/01/1989
Nutley, New Jersey, USA
To Toronto, Ontario
Eleanor Victoria McLaughlin
Including 3 adopted children
Toronto, Ontario
Honours:
CG 23/12/1944
CG 10/10/1942
CG 17/03/1945
CG 22/12/1945
LG 02/04/1946+
CBE
DSO
Officer
Commander
MID
Legion of Merit
Order of Orange Nassau
Brigadier
Brigadier
USA
Netherlands
Brigadier-General
Military
1923
1927
1932
1939
1939
1940
1941
1941
1942
19/08/1942
1943
28/01/1944
30/07/1945
1946
1946
1948
Gentleman Cadet
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
RMC #
Governor General Body Guards
Royal Canadian Dragoons
GSO3 – Intelligence 1st Canadian Division
GSO2 – Intelligence 1st Canadian Division
CO – 8th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment
GSO 1 – 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Headquarters
Brigadier General Staff – 1st Canadian Corps Headquarters
Deputy Military Force Commander Dieppe aboard HMS Fernie
Chief of Staff – 1st Canadian Army (To General Harry Crerar for D-Day)
End COS – 1st Canadian Army
Vice-Chief of General Staff – Canadian Army
Retires
Farmer
Aberdeen Angus Cattle in Newmarket, Ontario
Civilian
1948
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117
Major-General Ralph Otter Geoffrey MORTON, CBE, OStJ, CD
Commanding Officer – Army Troops Area 1st Canadian Army
Born:
Grandfather:
Died:
01/08/1895
15/11/1961
Toronto, Ontario
General Sir William Otter
La Palma, Spain (while on vacation)
Honours
CG 05/01/1946
LG 26/06/1953
RO 02/10/1950
CBE
OStJ
CD
Canadian Forces Decoration and two Bars
BGen
MGen
BGen
Military
1912
10/1914
09/1916
01/1917
05/1917
07/1918
1919
1923
1929
1930
1935
1939
1940
06/1941
02/1942
1944
06/1944
1944
11/1944
1947
1948
11/1951
11/1952
Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
LCol
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
MGen
MGen
MGen
RMC #
Canadian Artillery Militia
Permanent Force Canadian Artillery
To France with RCHA
Contracted Scarlet Fever and returned to UK
To France with RCHA
Permanent Force RCHA
Gunnery Officer Staff Course
Imperial War College Camberley
#11 Military District
#10 Military District
GSO1 - 10th Military District
GSO1 - National Defense Headquarters
CO - 5th Canadian Support Group overseas
CRA - Royal Artillery 5th Cdn Armoured Division
Deputy GOC - 3rd Canadian Division
Deputy CO - Headquarters 1st Canadian Army
CO - Army Troops Area 1st Canadian Army
Deputy CO - 10th Military District Winnipeg
GOC - Prairie Command
GOC - Quebec Command
On Retired Leave
To the Supplementary Reserve
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118
Brigadier-General Donald Robert AGNEW, CBE, CD, ADC
Commander – 1st Canadian Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Born:
Father:
Brothers:
25/10/1897
Toronto, Ontario
Major John Agnew, 127th Battalion CEF
Lieutenant Donald Agnew, Cdn Reserve Artillery
Lieutenant Ellis Agnew, 351 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Commander Ronald Ian Agnew, RCN, HMS Manners
Father and four sons served in World War I
Died:
Honours
CG 05/01/1946 CBE
Military
1915
31/07/1916
22/11/1917
1940
1942
1942 to 1945
1944
1945
1947
1947
20/09/1948
1954
1954
1958
Gentleman Cadet
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
RMC #1137
Royal Canadian Artillery – joined Canadian Expeditionary Force
CO – 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
CO – 1 Canadian Artillery Reinforcement Unit, England
Plus - Director-General of Anti-Aircraft Artillery
CO – 1st Canadian Anti-Aircraft Brigade, England
DOC – #7 Military District
ADC to Governor-General of Canada
Commandant (20th) – Royal Military College
New One Hundred Opening Ceremony RMC
End Appointment RMC
Director – Imperial War Graves Commission in Northwest Europe
Retired
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119
Major-General Harold Oswald Neville BROWNFIELD, CBE, MC, CD
Brigadier – Royal Artillery – First Canadian Army
Born:
Educated:
Died:
12/1894
08/07/1958
Englewood, New Jersey
Kingston, Ontario
Brockville, Ontario
Honours
CG 05/06/1943
LG 23/07/1918+
RO 24/04/1945
CBE
MC
Croix
Military Cross
Brigadier
Lieutenant RCHA
France
Military
1909
1910
1914
1916
1919
1925
1933
1934
1939
1940
1940
1940
06/1941
11/1941
11/1943
1943
1943
01/1945
06/1945
1946
1947
1948
1958
Gentleman Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Royal Military College, Kingston
RMC #1022
Instructor – Royal Canadian Horse Artillery School of Artillery Kingston
Served in France and received the Military Cross
Kingston with RCHA
Winnipeg with RCHA
Imperial Staff College London
Professor of Tactics at Royal Military College Kingston
GSO – Military District Number 7 in Saint John, New Brunswick
Brigade Major – Royal Artillery
CO - 8th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery
Commander - Royal Artillery 3rd Canadian Division
To the United Kingdom with the 3rd Canadian Division
Commander - Corps Royal Artillery I Canadian Corps, England
Brigadier - Royal Artillery 1st Canadian Army, England
Commander - Corps Royal Artillery I Canadian Corps, Mediterranean
Brigadier - Royal Artillery 1st Canadian Army
CO – ‘C’ Group (artillery component of the Cdn Reinforcement Units in the UK)
GOC - Prairie Command
Head of the Canadian Joint Staff in Washington
Retired
Colonel Commandant – The Royal Regiment of Artillery
Ends Colonel Commandant position
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120
Quebec Regiment
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
19/12/1897
1945
2
1967
Gertrude Vivien Swan (Born under the name Private)
1 Son; 1 Daughter (both before her marriage to Blackader)
Honours
CG 05/01/1946
CG 19/08/1944
LG 05/11/1918+
RO 26/11/1946
RO 26/11/1946
LG 02/04/1946+
CBE
DSO
MC
Chevalier
Croix
MID
Military Cross
Legion of Honour
Brigadier
Brigadier
Lieutenant
France
France
Military
1918
1938
1941
1942
1944
06/1944
1944
1945
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Quebec Regiment
CO – Black Watch of Canada
Acting GOC – 5th Canadian Brigade
Acting GOC – 3rd Canadian Division
Landed on Juno Beach on ‘D’ Day with 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade
GOC – 13th Canadian Brigade
CO – Group D Canadian Reinforcement Units, England
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (The "Queen's")
Le Régiment de la Chaudière
The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
121
Quebec Regiment
Honours and Medal to Brigadier-General Kenneth Gault BLACKADER, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, CD
CBE
DSO
MC
British was Medal
Victory Medal
1939/1945 Star
Defence Medal
CD and Bar
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France)
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122
Brigadier-General Douglas Gordon CUNNINGHAM, CBE, DSO, ED, CD, KC
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
22/03/1908
11/1939
2
18/07/1992
Kingston, Ontario
Isabelle Simpson
Sons
Frontenac, Ontario
Honours
CG 05/01/1946
CG 10/10/1942
RO 25/11/1946
RO 25/11/1946
LG 02/04/1946+
1946
CBE
DSO
Officer
Croix
MID
KC
Commander Order of the British Empire
Legion of Honour
King’s Counsel (Queen’s Council later)
Brigadier-General
Major
France
France
Brigadier-General
Civilian
1930
1933
1939
Law Student
Lawyer
Alderman
Osgoode Hall Law School and University of Toronto
Ontario Bar – Practicing in Kingston, Ontario
City of Kingston
Officer Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
RMC #1841
Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment
Adjutant – Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada – present at Dieppe
Commanding Officer – Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (Winnipeg)
GSO 1 – 1 Canadian Corps
Retired to practice Law in Kingston
Military
1927
1929
1939
1942
1942
1943
1944
1944
1945
Honours and Awards to Brigadier-General Douglas Gordon CUNNINGHAM, CBE, DSO, ED, CD, KC
CG 05/01/1946
CG 10/10/1942
RO 25/11/1946
RO 25/11/1946
LG 02/04/1946+
CBE
DSO
Officer
Croix
MID
Commander Order of the British Empire
Legion of Honour
123
Brigadier-General
Major
France
France
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General Douglas Gordon CUNNINGHAM, CBE, DSO, ED, CD, QC
Medals and Honours
CBE
DSO
1939/1945 Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
CVSM and Clasp
Centennial Medal
ED
CD
Officer, Legion of Honour
Croix de Guerre with Palme en Bronze
Canadian Forces Decoration
France
France
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124
Brigadier James Arthur De LALANNE, CBE, OStJ, MC*, ED
Vice-Adjutant General – NDHQ Ottawa
Born:
Died:
26/06/1897
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Honours
06/01/1944
CBE
MC*
MC
05/10/1946
Third Class
LG 21/06/1968 Officer
Military Cross
Czechoslovakia
Order of St. John
Brigadier-General
Military
1915
15/06/1915
11/09/1915
07/05/1916
1916
1918
Cadet
Cadet
Corporal
Sergeant
Sergeant
Lieutenant
Captain
McGill University COTC
2nd University Company, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Struck off Strength PPCLI
60th Battalion
60th Battalion
-----
1943
1943
1945
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Director of Organizations, NDHQ
Deputy Adjutant General, NDHQ
Vice Adjutant-General, NDHQ
Medals
CBE
MC and Bar
OStJ
1914/1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Defence Medal
1939/1945 War Medal
EIIR Silver Jubilee Medal
Centennial Medal
Efficiency Medal (ED)
Czechoslovakian Order of the White Lion
125
Brigadier-General John Ernest GENET, CBE, MC
Chief Signal Officer – 1st Canadian Army
Born:
Died:
1891
26/06/1976
Belleville, Ontario
Honours
CG 05/06/1943
LG 14/11/1916+
CG 30/03/1946
LG 21/06/1945+
CBE
MC
Commander
MID
Military Cross
Legion of Merit
(USA)
Brigadier
Lieutenant
Brigadier
Brigadier
Military
1915
1916
28/01/1918
01/07/1920
1920
1939
1940
1941
06/04/1942
1945
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
RC Signals – PPCLI (38th Battalion NPAM)
Signalling Officer – 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Local rank of Captain while on Military Duty UK
LG 13/01/1931+
Permanent Forces Signals Officer
Takes 1st Divisional Signals to Europe
Chief Signal Officer – VII Corps
Chief Signal Officer – 1 Canadian Corps in England
Chief Signal Officer – 1st Canadian Army in England
Remained Chief Signal Officer, 1 Cdn Army through war in Europe
1946
1954
Honorary Colonel
Brigadier
Colonel Commandant - Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Replaced by Brigadier A.W. Beament Colonel Commandant RCCSigs
Military Cross Citation
Lieutenant John Ernest Genet, Engineers - For conspicuous gallantry in action. He personally successfully supervised and
directed the maintenance of all signal communications to the rear, with great skill and determination, working under great
difficulties and continual bombardments.
