Robert Hilborn Falls
Falls in 1978
Born(1924-04-29)April 29, 1924
Welland, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 6, 2009(2009-11-06) (aged 85)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
AllegianceCanada
Service/branchRoyal Canadian Air Force (1942–45)
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1945)
Royal Canadian Navy (1945–68)
Canadian Forces Maritime Command (1968–83)
Years of service1942–1980
RankAdmiral
Commands heldChairman of the NATO Military Committee
Chief of Defence Staff
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
Canadian Flotilla Atlantic
HMCS Bonaventure
HMCS Chaudière
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsCommander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces' Decoration
Spouse(s)Isabelle Urie
Other workPresident of the Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament (now the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security)

Admiral Robert Hilborn Falls, CMM, CD (April 24, 1924 – November 6, 2009) was Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces from 1977 to 1980.

Military career

Falls first joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 as a pilot and later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy after World War II. He served as commander of the Canadian Flotilla Atlantic, as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from 1974 to 1977, as Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces from 1977 to 1980, and as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1980 to 1983.[1]

Falls later became president of the Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament (now the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security).[2]

Awards and decorations

Falls' personal awards and decorations received during his naval career include the following:

RCAF pilot wings


RibbonDescriptionNotes
Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)
  • Appointed on 26 January 1976[3]
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
  • WWII 1939-1945 with Overseas Service bar
War Medal 1939–1945
  • WWII 1939-1945
Special Service Medal
  • with NATO-OTAN Clasp
Canadian Centennial Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 1967
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 1977
  • Canadian version
Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)
  • with two Clasp for 32 years of services
  • RCAF pilot wings He was a qualified RCAF Pilot and as such wore the Royal Canadian Forces Pilot Wings

References

  1. ↑ Hillmer, Norman (15 December 2013). "Robert Hilborn Falls". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Deaths: Admiral Robert Hilborn Falls". The Globe and Mail. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Order of Military Merit List". The Governor General of Canada.
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