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Stuart, Kenneth

Date of birth:
September 9th, 1891 (Trois-Rivières, Quebec)
Date of death:
November 3rd, 1945 (Ottawa, Ontario)
Buried on:
The National Military Cemetery - Beechwood Cemetery
Plot: 27. Row: G. Grave: 27.
Nationality:
Canadian (1931-present, Constitutional Monarchy)

Biography

Promotions:
22 June 1911: Lieutenant RCE
5 July 1915: Captain RCE
26 February 1917: Brevet Major RCE
15 August 1918: Acting LCol RCE
11 January 1921: Major RCE
22 June 1931: LCol RCE
1 July 1936: Lieutenant-Colonel RCE
15 October 1939: Colonel RCE
15 October 1939: Temp Brigadier RCE
19 November 1941: Major-General
10 December 1943: Lieutenant-General

Functions:
1915-1918: Royal Canadian Engineers
1 January 1934: Instructor bij de Royal Military College of Canada
12 December 1938: Director of Military Operations & Intelligence at National Defence Headquarters
15 November 1939: Commander of the Royal Military College of Canada
1940: Deputy Chief General Staff
13 March 1941: Vice Chief General Staff
24 December 1941: Chief of the General Staff
10 December 1943: Acting General Officer Commanding First Canadian Army in England
27 Dcember 1943: Chief of Staff at Canadian Military Headquarters in England

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Royal Canadian Engineers, Canadian Army
Awarded on:
February 3rd, 1917
Military Cross (MC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-general
Unit:
General Staff, Headquarters, Canadian Army
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1943

On the advice of Canadian Ministers. Chief of the General Staff.
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-general
Unit:
General Staff, Canadian Military Headquarters England, Canadian Army
Awarded on:
May 11th, 1947

Posthumously awarded. Chief of Staff.
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
King George VI Coronation Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With clasp
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (1939-1947)

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