126
Brigadier-General Eric Wilson HALDENBY, CBE, MC, VD, CD
General Officer Commanding – 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade in England
Born:
Wife:
Died:
1893
Shirley Margaret Kincaid Hamilton (1898 – 1982)
Toronto, Ontario
1971
Honours
CG 30/12/1944
LG 28/12/1917+
LG 22/08/1944+
1937
1949
CBE
MC
MID
VD
CD
Military Cross
Volunteer Officers’ Decoration
Brigadier
A/Captain
Brigadier
LCol
Brigadier
Civilian
1917
1921
1921
1964
Student
Graduated
Architect
Architect
University of Toronto (Architecture)
Mathers & Haldenby 2
Transferred partnership to their sons
Military
1916
05/01/1917
08/03/1917
10/03/1917
1919
01/09/1939
08/1940
1943
1943
1944
T/Lieutenant
A/Major
T/Lieutenant
A/Captain
Captain
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
48th Regiment - Canadian Infantry
Acting Major 5 days while Command Company
LG 24/07/1917+
Adjutant Canadian Infantry Battalion
LG 01/06/1917+
Promoted Acting Captain
LG 21/08/1917+
48th Highlanders of Canada Militia between wars
CO - 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada
GOC - 9th Canadian Brigade, England
GOC - Group D Canadian Reinforcement Units, England
CO - 1st Cdn Base Reinforcement Group, Mediterranean
Retire
2
Mathers & Haldenby
The firm of Mathers and Haldenby was established in 1921 by Alvan Sherlock Mathers and Eric Wilson Haldenby. Mather and
Haldenby became partners in 1961. In 1964, the transfer of partnership to their respective sons, Andrew Sherlock Mathers and
Douglas Charles Haldenby, occurred.
127
Brigadier-General Eric Wilson HALDENBY, CBE, MC, VD, CD
General Officer Commanding – 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade in England
Honours and Medals:
CBE
MC
Military Cross
British War Medal
Victory Medal
1939/1945 Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
Centennial Medal
VD
Volunteer Officers’ Decoration
CD
Canadian Forces Decoration and Bar
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128
Brigadier-General James Curry JEFFERSON, CBE, DSO, ED
General Officer Commanding – 2nd Canadian Brigade Italy
General Officer Commanding – 5th Canadian Brigade NW Europe
Born:
Died:
1906
Honours
CG 30/06/1945
CG 18/03/1944
CG 25/09/1943
LG 04/04/1946+
RO 28/04/1945a
CBE
DSO*
DSO
MID
Croix
Brigadier
Brigadier
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Military
Pre WWI
Pre WWI
1939
1943
1943
1944
1944
1945
Private
Commissioned
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Edmonton Fusiliers
Loyal Edmonton Regiment
Loyal Edmonton Regiment to England
CO - Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Sicily - Italy
Acting GOC - Acting Commanding Officer 2nd Canadian Brigade, Italy
Acting Commanding Officer 5th Canadian Brigade, England
GOC - 10th Canadian Brigade, England - North-West Europe
Commandant of Camp Vernon
Honorary Colonel
Loyal Edmonton Regiment
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Brigadier Ian Strachan (‘Blinkie’) JOHNSTON, CBE, DSO, ED
Acting General Officer Commanding – 5th Canadian Armoured Division
Born:
Died:
1908
Honours
CG
CG
CG
RO
RO
22/09/1945
20/01/1945
11/03/1944
06/12/1944
05/12/1944
CBE
DSO*
DSO
Chevalier
Croix
Legion of Honour
BGen
BGen
LCol
France
France
Civilian
1964
Lawyer
Director
Commissioner
Maple Leaf Gardens
Reorganization of the Canadian Militia
Military
1929
1930
1939
01/1943
06/1944
06/1945
12/1945
Gentleman Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Captain
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Post WWII Honorary Colonel
RMC #
48th Highlanders of Canada
Overseas with the 48th Highlanders of Canada
CO - 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada Italy
CO - 11th Canadian Brigade
Acting GOC – 5th Canadian Armoured Division
Division dissolved
48th Highlanders of Canada
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Brigadier John (“Jock”) Godfrey SPRAGGE, DSO, OBE, ED
Officer Commanding – 7th Canadian Infantry Division
Born:
Died:
20 May 1907
Port Hope, Ontario
Honours
CG 19/08/1944
CG 10/06/1944
1945
DSO
OBE
ED
Officer – Order of the British Empire
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Education
1921
1924
Trinity College
Trinity College
Cadet Corps
Graduated
Military
25/05/1925
01/05/1926
03/10/1926
03/10/1926
26/10/1932
01/04/1933
01/09/1935
1939
16/04/1942
06/06/1944
26/08/1944
20/02/1945
10/05/1945
10/10/1945
Rifleman
Corporal
Prov. Lt
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
“A” Company, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Promoted Corporal QORC
Commissioned as Provision Lieutenant – “C” Coy. QORC
“C” Company - QORC
Promoted to Captain – QORC
2nd in Command, “C” Company, 1st Battalion, QORC
2nd in Command, “B” Company, 2nd Battalion, QORC
Active Service with QORC
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion QORC
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion QORC Normandy
Officer Commanding 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Relinquishes command 7th CIB
Commanding Officer – 2nd Canadian Base Reinforcement Group
Retires from the army
131
Brigadier-General Percy Arthur Stanley TODD, CBE, DSO, SBStJ, ED, CD
Born:
Died:
1898
1996
Ottawa ?
Honours
CG 22/09/1945
CG 23/12/1944
CG 09/01/1943
CG 22/12/1945
CBE
DSO
OBE
Commander
SBStJ
Distinguished Service Order (For D-Day)
Officer – Order of the British Empire
Serving Brother – Order of St. John
Brigadier
Brigadier
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Civilian
1919
1946
City Manager
General Manager
Insurance Company
Hamilton Street Railway
Gentleman Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Royal Military College, Kingston
RMC #
Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery – to England
Royal Artillery – to Egypt
Contracted Diphtheria – invalided to Cairo and then to England
Royal Artillery – discharged and returned to Canada
LG 05/08/1919+
Governor General’s Foot Guards NPAM in Otawa
1st Field Brigade – Royal Canadian Artillery
CO – 1st Field Brigade, RCA
Reverted to Major to go on Active Servcie
Instructor – Canadian Artillery Training Centre in Kingston
OC of a Battery – 5th Field Regiment
Brigade Major – HQ Royal Canadian Artillery, 2nd Canadian Division
CO – 4th Field Regiment, RCA
Commander – Royal Artillery, 3rd Canadian Division
Coordinated Fire Support from the bridge of HMS Hilary on D-Day
Commander – Corps Royal Artillery, 2nd Canadian Corps
Commander – 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
Returned to Canada and placed on Reserve List
Commander – Royal Artillery 1st Division (Militia)
Placed on Supplementary Reserve
18th Field Regiment – Royal Canadian Artillery
Colonel Commandant – The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
End Colonel Commandant position
Military
1915
1916
1916
07/1917
11/1917
07/08/1919
1919
01/1921
1939
1940
1940
07/1940
11/1941
11/1942
01/1943
06/1944
11/1944
06/1945
1945
01/1946
09/1954
1954
18/01/1958
17/01/1964
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Brigadier-General Thomas John RUTHERFORD, CBE, ED
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
16/01/1893
1919
4
18/07/1945
Leith – parents farmhouse across the road from the cemetery
Helen Sibbald
3 Sons; 1 Daughter
Owen Sound, Ontario – buried in Leith Cemetery
Honours
CG 06/01/1945
1918
CBE
MID
Mentioned-in-Despatches 1918
Brigadier-General
Civilian
1919
1919
Farmer
Civil Service
Breeder of Registered Shorthorn Cattle
Local Registrar of the Supreme Court, County Court Clerk, Surrogate Registrar
1912
07/1914
1914
01/09/1918
1918
1921
1925
1929
1940
1940
1941
1943
1944
1946
1946
1947
1961
1972
Corporal
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
31st Grey Regiment (promoted directly to Corporal)
31st Grey Regiment – 147th Battalion Cdn Expeditionary Force
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (147th Battalion broken up in England)
Central Ontario Regiment (made it through Passchendaele) LG 12/11/1918+
Gas Shell exploded in front of him
Grey Regiment
CO – Grey Regiment
GOC – 22nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Merged the Grey and Simcoe Regiments into the Grey & Simcoe Foresters
CO – 1st Grey & Simcoe Foresters (in England) – Known as ‘Uncle Tom’
GOC – 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
GOC – 11th Canadian Brigade (in England)
CO – Group ‘E’ Canadian Reinforcement Units England
Deputy Commander – Canadian Forces in the Netherlands
Director-General of Rehabilitation
Retire
End term as Honorary Colonel
1947
Administrator
Administrator
Administrator
Veterans Land Act Administration
Farmers Credit Corporation (FCC)
Retire
Military
1962
133
(VLA)
MEDALS and HONOURS to Brigadier Thomas John RUTHERFORD, CBE, ED
COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Awarded to Rutherford in the New Year's Honours of 1945. The CBE is the third of five levels of the chivalric order (the first
two levels confer knighthood), which was established by King George V in 1917. This was one of only 481 CBEs issued to
Canadians, 281 of those for military service. Recipients are permitted to use the initials CBE after their name.
BRITISH WAR MEDAL
Awarded to all ranks of Canadian overseas military forces who came from Canada between Aug. 5, 1914 and Nov. 11, 1918, or
who had served in a theatre of war.
