William Truelove

Rear-Admiral William Shaun Truelove is a retired senior Royal Canadian Navy officer.

Military service
He joined the Navy in 1981 and obtained a degree at Royal Roads Military College.

In 1998 he was appointed Executive Officer of HMCS Preserver (AOR 510) before being appointed as Commanding Officer of HMCS Regina (FFH 334) from 2001 to 2003 and the Naval Officer Training Centre until 2004.

He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in May 2012 and took command of Maritime Forces Pacific in June 2012. In 2015 he was appointed as Commander, Canadian Defence Liaison Council in Washington. In July 2018, he stepped down as defence attaché at the Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C., and retired from the Canadian Armed Forces.

He was invested as an officer of the Order of Military Merit in 2009 and promoted to commander of the order in 2016.

Awards and decorations
Truelove's personal awards and decorations include the following:






 * Canadian jump wings.png He was a qualified Paratrooper and as such wore the Canadian Forces Jump Wings