Robert Hilborn Falls

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:

• 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.