VICTORY MEDAL (INTER-ALLIED WAR MEDAL) and MID
Awarded to all ranks of fighting forces who served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war between Aug. 5, 1914 and
Nov. 11, 1918. The bar, a bronze oak leaf, was awarded to those who were mentioned in dispatches.
FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR
Awarded for one day or more of service in France, Belgium, Holland or Germany between June 6, 1944 and May 8, 1945.
DEFENCE MEDAL
Awarded to Canadians for a specific period of service overseas or outside one's country of residence, usually six months of
service in Britain between Sept. 3, 1939 and May 8, 1945.
CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL and CLASP
Awarded to persons of any rank in the naval, military or air forces of Canada who voluntarily served on active service and
honourably completed 18 months of voluntary service between Sept. 3, 1939 and March 1, 1947. The bar, a silver clasp, was
awarded for 60 days of service outside Canada.
WAR MEDAL (1939-1945)
Awarded to all full-time personnel of the armed forces and merchant marines for serving for 28 days between Sept. 3, 1939 and
Sept. 2, 1945.
KING GEORGE VI CORONATION MEDAL
One of 10,089 medals awarded to Canadians to commemorate the coronation on May 12, 1937.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II CORONATION MEDAL
One of 12,500 medals awarded to Canadians to commemorate the coronation on June 2, 1953.
CANADIAN CENTENNIAL MEDAL
One of 29,500 medals awarded on the recommendation of governments and associations in commemoration of the centennial of
the Confederation of Canada in 1867.
COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES LONG SERVICE MEDAL
Awarded to warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men for 20 years of service (war years counted double) in the nonpermanent active militia between Feb. 4, 1902 and Sept. 23, 1931.
CANADIAN EFFICIENCY DECORATION and BAR
Awarded to commissioned officers for 20 years of meritorious service (war years counted double) in the non-permanent active
militia. The bar was awarded for 20 additional years of service. Recipients of the decoration were permitted to use the initials ED
after their name.
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134
Born:
Immigrated:
Died:
1904
03/1966
USA
To Canada as a youth
Vancouver, B.C.
Honours
CG 29/04/1944
CG 11/03/1944
RO 25/11/1946
RO 25/11/1946
LG 02/04/1946+
CBE
DSO
Chevalier
Croix
MID
Legion of Honour
Military
Pre WWI
04/09/1939
31/12/1939
18/05/1941
01/02/1942
26/08/1943
27/02/1944
15/04/1944
06/06/1944
1944
1944
1945
Reservist
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
3 Field Brigade, Royal Canadian Artillery
CO – 3 Field Regiment, RCA
CO – 5th Canadian Support Group
CO – 1 Canadian Army Tank Brigade
GOC – 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
Brigadier – Royal Armoured Corps, 1st Canadian Army
GOC – 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade
Lands at Juno Beach with 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade
Severely wounded in France
GOC – 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade (England)
Retired in Edmonton and Vancouver
Executive
CEO
Died
Canadian National Railway in Edmonton
Canadian National Railway
While working for CNR
Civilian
1945
1965
1966
135
Brigadier
Brigadier
France
France
Brigadier
Honours and Medals
CBE
DSO
1939/1945 Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
ED
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France)
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136
Brigadier-General William Smith ZIEGLER, CBE, DSO, ED
(1911-1999)
Born:
Moved:
Died:
1911
1925
1999
Calgary, Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Honours
CG 22/09/1945
CG 29/07/1944
CG 22/12/1945
CG 12/07/1947
CBE
DSO
Commander
Member
Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords
The Golden Aristion Andrias (Order of Gallantry)
Brigadier
Brigadier
Netherlands
Greece
Education
1935
11/1995
Engineering
Engineering
University of Alberta – Civil Engineering
Received his Civil Engineering Degree from University of Alberta
Boy
Boy
Battery Sgt-Major
2nd Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
61st Field Battery Non-Permanent Active Militia
First Chevron
61st Field Battery Non-Permanent Active Militia
61st Field Battery Non-Permanent Active Militia - Commissioned
Adjutant 20th Field Brigade
Battery Captain 61st Field Brigade, 1st Canadian Division
Overseas with 1st Canadian Division – 8th Field Regiment
Battery Captain “X” Super Heavy Battery
Brigade Major Royal Artillery – 3rd Canadian Infantry in Canada
Back to the United Kingdom – Camberley Staff College (2nd in the course – Spry 1st)
General Staff Officer Grade 1 – Royal Artillery – 1st Canadian Army
13th Field Regiment
Colonel General Staff Duties & Training – Canadian Military HQ London
Colonel General Staff Duties & Training - Canadian Military HQ London
Promoted Brigadier – Commander CRA 1st Canadian Division in Italy
Commander – Royal Artillery – 1st Canadian Division on Italy’s Ortona Line
Commander RA through 3 defence lines and the Liri Valley
North-West Europe
British Foreign Office (German Section) – Deputy Cdr Hanover Region
British Foreign Officer – Regional Administration Officer, Land in Niedersachsen
Assistant VP
Executive VP
Executive VP
Senior Management Position – Canadian National Railway
Inland Cement Industries
Retires
Military
1926
1928
1931
1932
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1942
1942
30/05/1943
15/10/1943
12/1943
02/1944
04/03/1944
04/1944
1945
1945
1946
1950
Civilian
1950
19XX
1971
Community
Advisor to the University of Alberta School of Commerce
Governor of the Arctic Institute of North America
Director of the Alberta Chamber of Resources
Advisory Board of the Salvation Army
Member of the Alberta and Northwest Territories Council, the Duke of Edinburgh Award in Canada.
137
Major-General Arthur Egbert WRINCH, CBE, CD
Chief Signals Officer – 1st Canadian Corps
Born:
Died:
1908
1985
Honours
CG 29/09/1945
CG 06/04/1948
LG 02/04/1946+
CBE
Officer
MID
Legion of Honour
USA
A/Brigadier
Colonel
A/Brigadier
Military
11/04/1942
15/07/1943
12/01/1945
10/05/1945
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Commander – Royal Signals, 1st Canadian Corps
Commander – Royal Signals, 5th Canadian Armoured Division
Chief Signals Officer – 1st Canadian Corps
End Chief Signals Officer
Honour and Medals
CBE – 1939/1945 Star – Italy Star – France and Germany Star – Defence Medal – CVSM & Clasp – 1939/1945 War Medal with
MID – EIIR Coronation Medal – Centennial Medal – EIIR Silver Jubilee Medal – CD and 2 Bars (KGVI) – Officer, Legion of
Merit (USA) – plus one unknown
138
CANADIAN
GENERAL and COLONEL
MINISTER of NATIONAL WAR SERVICE
And
MINISTER of NATIONAL DEFENCE
139
Major-General The Honourable Leo Richer LAFLECHE, PC, DSO, CStJ
Royal 22e Regiment
Minister of National War Service
Born:
Children:
Died:
15/04/1888
5
07/03/1956
Sorel, Quebec
4 Sons and 1 Daughter
Ottawa, Ontario
Military
1914
06/1916
1917
1920
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
22nd Battalion, Quebec Regiment, CEF
Quebec Regiment / Wounded at Mount Sorrel
22nd Battalion, Quebec Regiment, CEF
DOC – Military District #4 Montreal
-----
18/01/1940
Major-General
Military Attaché, France
Deputy Minister (Army)
Deputy Minister (Army)
Military Attaché
Associate Deputy Minister
Chairman
Minister
Member of Parliament
Ambassador
Canadian High Commissioner
Canadian High Commissioner
Ambassador
Canadian Envoy
Retire
National Defence Army / VCDS Defence Council
On Sick Leave
France
National War Service
Film Board of Canada
National War Service
For Outremont
Greece
Australia
End Australia Position
Argentina
Uruguay
Retire
Civilian
03/11/1932
08/09/1939
18/01/1940
17/10/1940
1941-1943
07/10/1942
30/11/1942
17/04/1945
07/1949
1950
1952
1952
1955
Honours to Major-General Leo Richer LAFLECHE, DSO
CG 28/07/1917
WWI
LG 28/06/1946
CG 28/07/1917
DSO
MID
CStJ
Chevalier
Companion
Mentioned
Commander
Legion of
- Distinguished Service Order
in Despatches in WW1 at least once
- Order of St. John
Honour
France
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Colonel, The Honourable James Layton RALSON, CMG, DSO*, ED
Born:
Died:
27/09/1881
21/05/1948
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Montreal, Quebec
CMG
Bar to DSO
DSO
PC
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Major
Privy Council
Law School
MLA
MP
Cdn Delegate
MP
Minister
Minister
Minister
Minister
ex Minister
Lawyer in Amherst
Nova Scotia for Cumberland
Shelburn-Yarmouth Nova Scotia
Third London Naval Conference
Prince Edward Island (Liberal)
National Defence
Pensions and National Health
Finance and Receiver General
National Defence
Pushed Out for McNaughton
Honours
05/07/1919
20/09/1919
03/11/1917
1926
Nova Scotia Regiment
Nova Scotia Regiment
Canadian Infantry
Civilian
1903
1911-1920
1926-1935
12/1935
1940-1945
1926-1930
1930
05/08/1939
10/06/1940
01/11/1944
Military
1914
1918
1924
1926
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
85th Cdn Infantry Battalion (N.S. Highlanders)
CO - Nova Scotia Highlanders
Post-War Army
Retire from Army – Became a Member of Parliament
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141
CANADIAN
GENERALS
IN
THE
BRITISH
ARMY
WWII
142
Major-General Cecil Benfield FAIRBANKS, CB, CBE
General Officer Commanding – British Army of the Rhine
Born:
Married:
Died:
12/06/1903
12/09/1936
02/03/1982
Montreal
Rosanne Beryl Fisher
Honours
08/06/1950+
24/01/1946+
03/09/1940+
CB
CBE
MBE
Companion – Order of the Bath
Member – Order of the British Empire
Major-General
Brigadier-General
Acting Major
Late The Sherwood Foresters
Military
1924
1925
21/01/1933
1935
21/01/1936
31/01/1936
20/01/1937
06/11/1938
09/1939
29/01/1941
1941
1943
1944
1945
1945
1947
1948
15/09/1948
03/02/1949
10/10/1949
09/11/1949
27/10/1949
31/08/1950
01/01/1953
03/01/1955
03/05/1955
27/04/1958
09/11/1958
07/11/1965
12/06/1963
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Temp Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Major-General
Sherwood Foresters (30337)
Service in the United Kingdom
Adjutant 1st Sherwood Foresters
LG 20/01/1933+
Adjutant 1st Foresters in the West Indies
Relinquishes Adjutant position
LG 21/01/1936+
Restored to the Foresters Establishment
LG 04/02/1936+
Promoted to Captain with the Sherwood Foresters
LG 29/01/1937+
Seconded to 5th Foresters, Territorial Army to be Adjutant
LG 29/11/1938+
With the Sherwood Foresters in France
Promoted to Major
LG 28/01/1941+
Middle East
Officer Commanding 14th Foresters in Iraq
Commanding Officer 17th Brigade, Middle East - Italy - North-West Europe
Commanding Officer 17th Brigade North West Europe
Commanding Officer 17th Brigade
Brigadier General Staff
Promoted Temp MGen; Director of Infantry, War Office
LG 15/10/1948+
Promoted Substantive Major-General
LG 25/03/1949+
Ends Service as Director of Infantry
LG 01/11/1949+
Commander Nigeria District
LG 25/11/1949+
Appointed a Member of the Executive Council of Nigeria
LG 04/11/1949+
Re-Appointed a Member of the Executive Council of Nigeria
LG 01/09/1950+
Chief Army Instructor at Imperial Defence College
LG 02/01/1954+
Relinquishes his appointment as Chief Army Instructor
LG 31/12/1954+
General Officer Commanding Rhine District, BA of the Rhine
LG 03/05/1955+
Retires after service as GOC British Army of the Rhine (BOAR)
LG 25/04/1958+
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)
Tenure Expires as Honorary Colonel ends.
