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unusual facts about Chief of the Defence Staff



No. 674 Squadron AAC

The Chief of the Defence Staff granted the squadron its own march, 'The Lincolnshire Poacher'.

Oka Crisis

The Chief of the Defence Staff, General John de Chastelain, placed Quebec-based troops in support of the provincial authorities; some 2,500 regular and reserve troops from the 34 and 35 Canadian Brigade Groups and 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group were put on notice.


see also

Biagio Abrate

In 2010 the Italian president Giorgio Napolitano following the advice of the council of ministers named Abrate Chief of the Defence Staff.

Charles Guthrie

Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank (born 1938), British general, former Chief of the Defence Staff

David Craig

David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley (born 1929), retired British Chief of the Defence Staff and Marshal of the RAF

Jean René Allard

: There is also an article about Jean Victor Allard, former Chief of the Defence Staff

No. 674 Squadron AAC

The squadron crest bears the Sphynx of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, chosen because of the squadron's initial location at Barkston Heath in Lincolnshire and the close association of the Chief of the Defence Staff with the Army Air Corps (he was the Regimental Colonel) and the Royal Anglian Regiment, the successor to the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.