Jean Victor Allard

Jean Victor Allard , CC , CBE , GOQ , DSO & 2 Bars , ED , CD (born June 12, 1913 in Sainte-Monique , Québec ; † April 23, 1996 in Trois-Rivières , Québec) was a Canadian officer who served as General was in command of the Mobile Command between 1965 and 1966 and thus Supreme Commander of the Army and subsequently Chief of Defense Staff of the Armed Forces of Canada from 1966 to 1969 .

Life

After attending school, Jean Victor Allard completed an officer training course and then found various uses as an officer and staff officer in the army . After he was commander of the London Yeomanry between 1940 and 1941 during the Second World War , he served as an instructor at the Canadian Army Staff College in Kingston and as deputy commander of the Le Régiment de la Chaudière infantry regiment in 1942 . In 1943 he became deputy commander of the Royal 22nd Regiment infantry regiment deployed in Italy and was in this from 13 January 1944 to 1945 commander of its 1st battalion. On March 18, 1944, Major Allard was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and on January 20, 1945 as a lieutenant colonel a clasp (bar) to the DSO. Shortly before the end of the war, on March 24, 1945, he became the commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade deployed in northwest Europe .

After the end of the war, Brigadier General Allard was military attaché at the embassy in the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1948 and became Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on June 13, 1946. After his return, he served as the commander of the Québec-East military district between 1948 and 1950. In 1952 he served as Vice Quartermaster General and in the Korean War in 1953 he was commander of the 25th Infantry Brigade, which he commanded until 1954. At the same time he was in personal union from 1953 to 1954 commander of the Canadian units in South Korea . After his return he was in 1954 commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade and in 1956 again commander of the Québec-East military district, before he became Vice-Chief of the Army General Staff in 1958. It was in 1961 after Germany added, and was there until 1963 Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 4th Armored Division ( 4th Armored Division ) of the British Army , and then from 1965 to 1966 Chief of operational readiness of the Army. In 1965, as the commander of the Mobile Command, he became the Army Commander-in-Chief and thus successor to Lieutenant General Geoffrey Walsh , who was previously Chief of the Army General Staff. He held this post until 1966, when he was succeeded by Lieutenant General William Alexander Beaumont Anderson .

Most recently, General Jean Victor Allard was appointed Chief of Defense Staff of the Armed Forces of Canada in 1966, succeeding Air Chief Marshal Frank Robert Miller . He held this position until he retired in 1969, when he was replaced by General Frederick Ralph Sharp . On June 28, 1968, he was named Companion des Order of Canada (CC) “in recognition of his military career” . After retiring from active military service, he held the post of honor as regimental colonel of the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada from 1969 and 1979 and between 1985 and 1988 as regimental colonel of the Royal 22nd Regiment infantry regiment . He was also a Grand Officer of the Ordre national du Québec .

Web links

• Entry in generals.dk

Individual evidence

1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36477, HMSO, London, April 18, 1944, p. 1816 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36972, HMSO, London, March 6, 1945, p. 1303 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 37599, HMSO, London, June 4, 1946, p. 2824 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
4. ↑ List of commanders of the Army on the Canadian Army homepage
5. ↑ GENERAL JEAN ALLARD, CC, GOQ, CD, CBE, DSO, ED on the Governor General Honors Homepage

predecessor	Office	successor
Geoffrey Walsh	Commander in Chief of the Army 1965–1966	William Alexander Beaumont Anderson
Frank Robert Miller	Chief of Defense Staff of the Armed Forces of Canada 1966–1969	Frederick Ralph Sharp