LG 09/11/1965+
Ceases to belong to the Reserve of Officers – at Age Limit
LG 11/06/1963+
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143
Born:
Married:
Died:
20/10/1888
1935
04/12/1971
Toronto, Ontario
Joan Mary Foster
Toronto, Ontario
Honours
02/08/1945+
11/07/1940+
03/06/1919
14/01/1916+
28/05/1946+
08/11/1945+
15/08/1946+
5x
KBE
CB
DSO
MC
KStJ
Chief Commander
Grand Cross
MID
Lieutenant-General Royal Engineers
Major-General
Late Royal Engineers
Brevet Major
Royal Engineers
Captain
Royal Engineers
Lieutenant-General Royal Engineers
Legion of Merit
USA
Order of the Crown Belgium
"For Gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe"
Lieutenant-General Late Corps of Royal Engineers
WWI
Military
09/1906
09/1908
06/1909
04/02/1911
17/01/1916
05/10/1916
06/01/1917
06/01/1917
01/01/1918
1920
1921
1921
01/05/1923
01/05/1923
07/02/1925
31/12/1926
01/01/1927
16/01/1928
21/12/1930
11/07/1932
15/07/1932
19/01/1935
26/04/1937
09/01/1938
27/09/1938
01/11/1938
15/11/1938
Cadet
Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Temporary Major
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Temp LCol
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Brevet LCol
Colonel
Colonel
T/Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Royal Military College, Kingston RMC #729
Battalion Sergeant Major, RMC
Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
GSO2 Royal Engineers
Brigade Major Royal Engineers
GSO2 General Staff
Royal Engineers
T/Major from 06/01/1917 to 21/01/1920
Royal Engineers
“For Distinguished Service in the Field”
North West Frontier of India, Royal Engineers
GSO2 and Instructor at Staff College Camberley
Promoted While So Employed as GSO2 at Staff College Camberley
Promoted to Substantive Major
Relinquishes Rank of T/LCol on ending position of GSO2 Staff College
Promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
GSO2 at War Office
Relinquishes the appointment of GSO2 at the War Office
General Staff Officer 1 in India
Promoted Colonel (Seniority 01/01/1931) GSO1 in India
GSO1 and Instructor at Staff College Camberley
Brigadier General Staff Northern Command
Promoted Major-General
Special Mission; General Staff Northern Command; Full Pay & Allowances
Ends Special Employment (Corrects LG of 01/11/1938)
Remains on Full Pay with General Sir Edmund Ironside after special Mission
144
LG 18/02/1916+
LG 02/11/1916+
LG 16/02/1917+
LG 10/11/1920+
LG 01/01/1918+
LG 25/05/1923+
LG 24/04/1923+
LG 06/03/1925+
LG 18/01/1927+
LG 07/01/1927+
LG 20/01/1928+
LG 30/12/1930+
LG 20/02/1933+
LG 26/07/1932+
LG 25/01/1935+
LG 04/05/1937+
LG 30/09/1938+
LG 30/09/1938+
LG 14/02/1939+
LG 01/11/1938+
04/11/1938
28/08/1941
10/1941
07/11/1941
07/11/1941
07/11/1942
01/1943
22/04/1944
25/08/1945
1953
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
A/Lieutenant-General
A/Lieutenant-General
T/Lieutenant-General
T/Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
General Officer Commanding British Troops in China
Remains on Full Pay
General Officer Commanding 48th (South Midland) Division (in England)
Promoted Acting Lieutenant-General
General Officer Commanding VIII Corps (South Coast of England)
Promoted Temporary Lieutenant-General
Chief Liaison Officer with Allied Contingents, War Office
Head of Civil Affairs Division, Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Forces (G5)
Lieutenant-Governor & Commander in Chief of Jersey
Ends time as Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey
LG 15/11/1938+
LG 09/09/1941+
12/07/1945
1947
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Engineers
Retire as Colonel Commandant
LG 14/08/1945+
LG 16/12/1941+
LG 20/11/1942+
LG 28/08/1945
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145
Brigadier-General Sir Charles Frederick CARSON, Kt, CBE, MC and Bar
Royal Engineers
Born:
Married
Children:
Died
10/12/1886
1913
2
03/05/1960
Kingston, Ontario
Dorothy Brownfield
Sons – David Frederick and Edward Brooke (Quebec Lawyer 1950)
Montreal, Quebec
Honours
21/02/1941
05/08/1943+
01/01/1917+
15/101/1918+
14/01/1943+
Kt
Knighted
CBE
MC
Bar to MC
MID
Colonel
Brigadier (temp)
Captain
Acting Major
Brigadier (temp)
Late Royal Engineers General Manager, North-Western Railway, Lahore, Punjab
Royal Engineers (ret. pay) Reserve of Officers
\ (on leave)
Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
Full Citation to Bar to MC
Gallant & distinguished services in Iraq, Syria & Persia
Military
09/1905
09/1907
26/06/1908
18/08/1910
1911
1913
1914
05/01/1916
08/07/1917
19/02/1918
15/03/1919
1919 to 1940
01/01/1925
22/09/1932
22/09/1936
09/1936
1940
1940
10/02/1941
1941
09/1942
1944
Cadet
Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Temp. Captain
Temp. Captain
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
General Manager
General Manager
Brigadier-General
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Retired
RMC #703
Battalion Sergeant-Major RMC
Royal Engineers – Gentleman Cadet from RMC to Be 2nd Lt.
Corps of Royal Engineers – Promoted Lieutenant
9 Railway Company Sappers in India
Worked on State Railways in India
Royal Engineers on Outbreak of WWI
Adjutant
Staff Officer to the Chief Engineer (Graded as a Brigade Major)
End Staff Officer to the Chief Engineer
Relinquishes the Acting rank of Major – Corps of Royal Engineers
Worked on State Railways in India
Promoted Substantive Major next above Bt LCol Neame, VC, DSO
Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, Corps of Royal Engineers
Placed on H.P. list (Employed) after 4 years as a Regimental LCol
Northwest Railway of India
Retired Northwest Railway of India
Chief Engineer of a Special Force
Retires but is retained in his appointment
Director of Transportation – 10th Army Baghdad
Commander Persia and Iraq Force (PAIFORCE)
Executive VP of Montreal Locomotive
Executive VP
Montreal Locomotive
Civilian
1944 - 1951
Knighted on 21 February 1941 as per the London Gazette of 25 February 1941.
146
LG 15/09/1908+
LG 19/08/1910+
LG 29/01/1916+
LG 23/08/1917+
LG 02/04/1918+
LG 27/02/1925+
LG 17/03/1925+
LG 27/09/1932+
LG 22/09/1936+
LG 11/02/1941+
Brigadier-General Sir Charles Frederick CARSON, Kt, CBE, MC and Bar
Royal Engineers
Medals and Honours
KT
Knight’s Badge
CBE
MC*
Military Cross and Bar
British War Medal
Victory Medal
1939/1945 Star
Africa Star
Defence Medal
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147
Brigadier Ernest Frank BENJAMIN, CBE
Corps of Royal Engineers
Commander – Jewish Brigade
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
05/02/1900
27/09/1928
3
14/03/1969
Toronto, Ontario
Noël Rosemary Crole Wyndham (formerly Mrs. Cyril N. Wilson)
2 Sons; 1 Daughter
Odiham Hospital, Aldershot District, Hampshire, England
CBE
MID
Honours
11/12/1945+
06/07/1943+
CBE
13.12.1945 Italy
MID
08.07.1943 Middle East (East Africa, Madagascar)
Temp. Brigadier
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel
Military
1918
17/07/1919
1920
03/10/1922
23/09/1923
24/05/1927
23/11/1931
06/1933
10/01/1936
11/01/1939
13/02/1940
04/06/1940
19/06/1940
29/01/1941
27/12/1941
14/05/1942
15/02/1943
19/11/1943
05/03/1944
28/09/1944
19/11/1944
07/03/1945
01/06/1945
13/05/1948
1948
04/09/1950
04/09/1950
Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier-General
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Royal Military Academy Woolwich
Royal Engineers (18035)
Served in Turkey, Malaya and Madagascar
Adjutant Corps of Royal Engineers
LG 23/02/1923+
Relinquishes appointment of Adjutant Corps of Royal Engineers
LG 14/04/1925+
Adjutant 49th (W. Riding) Divisional Engineers – Captain T.A.
