Robert Hilborn Falls

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.

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

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

Rcaf Flight wings.png Order of Military Merit (Canada) ribbon (CMM).jpg Canadian Volunteer Service Medal BAR 2.svgRibbon - War Medal.pngSpecial Service Medal Ribbon.png Canada100 ribbon.pngQEII Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.pngCD-ribbon and 2 bars.png


 * Rcaf Flight wings.png He was a qualified RCAF Pilot and as such wore the Royal Canadian Forces Pilot Wings