Robert Hilborn Falls Explained

Robert Hilborn Falls
Birth Date:29 April 1924
Birth Place:Welland, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Allegiance:Canada
Branch:Royal Canadian Air Force (1942–45)
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1945)
Royal Canadian Navy (1945–68)
Canadian Forces Maritime Command (1968–83)
Serviceyears:1942–1980
Rank:Admiral
Commands:Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Chief of Defence Staff
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
Canadian Flotilla Atlantic

Battles:World War II
Awards:Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces' Decoration
Spouse:Isabelle Urie
Laterwork:President of the Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament (now the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security)

Admiral Robert Hilborn Falls, (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:

RibbonDescriptionNotes
Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)
  • Appointed on 26 January 1976[3]
  • WWII 1939-1945 with Overseas Service bar
  • WWII 1939-1945
  • with NATO-OTAN Clasp
  • Decoration awarded in 1967
  • Decoration awarded in 1977
  • Canadian version
Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)
  • with two Clasp for 32 years of services

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Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Hillmer . Norman . Robert Hilborn Falls . . 15 December 2013 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070311025455/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002715. live . March 11, 2007.
  2. News: Deaths: Admiral Robert Hilborn Falls. 2009-11-09. The Globe and Mail. 20 October 2011.
  3. Web site: Order of Military Merit List. The Governor General of Canada.