LG 17/06/1927+
Ends Adjutant position 49th (W. Riding) Divisional Engineers
LG 18/12/1931+
Staff College, Camberley
General Staff Officer 3rd Grade – Malya
LG 17/01/1936+
Royal Engineers – End GSO 3 – Malaya
LG 31/01/1939+
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG) – 5th Corps (Home Forces)
GSO2 – 5th Corps (Home Forces)
Commander – Royal Engineers
GSO1 – General Staff Officer
GSO1 – Middle East Command
Assistant Quartermaster-General Middle East Command
Deputy Director of Military Training Middle East Command
Commanding Officer – Jewish Brigade Group
Commanding Officer – Jewish Brigade Group
Attached British 8th Army in Faenza Area, Italy with Jewish Brigade Group
Promoted Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
LG 31/08/1945+
Ends Tenure Regimental LCol / Remains on Full Pay Supernumerary
LG 11/05/1948+
VIII Corps – British Army of the Rhine in NW Europe
Retired having exceeded the age limit for retirement
LG 05/09/1950+
Granted the Honorary rank of Brigadier on Retirement
LG 05/09/1950+
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148
Brigadier Ernest Frank BENJAMIN, CBE
Commander – Jewish Brigade
Promotions
1918
17/07/1919
17/07/1920
24/05/1927
06/1933
29/01/1941
29/04/1941
27/12/1941
04/09/1944
05/03/1944
05/09/1944
19/05/1944
19/11/1944
01/01/1946
04/09/1950
Cadet
Royal Military Academy Woolwich
2nd Lieutenant
Royal Engineers (18035)
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel (While Serving)
Lieutenant-Colonel
Acting Colonel
Temporary Colonel
Acting Brigadier
Temporary Brigadier
Lieutenant-Coloenl
Honorary Brigadier
JEWISH BRIGADE GROUP
The language was Hebrew, which was almost entirely Palestinian, and whose personnel hailed originally from every country but Britain. Former refugees from
Germany; men who had run away from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, for fear of the descending Nazis; early pioneers who had 'gone up' to 'build
the land' twenty and thirty years ago from Russia and Poland; romantic-looking, dark-skinned Yemenite Jews, black Falashas from Abyssinia. These were the
bulk of the fifty-four countries which were represented in the Brigade, but which were not all welded into the new Palestinian spirit and tradition.
The formation of the Jewish Brigade had been politically and militarily controversial. Churchill supported the idea, which was pressed by the Zionist leader,
Doctor Chaim Weizmann, because he felt it would be sort of rough justice to enable the Jews 'to get at the murderers of their fellow-countrymen.' Neither the
War office nor the C.-in-C. [Commander in Chief] Middle East were keen on the proposal. From a political angle they thought 'that the Zionists desire to have
their men trained at our expense, in active operations'; and militarily they objected to the diversion of effort needed for training and equipment. The War Office
fought a long losing battle in which the formation of a Jewish Division was mooted but turned down as impracticable. C.-in-C. Middle East was eventually
instructed to form a brigade group although he maintained he could only provide a brigade from Jewish sources. Gaps were filled by British units. The Order of
Battle was:
1st. 2nd. and 3rd Battalions Palestine Regiment
643rd (Palestine) Field Company, RE. [engineers]
178th (Palestine) Company, RA S.C. [service corps]
Jewish Brigade Group Ordnance Field Park and Workshop Sections
200th Field Regiment (one battery Jewish), RA [artillery] *
Brigade and Field Regiment Signals *
140th Field Ambulance *
* Indicates British units.
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149
Major-General Charles Alexander Phipps MURISON, CB, CBE, MC
Royal Artillery
Deputy Quartermaster-General British Army
Born:
Died:
1894
1981
Grenfell, Saskatchewan
North Cowichan, B.C.
CB
CBE
MC
MID
Major-General
Late Royal Artillery
Lieutenant-Colonel
Late Royal Artillery
No MC on 15/07/1917 – MC noted on29/12/1918 but no LG entry found
Cadet
Temporary 2nd Lieutenant
Acting Captain
Lieutenant
Acting Captain
Acting Major
Acting Captain
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Brevet Major
Brevet Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brevet LCol / Now LCol
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier-General
Temp Major-General
Temp Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Officer Training Corps
Royal Artillery
2nd in Command of a Battery - Royal Regiment of Artillery
Relinquish Acting Captain – cease to be 2 i/c of a Battery
Acting Captain Royal Regiment of Artillery
Royal Regiment of Artillery
2nd in Command of a Battery – Royal Regiment of Artillery
Assistant Superintendent, Experimental Establishment Shoeburyness
Seconded from RRA to Experimental Establishment Shoeburyness
Captain backdated to 03/11/1917 – Remains Seconded
Relinquishes his Appointment Experimental Establishment Shoeburyness
Restored to the Establishment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Staff Officer 3rd Class, Royal Artillery, Eastern Command
Seconded for Service on the Staff
Promoted to Brevet Major
GSO2 Royal Military College, Kingston
Promoted to Major while still serving at RMC Kingston
Relinquishes his appointment at GSO2 at Royal Military College Kingston
Restored to the Establishment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General Egypt (temporary)
Relinquishes D.A.Q.M.G. position The British Troops in Egypt (Temp.)
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General Palestine and Transjordan
Deputy Assistant Adjutant & QMG, Anti-Aircraft Corps T.A.
Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel from Major
General Staff Officer 2, Anti-Aircraft Command Territorial Army
Relinquishes Position as GSO 2
Relinquishes Position as GSO2
Lieutenant-Colonel seniority established above LCol Culverwell
Assistant Quartermaster-General British Expeditionary Force, France
Deputy Assistant and QMG VII Corps (Canadians)
Promoted Acting Major-General
Chief Administration Officer Northern Command
Director-General of Army Equipment, War Office
Promoted Temporary Major-General
Deputy Quartermaster-General (Army Equipment), War Office
Promoted Substantive Major-General effective 06/07/1944
Chief Administration Officer Northern Command
Retires on Retired Pay – Late Royal Artillery
Honours
08/06/1944+
11/07/1940+
1918
2x
Military
1914
18/11/1914
28/01/1917
10/06/1917
15/07/1917
22/08/1918
29/12/1918
10/05/1924
10/05/1924
01/01/1925
28/01/1928
16/05/1930
12/05/1931
12/04/1931
01/01/1931
24/03/1933
06/06/1934
16/03/1935
16/04/1935
13/12/1935
29/08/1936
08/09/1936
18/03/1937
01/01/1939
23/01/1939
12/06/1939
15/06/1939
15/06/1939
1939
1940
26/01/1942
1942
1942
01/01/1943
1943
06/07/1944
1945
31/03/1949
LG 17/11/1914+
LG 19/07/1917+
LG 11/09/1917+
LG 11/09/1917+
LG 02/11/1918+
LG 18/03/1919+
LG 20/05/1924+
LG 10/06/1924+
LG 13/02/1925+
LG 20/02/1928+
LG 20/06/1930+
LG 19/05/1931+
LG 29/06/1931+
LG 01/01/1932+
LG 24/03/1933+
LG 08/06/1934+
LG 07/05/1935+
LG 24/05/1935+
LG 31/12/1935+
LG 24/11/1936+
LG 09/10/1936+
LG 23/03/1937+
LG 03/01/1939+
LG 31/01/1939
LG 21/07/1939+
LG 11/07/1939+
LG 26/03/1940+
LG 23/01/1942+
LG 26/01/1943+
LG 23/02/1945+
LG 29/03/1949+
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150
Brigadier-General Sir Godfrey Dean RHODES, Kt, CB, CBE, DSO, CStJ
Royal Engineers
Born:
Married:
Children
Died:
18/07/1886
Reith
Son and Daughter
Nairobi, Kenya
2
21/02/1971
Honours
03/07/1934+
05/08/1943+
03/06/1919+
01/01/1917+
04/01/1949+
29/06/1956+
22/01/1919+
14/01/1943+
23/13/1943+
21/07/1919
15/10/1920+
Kt
CB
CBE
DSO
CStJ
KStJ
MID
MID
MID
Officer
4th Class
Knighted
Brigadier-General (ret. Pay)
Temporary Colonel
Captain
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Legion of Honour
Order of the White Eagle
Order of the Redeemer
BGen
RE
Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
Colonel
BGen (ret. pay)
BGen (ret. pay)
France
Serbia
Greece
RE (ret’d) GM Kenya & Uganda Railways & Harbours
“Gallant and Distinguished Service in Persia-Iraq”
Allied Railway Commission British Army in Macedonia
Indian Army – Service in Iraq, Syria and Persia
Commands & Staff – Service in Persia and Iraq
Temporary Colonel (Major)
Temporary Brigadier-General
Military
09/1903
09/1906
06/1907
27/06/1907
06/01/1909
1910
1914
1915
26/11/1916
30/10/1917
30/10/1917
05/04/1918
1919
07/05/1924
10/02/1927
20/08/1928
10/11/1938
01/10/1941
01/10/1941
09/1942
1942
03/1945
Cadet
Cadet
Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Major
Major
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
RMC #
Battalion Sergeant-Major
Sword of Honour and Governor-General’s Gold Medal on Graduation
Corps of Royal Engineers; Gentleman Cadet from RMC Kingston
LG 09/08/1907+
LG 26/01/1909+
9 Railway Company Sappers in India (Assistant Engineer State Railways)
Railway Construction Work in France
Railway Construction in Salonika (remained here for rest of the war)
Acting Quartermaster-General Assistant Director of Railways
LG 19/12/1916+
Promoted Acting Colonel, Corps of Royal Engineers LG 11/02/1918+
Acting Director of Railways, Royal Engineers (Captain/Temp LCol)
LG 15/01/1918+
Assistant Director of Railways (Cl.X.) - Ran the Turkish State Railways
LG 31/08/1918+
Director of Railways – Turkish State Railways
Acting General Manager, Uganda Railway
Kenya Gazette 15/05/1924
Acting General Manager, Kenya & Uganda Railway
Chief Engineer and Deputy GM Kenya & Uganda Railways & Harbour Kenya Gazette 28/08/1928
General Manager Kenya & Uganda Railways & Harbour
End period as Acting General Manager Uganda Railway
Seconded to Military Duties - To Iran to inaugurate the “Aid to Russia” service”
Persia and Iraq Force (PAIFORCE)
Regional Port Director of Calcutta by the Government of India
Chief Representative
Member
Chief Engineer
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners in Africa (living in Kenya)
Legislative Council of the Colony of Kenya
LG 11/02/1949+
Chief Engineer and Special Commissioner for Works in Kenya
Elected Member of the Nairobi District Council, Ward 1, Ngong-Kikuyui-Kabee
\ end term on Nairobi District Council
Civilian
1945-1948
25/01/1949
1948-1951
18/07/1952
30/04/1952
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151
CANADIAN
GENERALs and COLONELs
Who
Became
MAJOR-GENERAL / LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
GENERAL
After WWII
152
Born:
Married:
Children
Died:
12/06/1913
07/06/1939
4
23/04/1996
Sainte-Monique de Nicolet, Quebec
Simone Piché
2 Daughters: Michèle, Andrée: 2 Son: Jean, Louis
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Honours
1968
15/06/1946
10/11/1945
20/01/1945
18/03/1944
15/12/1954
04/11/1950
04/11/1950
14/08/1948
1959
1947
CC
CBE
DSO**
DSO*
DSO
Officer
Chevalier
Croix
Cross
CD
ED
2nd Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
1st Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
Legion of Merit
Legion of Honour
Bronze Lion
USA
France
France
Netherlands
General
BGen
BGen
LCol
LCol
BGen
BGen
BGen
A/BGen
MGen
BGen
Military
1933
1939
1940
1942
1942
13/01/1944
24/02/1945
1945
1948
1952
21/04/1953
27/07/1953
06/1954
1954
1956
1958
1961
1964
07/06/1965
01/07/1966
1969
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
General
General
Régiment de Trois-Rivières
Régiment de Trois-Rivières
Commanding Officer – London Yeomanry
Instructor – Canadian Army Staff College, Kingston
DCO – Le Régiment de la Chaudière
CO – 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment (Italy)
Canadian Military Attaché in Moscow
DOC - #astern Quebec Area
Vice Quartermaster-General Canadian Army
GOC – 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade in Korea
Signs the Truce in Korea on behalf of Canada
Commander – Canadian Units in Korea
GOC – 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
DOC – Eastern Quebec Area
Vice-Chief of the General Staff of the Army
GOC – British 4th Division (Part of the British Army of the Rhine) BAOR
Chief of Operational Readiness NDHQ
Retired
153
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154
Lieutenant-General Samuel Findlay CLARK, CBE, OStJ, CD
Born:
Married:
Died:
17/03/1909
18/09/1937
03/09/1998
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Blanche Leona Seagram
CBE
Commander
Officer
MID
OStJ
Croix
CD****
Order of Orange Nassau
Order of the Legion of Merit
Croix de Guerre
Canadian Forces Decoration and 4 bars
Honours
CG 17/03/1945
CG 23/12/1945
CG 30/03/1946
CG 06/11/1945
LG 11/12/1975+
1952
Brigadier
Netherlands BGen
USA
BGen
Brigadier
BGen
France
Civilian
1932
1933
1961
BSc EE
BSc ME
Chair
Electrical Engineering University of Manitoba
Mechanical Engineering University of Saskatchewan
National Capital Commission
10/02/1933
1937
07/1938
09/1939
1940
20/02/1941
05/06/1941
01/08/1942
01/12/1942
08/05/1943
01/11/1943
31/07/1945
31/08/1945
1946
01/11/1947
01/11/1948
11/1949
05/1951
08/1951
1955
08/1958
10/1961
1967
01/10/1968
24/03/1973
1988
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Honorary Colonel
Colonel Comm.
Colonel Comm.
Honorary Colonel
1961
1967
Chair
Chair
Royal Canadian Signals Corps at Camp Borden
Technical Officer Directorate of Signals, NDHQ, Ottawa
Associate Professor Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Royal Military College
Adjutant – 1st Canadian Corps Signals
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals with the Canadian Army Overseas
Commander – Royal Signals, 1st Canadian Armoured Division
Commander – 5th Canadian Armoured Division Signals Regiment
GSO1 – Canadian Military Headquarters, London
Staff Course at Camberley, England
Chief Signals Officer – 2nd Canadian Corps Headquarters
Chief Signals Officer – 2nd Canadian Corps Headquarters
Chief Signals Officer – HQ Canadian Forces in the Netherlands
Deputy Chief of General Staff – Army Headquarters Ottawa
GOC – Eastern Ontario Area
Imperial Defence College at Seaford House in England (IDC course)
Cdn Military Observer – Western European Union Military Committee
First Canadian Military Representative – NATO Headquarters
Chair – Joint Staff at Cdn Army Liaison Establishment London
Quartermaster-General – Canadian Army
GOC – Central Military Command, Oakville, Ontario
Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army
Retire
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Colonel Commandant Communications & Electronics Branch
End Colonel Commandant Comm. & Electronics Branch
End HLCol 744 (Vancouver) and 741 (Victoria) Communication Squadrons
---------------National Capital Commission
Retire to Victoria, B.C.
Military
155
Lieutenant-General Samuel Findlay CLARK, CBE, OStJ, CD and 4 BARS
Medals:
CBE
OStJ
Officer- Order of St. John
1939/1945 Star
Defence Medal
CVSM and Clasp
Centennial Medal
EIIR Silver Jubilee Medal
CD and 4 Bars
Officer – Legion of Merit (USA)
Commander – Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands)
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156
Born:
Raised
Married:
Children:
Died:
15/07/1898
Buffalo, New York
Trenton, Ontario (on a far)
28/09/1986
Honours
CG 30/12/1967
LG 14/08/1973+
CG 05/01/1946
CG 18/03/1944
CG 25/09/1943
CG 06/03/1948
RO 25/11/1946
RO 25/11/1946
LG 02/04/1946+
OC
CVO
CBE
DSO*
DSO
ED
CD
Officer
Chevalier
Croix
MID
Officer - Order of Canada
Originally a Medal of Service
Commander - Royal Victorian Order
Legion of Merit
USA
Legion of Honour
France
France
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Education
LLB
Lawyer
Lawyer
Secretary
President
Secretary
Trenton, Ontario
Secretary to EIIR on her Canadian Visit
Toronto Stock Exchange
Secretary to the Queen on her Canadian Visit
Civilian
1959
1961
1967
Military
1940
1942
1943
1946
1948
1951
1955
LCol
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Commanding Officer – 1st Battalion, Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment
General Officer Commanding – 7th Canadian Brigade in England
General Officer Commanding – 1st Canadian Brigade in Italy
Senior Canadian Liaison Officer and Army Advisor to the Cdn High Commissioner UK
Vice-Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army
General Officer Commanding – Central Command
Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army
His autobiography: “Citizen and Soldier: The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Howard Graham” was published in 1987.
Medals: OC – CVO – CBE – DSO and Bar – British War Medal – Victory Medal – 1939/1945 Star – Italy Star – Defence Medal –
CVSM and Clasp – 1939/1945 War Medal with MID - King George V Silver Jubilee Medal – EIIR Coronation Medal – Centennial
Medal – EIIR Silver Jubilee Medal – ED – CD – Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France) – Croix de Guerre avec Palme en
Bronze (France) – Officer of the Legion of Merit (USA)
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158
Born:
Married:
Child:
Died:
19/08/1909
1937
07/03/1939
03/04/1999
Brantford, Ontario
Gwynn Abigail Currie
Major Robert Geoffrey Walsh, CD
Ottawa, Ontario
RMC #4808
Honours
23/12/1944
25/09/1943
23/06/1945
09/03/1946
31/03/1947
30/06/1946
LG 04/04/1946+
1952
CBE
DSO
MID
MID
Commander
Commander
MID
CD
Legion of Merit
Mentioned-in-Depatches
Brigadier
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Netherlands
USA
Brigadier
Brigadier
Military
1922
1924
1926
1930
1934
1937
1940
1941
01/04/1942
01/1944
13/02/1944
02/09/1944
20/07/1945
1946
1948
1951
1952
09/1955
07/1959
10/1961
1964
10/1965
07/1966
1970
Army Cadet
Private
Officer Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Colonel Commandant
St. Catherine’s Collegiate Institute Cadet Cordp
Lincoln Regiment
Adjutant – Royal Canadian Engineers
Staff – Royal Military College
CO – 3rd Field Column Royal Canadian Engineers Overseas
CO – 3rd F.C., RCE, Spitzbergen Expedition
Commander – Royal Engineers, 1 Canadian Division (Sicily & Italy)
Commander – Royal Engineers – Rth Cdn Armoured Division
Chief Engineer – 2nd Canadian Corp, 1st Canadian Army, Normandy
Chief Engineer – 1st Canadian Army
Chief Engineer – Canadian Army of Occupation
Commander – Northwest Highway System (Alaska Highway)
Commander – Eastern Ontario Military District (Kingston)
Commander -27th Infantry Brigade Europe
Director-General of Military Training, and
Quartermaster-General – Canadian Army
GOC – Western Command
Chief of the General Staff – Canadian Army
Start Retirement
Retire
Royal Canadian Army Cadet and the Cadet Services of Canada
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159
160
Citations
WALSH, Geoffrey, Lieutenant-Colonel - Distinguished Service Order - Engineers - awarded as per Canada Gazette dated 25
September 1943 and CARO/3791 dated 6 November 1943. Educated at Royal Military College; served in Canadian Army until
1964. His postings included command of the Northwest Highway System in 1946, command of 27th Infantry Brigade in Europe
(1951) and last Chief of the General Staff with rank of Lieutenant-General. Died in Ottawa, 3 April 1999, aged 90.
Recommended for immediate award by Major-General G.G. Simonds, General Officer Commanding, 1 Canadian Infantry
Division, on or about 24 July 1943; document with Headquarters, 30 Corps, 30 July to 1 August 1943 (supported by LieutenantGeneral O.W.H. Leese); with Headquarters, Eighth Army, 3-6 August 1943 (supported by General B.L.Montgomery); with
Headquarters, 15 Army Group, 7 August to 9 September 1943 (approved by General Harold R. Alexander).
During the assault of 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade on Leonforte, 21/22 July 1943, it was essential that an enemy demolition be
bridged in order that supporting arms for the brigade could be moved forward. The bridging site at the time was under heavy
enemy machine gun and mortar fire. The operation was done in the dark by 3 Canadian Field Company, but owing to the vital
importance of this bridge, Lieutenant-Colonel Walsh as Commander Royal Engineers personally supervised the effort. Some 40
Germans and three German tanks were within 50 yards of the bridging site rendering it almost impossible for infantry to secure
covering positions. Lieutenant-Colonel Walsh ignored the incessant small arms fire which ricocheted off the bridge members,
rushed through the construction, and as a result the bridge was open for traffic at 0210 hours, well in advance of schedule,
enabling the necessary supporting arms to cross and conclude the successful drive on Leonforte.
WALSH, Geoffrey, Brigadier, DSO - Commander, Order of the British Empire - awarded as per Canada Gazette dated 23
December 1944 and CARO/5235 dated 3 January 1945.
In training prior to operations in France, in the planning stage and in the execution of the engineer work within 2 Canadian
Corps, Brigadier Walsh has shown exceptional ability and assiduous application to his duties. The successful bridging of the
River Orne in front of Caen and the opening of roads through the town was very largely attributable to the organizational ability
and personal supervision of Brigadier Walsh. His work has been very much above the average of what might ave been expected
of his post.
WALSH, Geoffrey, Brigadier, DSO - Mention in Dispatches - awarded as per Canada Gazette and CARO/5801, both dated 23
June 1945.
WALSH, Geoffrey, Brigadier, CBE, DSO - Mention in Dispatches - awarded as per Canada Gazette dated 9 March 1946 and
CARO/6431 dated 8 March 1946.
WALSH, Geoffrey, Brigadier, DSO - Legion of Merit, Degree of Commander (United States) - awarded as per Canada Gazette
dated 30 March 1946 and CARO/6478 dated 1 April 1946. Recommended by Brigadier J.F.A. Lister (Chief of Staff, Deputy
Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, First Canadian Army); document at Headquarters, First Canadian Army, 15-21 July 1945
when signed off by General H.D.G. Crerar.
Brigadier Walsh served as Chief Engineer, 2 Canadian Corps from July [1944] when it was first committed in the Northwest
European theatre of operations until early in September when he was appointed Chief Engineer, First Canadian Army. He has
served in the latter capacity through the balance of the campaign.
The role of the Engineers during these operations was one of great importance. Due in large part to this officer's unusual
organizing and executive ability, however, this arm of the service successfully met all the varied demands which were made upon
it. Under his leadership and example, moreover, its personnel displayed in the execution of their tasks the greatest gallantry,
initiative and resource. This officer has throughout the campaign distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in
the performance of outstanding services.
WALSH, Geoffrey, Brigadier, CBE, DSO - Commander, Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) - awarded as per
Canada Gazette dated 22 March 1947 and Canadian Army Order 12/47 dated 31 March 1947.
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Major-General Mortimer Patrick BOGERT, DSO, OBE, CD
General Officer Commanding – Eastern Command
Born:
Married:
Died:
17/03/1908
Toronto, Ontario
Trudy
16/01/1999
Honours
28/04/1945
11/03/1944
04/11/1947
12/07/1947
OBE
DSO
OStJ
Order
Officer– Order of the British Empire
For Italy
Order of Valour
The King of the Hellenes
The Golden Aristion Andrias (Order of Gallantry) Greece
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major-General
Brigadier
Military
06/1930
1930
12/1939
1940
1940
22/07/1942
12/1943
12/1943
12/1943
1944
1944
1947
04/1952
04/1953
1954
1958
1962
Officer Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Graduated from Royal Military College
RMC #1890
To England
Graduated from War Staff Course
Brigade Major – 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Commanding Officer – West Nova Scotia Regiment
Wounded in Italy
GSO 1 – II Canadian Corps
Canadian HQ in London
GSO 1 – 1st Canadian Division
GOC – British Columbia Military District
GOC – 21st Infantry Brigade in Korea
Returns to Canada / Deputy Adjutant-General Army HQ Ottawa
Commandant – Canadian Army Staff College Kingston
General Officer Commanding - Eastern Command
Retired
DSO Citation
“On 9 October 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Bogert, leading his battalion by night during its advance to GILDONE came under heavy machine gun
fire while crossing the river south of JELSI. In the face of sustained fire, Lieutenant Colonel Bogert coolly and skillfully directed a flanking
movement which dislodged the enemy from their positions. When the enemy withdrew to the hills beyond the river line and occupied prepared
positions on commanding ridges, Lieutenant Colonel Bogert, by a quick, accurate appreciation and cool, forceful leadership retained the
initiative.
Driving the enemy from their new positions and inflicting many casualties, he led his regiment through a pouring rain to its final objective, over
ground which, owing to deep mud rendered movement under fire difficult and hazardous. Lieutenant Colonel Bogert’s leadership and skill, his
determination and courage, were responsible for the complete success of an operation which enabled flanking battalions to maintain a rapid
advance.
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Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
25/06/1920
3
20/02/2006
Brownlee, Saskatchewan
Ann Tilton Milroy
2 Daughters and 1 Son
Ottawa, Ontario
CM
DSO
OStJ
Member of the Order of Canada
Honours
30/09/2000
10/11/1945
29/11/1974+
Lieutenant-General
Major
Lieutenant-General
Civilian and Education
1938
1980
1986 - 1988
1988 – 2000
University of Alberta
Board Ottawa Division
Chair Ottawa Division
Chair National Corps
School of Commerce
Canadian Corps of Commissionaires
Military
07/1939
08/1941
11/1941
07/1942
03/1943
01/12/1943
01/09/1944
10/1944
02/1945
06/1945
07/1945
05/1946
05/1947
01/1948
02/1951
11/1951
10/1953
12/1954
09/1957
11/1960
02/1962
11/1963
07/1965
01/09/1968
02/1969
1971
09/1972
07/1973
06/1975
26/03/71
11/11/78
1980
1984
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Honorary Colonel
Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC)
Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Lord Strathcona’s Horse – Overseas to Britain
Battle Captain, ‘A’ Squadron - Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Acting Squadron Leader ‘B’ Squadron - Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Squadron Leader ‘B’ Squadron - Lord Strathcona’s Horse (2 i/c LSH Melfa River)
Wounded – Melfa River – evacuated to Naples
Rejoined LSH on the Lamone River, Italy
Lord Strathcona’s Horse to Belgium and Holland
‘B’ Squadron LSH ended the war in the Village of Warffum, Holand
Canadian Army of Occupation – 2 i/c 3rd Battalion North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Army Staff Course at Royal Military College, Kingston
Canadian Liaison Officer HQ Army Field Forces at Fort Benning, USA
Completed Airborne Course at Fort Benning, USA
GSO2 Armour at Army HQ
Directing Staff – Camberley Staff Course
Attend British Joint Services Staff College
GSO HQ Eastern Army Command, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Director – Public Relations (Army)
Commandant – Armoured Corps School in Camp Borden
Director – Army Military Training at Army HQ Ottawa
Commander – 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade Group, Camp Gagetown
Commandant – Canadian Army Staff College, Kingston, Ontario
Canadian Member – International Team of Observers in Nigeria
Commander – Canadian Defence Education Establishments
Commander – Training Command
Assistant Deputy Minister – Military & Civilian Personnel Management HQ Ottawa
Retired
End HCol Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Governor General’s Foot Guards
End HCol Governor General’s Foot Guards
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Medals:
Member of the Order of Canada
1939/1945 Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
CVSM and Clasp
1939/1945 War Medal
Canadian Special Service Medal and two bars
Canadian Peacekeeping Medal
Coronation Medal
Centennial Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
Canada 125 Medal
Efficiency Medal
Canadian Forces Decoration and two Bars
Corps of Commissionaires Long Service Medal and two Bars
CM
DSO
OStJ
Peace and NATO
CD
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Major-General Roger ROWLEY, DSO, ED, CD
Commanding Officer - Stormont, Dundas and Glengary Highlanders
Born:
Married:
Children:
Died:
12/06/1914
4
14/02/2007
Ottawa, Ontario
Barbara Stephenson widow A/C Stephenson – died 2012 age 99
1 Daughter; 1 Son, 2 Stepsons
Ottawa, Ontario
Honours
CG 20/01/1945
CG 30/12/1944
Bar to DSO
DSO
Bar to Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Military
1933
1942
1943
1944
1946
1947
2nd Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Cameron Highlanders of Canada – 3rd Cdn Infantry Division
Cameron Highlanders of Canada – 3rd Cdn Infantry Division
CO - Stormont, Dundas and Glengary Highlanders
Staff College – Camberley, England
Canadian Army Staff – Washington, USA
Director of Military Operations and Plans
Director of Infantry
Commander – 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Group Germany
Imperial Defence College - London
Commandant – Canadian Army Staff College, Kingston
Commander of the Army Tactics and Organization Board
Deputy Commander – Mobile Command
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Major-General James Desmond Blaise SMITH, CBE, DSO, KStJ, CD, ADC
Born:
Married 1st:
Children:
Married 2nd:
Died:
02/10/1911
1937
2
1979
09/1991
Ottawa, Ontario
Miriam Blackburn (died in 1969)
2 Sons
Belle Shenkman
Honours
CG 28/10/1944
CG 26/08/1944
LG 11/07/1961+
CG 16/04/1949
CG 16/04/1949
CG 27/01/1951
CG 12/07/1947
CG 17/11/1951
LG 06/11/1945+
LG 26/06/1945+
1948
Decoration
CBE
DSO
KStJ
Chevalier
Croix
Officer
Order
Commander
MID
MID
Commander – Order of the British Empire Brigadier
Distinguished Services Order (Melfa River, Italy) BGen
Commander – Order of St. John
Major-General
Legion of Honour
France
France
Legion of Merit
USA
The Golden Aristion Andrias (Order of Gallantry)
Greece
The Order of Military Merit
Italy
Poland
CD
Canadian Forces
Military
1929
1933
1934
1939
1940
1940
1942
1942
1943
1944
1944
1944
04/1945
1945
1946
1947
1951
1954
1958
1962
Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
LCol
LCol
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
RMC #2120
Royal Dragoons
Royal Dragoons
Staff Captain – 1st Canadian Division
Staff Course at Camberley
General Staff Officer 2 – 1st Canadian Division
Brigade Major – 2nd Canadian Armoured Corps
CO – 1st Armoured Car Regiment
General Staff Officer 1 – 5th Cdn Armoured Division England
Brigadier-General Staff – 1st Canadian Corps
GOC – 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade (Sussex England)
GOD – 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade (Italy)
Trained Brigade for the assault on Japan
Military Secretary to the Defence Committee in Ottawa
Canadian Military Representative – Cdn Joint Staff SHAPE
Commandant – National Defence College
Adjutant-General – Canadian Army
Retired
Civilian
1962
1963
1964
1966
1986
Engineer
Personal Assistant
Executive in Charge
Formed
Retired
Moved to Britain and worked for an Engineering Firm
Director for Provincial Newspapers at Thompsons
Pillar Holdings – non-aluminum operations
Pillar Holdings Engineering Subsidiary
First Canadian Member Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Major-General James Desmond Blaise SMITH, CBE, DSO, KStJ, CD, ADC
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Deputy Comptroller General
Born:
Married:
Sons:
Died:
20/11/1916
Seaford, Sussex, England
Jean Frances Fitzgerald
3 Sons
Chester,
3
31/07/2008
Honours
CG 15/05/1946 OBE
1950
CD
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Education
1939
BSc
Civil Engineering – Queen’s University
Military
1938
1938
1940
WWII
1944
1944
1945
1947
1951
1955
1957
1958
1962
1963
1964
1967
1970
1972
Cadet
Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Major-General
Major-General
Major-General
RMC #2424
1st Field Company – Royal Cdn Engineers 1st Cdn Division
Commander – 1st Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers
Served in England, Burma, Belgium, Holland and Germany
Camberley Staff College
A Senior Planner – Cover & Deception for Operation Overlord
Army Headquarters Ottawa
Canadian Army Staff College Kingston, Ontario
Director of Weapons and Development
Commander – Canadian Base Units Europe
Imperial Defence College, England
In Charge of Administration – Eastern Command Halifax
Commandant (24th) – Royal Military College, Kingston
Commander and Chief Engineer – Northwest Highway System
Director-General of Training and Recruiting
A/COS for Plans and Policy Supreme HQ Allied Powers Europe
Deputy Comptroller General - CF Headquarters in Ottawa
Retired
Civilian
1972
1977
1977
Director
Retired
MGen
Metric Conversion for the Standards Council of Canada
Retired – Moved to Marriott’s Cove
Colonel-Commandant – Canadian Military Engineers
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Medals
OBE
Officer of the most Excellent Order of the British Empire
1939-45 Star
Burma Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-45
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953
The Canadian Centennial Medal 1967
CD
Canadian Forces Decoration and 2 Bars.
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Brigadier-General Harold Edward (‘Ted’) Brown, OBE, OStJ, ED, CD, BA, RCA
Born:
Married:
Alive:
30 August 1912
Brandon, Manitoba
23 January 1943
Lieutenant(NS) Julie DeLacey Prindiville, Horsham, Sussex, England
Alive at 30 August 2012
Honours
CG 28/04/1945
LG 23/06/1970+
LG 03/07/1962+
OBE
OStJ
SBStJ
Officer - Order of the British Empire
Officer - Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Serving Brother – Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Lieutenant-Colonel
Brigadier RCA
Brigadier RCA
Military
1928
1932
1935
1936
01/1940
11/1941
10/1943
02/1944
1945
1945-1947
1947-1949
1954
04-10/1957
02/1958
08/1959
06/1960
09/1964
09/1966
1986-1989
1989-1991
1966 -1977
1980-1985
Private
2nd Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Lieutenant
Major
Major
A/LCol
A/LCol
A/LCol
A/LCol
A/LCol
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Hon LCol
Hon Col
Manitoba Rangers
Manitoba Rangers – Instructor Canadian Small Arms School at Sarcee Camp
Manitoba Rangers
26th Field Regiment RCA (Manitoba Rangers disbanded – RCA Unit replaced)
17th Field Regiment RCA Petawawa Regular Force (quit his job at Eaton’s)
Officer Commanding 37 Field Battery – to England
Officer Commanding 37 Field Battery – to Italy in the Ortona sector
Commanding Officer 1 RCHA – wounded – out of action for 2 months
Commanding Officer 1 RCHA in NW Europe
After the war A3 – Canadian Army Artillery Training Centre, Shilo, Manitoba.
GSO1, Directorate of Weapons and Development, Army HQ.
He completed parachute training at Rivers, Manitoba and still proudly wears his para wings.
Commandant, The Royal Canadian School of Artillery, Shilo, Manitoba.
Senior Canadian Officer UNEF, Palestine and Egypt.
Commander, 2 CIBG, Petawawa
Attended National Defence College, Kingston.
Commander, Central Ontario Area.
Senior Military Advisor, Canadian Delegation, Viet Nam & Sr Military Officer, Indo China
Retired from Canadian Army
7th RCA Toronto Regiment
7th RCA Toronto Regiment
General Manager and Secretary, Canadian Urban Transit Association.
Appointed to Hall of Fame for contributions to the Canadian transit industry.
Consultant
EAC Amy & Son – Paper Recycling Project for Ministry of Environment, Ontario
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Brigadier-General Arthur Gerald CHUBB, DSO
Born:
Died:
16/07/1913
02/07/1992
Rossland, British Columbia
Kingston, Ontario
Honours
CG 10/11/1945
LG 08/11/1945+
DSO
MID
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Military
1931
1936
11/1941
1943
1943
1944
1945
12/1945
1946
06/1949
05/1951
1955
1956
08/1958
08/1962
09/1966
10/1967
09/1968
Gentleman Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Major
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
Brigadier-General
RMC #
Overseas with Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Brigade Major – 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade
Army staff College Camberley
CO – 28th Armoured Regiment (B.C.Regiment)
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General – 3rd CID
Returned to Canada
GSO 1 – Cdn Army Staff College, Kingston
CO – Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Director – Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Military Attaché to Turkey
National Defence College of Canada
Chief of Staff – Central Command HQ in Oakville, Ontario
General Officer Commanding – Cdn Army Liaison London
Advisor – Cdn Delegation – Int’ Truce Commission Vietnam
Book “Chubb’s Folly – There be Dragons Here” Vietnam
Retired
Medals of Brigadier-General Arthur Gerald CHUBB, DSO, CD
DSO
1939/1945 Star
Defence Medal
International Truce Commission Viet Nam Medal (ICCS)
Centennial Medal
Canadian Forces Decoration and two bars
Medals on display at the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) Museum in Calgary,
Alberta
171
Brigadier-General Arthur Gerald CHUBB, DSO
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172
Brigadier William Jemmett "Bill" Megill, DSO, CD
General Officer Commanding – 5th Brigade
Born:
Died:
26 June 1907
Ottawa, Ontario
Signalman
Signalman
2nd Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
LCol
Brigadier
LCol
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals – age 16
Left the RC Signals to study Engineering
Re-Enlisted – Leave of Absence to finish degree
Several positions in the RCCS
Attended Staff College in India
General Staff Officer I – 3rd Division
Senior Staff Officer – 1st Canadian Corps
Reverted to LCol to Command The Algonquin Regiment
General Officer Commanding 5th Brigade
Brigade disbanded
GOC – Prairie Division
Military
1923
1928
1930
1930s
1930s
1942
1942
10/1943
27/02/1944
04/06/1945
Honours
17/03/1945
31/08/1946
31/08/1946
04/04/1946
DSO
Officer
Croix
MID
Order of Leopold
Croix de Guerre 1940 avec Palme
173
Belgium
Belgium
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier James Learmouth Melville, CBE, MC, ED, CD
Chief Engineer 1st Canadian Army
Born:
To Canada
Died:
Honours
CG 05/01/1946
CG 06/07/1918
CG 15/11/1919
Unknown
1888
1913
23 January 1980
CBE
MC
Bar to MC
Belgium
Glasgow, Scotland
Ottawa, Ontario
Military Cross
Commander of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium
Brigadier-General
Captain
Captain
Brigadier-General
Military
1915
1916
1917
1918
1920s
1930s
1935
1937
Sapper
2nd Lieutenant
Captain
Captain
Major
Major
Major
HLCol
6 Field Company, Canadian Regiment of Engineers (Non-Permanent Active Militia)
Canadian Regiment of Engineers – 13th Field Company 3rd Army Troops – overseas
Adjutant to the CRE at Canadian Corps Headquarters
Officer in Charge, Bridge Construction, Canadian Corps
Officer Commanding 3rd Field Company Royal Canadian Engineers Ottawa
Brigade Major 2nd Mounted Brigade
CRE 3rd District Engineers
Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel 3rd District Engineers
Civilian
1919
1925
1930
1935
1938
Principal
Worked
District Administrator
Director
Commissioner
Ottawa Vocational School
Rehabilitation work for Veterans
Department of Soldiers Civil Re-Establishment for Eastern Ontario
Orthopaedic and Vetcraft Services
War Veterans Allowance Board
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier
Honorary Colonel
1st Pioneer Battalion RCE – unit overseas
CRE 1st Corps Troops
Chief Engineer – 1st Canadian Corps
Chief Engineer – 1st Canadian Army
Chairman Canadian Pensions Commission in Ottawa
Retires.
First Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers
Military
1940
1941
1942
06/1943
11/1943
1945
1948
174
First Canadian Army
Headquarters Command and Staff
06 April 1942 to 30 July 1944
General Officers Commanding
Lieutenant-Generals McNaughton, Stuart, Crerar, Simonds
Chief of Staff
Brigadiers Penhale, Simonds, Foulkes, Mann
Deputy Assistant Director Public Relations
Brigadier Beament
Advisor; Royal Armoured Corps
Brigadiers Wyman, Gianelli, Bingham
Advisor; Royal Artillery
Brigadiers Brownfield, Todd, Plow
Chief Engineer
Major-General Hertzberg
Brigadiers Melville, MacLean, Walsh
Chief Signal Officer
Brigadier Genet
Deputy Assistant and Quartermaster-General
Brigadiers Turner, Walford, Lister
Deputy Director of Civil Affairs/Military Government
Brigadier Wedd
Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport
Brigadier Smith
Deputy Director of Medical Services
Brigadiers Fenwick, Elder, Sinclair
Deputy Director of Ordnance Services
Brigadiers Bennett, Farquharson
175
Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering
Brigadier Grant
Commander 1st Cdn. Line of Communications Trminals
Brigadiers Gilbride, Roaf
Source: Operational Handbook for the First Canadian Army; Formation Organization, Staff Technique and
Administration, Compiled and Written by John R. Grodzinski (Major, LdSH), 1996, ISBN 0-9680946-0-0
31, by my count
ABBREVIATIONS
SHAPE
Supreme HQ Allied Powers Europe
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03 World War II Canadian Generals

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