List of Royal Military College of Canada people

This is a list of notable individuals who have been, or are involved with the Royal Military College of Canada.

Old Eighteen

The term "Old Eighteen" refers to the first class of cadets accepted into the Royal Military College of Canada.

Alfred George Godfrey Wurtele	Harry Cortlandt Freer	Henry Ellison Wise
William Mahlon Davis	Thomas Laurence Reed	Septimus Julius Augustus Denison
Lukin Homphrey Irving	Frederick Davis	Charles Albert DesBrisay
Victor Brereton Rivers	James Spelman	Charles Oliver Fairbank
Aylesworth Bowen Perry	John Bray Cochrane	Francis Joseph Dixon
George Edwin Perley	Harold Waldruf Keefer	Duncan MacPherson

Quotes

#	Name	Quote
	General Maurice Baril (RMC 2007)	"Thousands of young officers have marched off its [RMC's] parade square and gone on to great achievements in politics, business and most importantly, on the battlefield"
7269	Robert E. Brown (RMC 1968) interviewed by Konrad Yakabuski	"A well-aged dankness in the Stone Frigate, the oldest dormitory at Kingston's Royal Military College, is reputed to be ideally suited to the cultivation of spiders, the common cold and a strong character. Residents of the 180-year-old former naval warehouse, which is separated from the other dorms by Parade Square, have long seen the ability to endure their barracks' inhospitable clime as a mark of fortitude."
	Sir Andrew Clarke, British inspector-general of fortifications, deceased	[RMC is] "one of the best of its class in the world . . . And the Americans themselves, I understand, say better than at West Point.” In 1893 Clarke commented that RMC graduates were better than those from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
H22982	Twenty-sixth Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D.	"You will be called upon to take your place in modern Canada and in the modern world.... You will also be called upon to lead...and a leader must stand for something. You must not only be aware of who you are. You must also be defined by what you do."
	Brooke Claxton, former Defence Minister, deceased	"The role of the officer in modern war can only be properly discharged if they have education and standing in the community comparable to that of any of the other professions as well as high qualities of character and physique.” In 1947, Claxton reopened RMC as a 3-service cadet college offering a 4-year academic degree.
H24263	Dr. John Scott Cowan	"[T]his is an exercise in Nation Building: In the way that water transforms into ice by building around a single crystal, perhaps the new Canada could do worse than to build around the experiences and values of the new RMC."..."We educate those who pass through this place Royal Military College of Canada exactly so that they will fully understand and be a part of the culture they are called upon to defend."
749	General Harry Crerar CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD, deceased	"I am confident that The RMC Battalion of Gentlemen Cadets, which will be re-born after this war is over will typify in the future all the best College tradition we have known in the past"
	Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie, deceased	the "spirit" of the Royal Military College of Canada's graduates, "no less than their military attainments, exercised a potent influence in fashioning a force which, in fighting efficiency, has never been excelled."
	Captain A.G. Douglas, deceased	Suggested, in 1816, the establishment of a Canadian military college in Trois Rivieres, Ontario to unify the population, "to begin to work upon young minds of different... parties and persuasions" so "old prejudices would vanish not only among the students, but even among their relations, and a common interest would ensue"
	Henry Charles Fletcherdeceased	suggested, in a 1874 report to Governor-General Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, the establishment of 3 permanent officer training schools (Halifax, Nova Scotia Quebec, Quebec Saint John, New Brunswick) to serve all arms "the great contribution West Point had made could be duplicated in Canada by a similar institution in which officers of all arms would be trained together".
S140	Robert J. Giroux C.M., M.Sc.	"A degree from the Royal Military College is a living testament to the value of service and dedication."
S147	Hon. Bill Graham, Defence Minister	“RMC has a proud history of excellence and is fundamental in training future leaders of the Canadian Forces,”
19033	Major Nick Grimshaw (RMC’93)	"Overall, the training that I was involved in since graduating from RMC prepared me very well for my tour in Afghanistan. I found myself constantly relying on the basic principles of leadership. Leading by example was by far the most important aspect."
	Hon Albina Guarnieri, P.C., (MP, Minister of Veterans Affairs	"...the Royal Military College where the Veterans of the future are being schooled in our military history and are being prepared to make history themselves." Oct. 17, 2005
	Hon. Laurie Hawn (MP Edmonton Centre, Conservative Party of Canada)	"The professionalism of the Canadian Forces is, in large part, founded on learning and knowledge. The Canadian Defence Academy, the Military and Staff Colleges and the Royal Military College of Canada, all play a critical role in creating and ensuring knowledge in the defence community."
S148	General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)	"[At] the Royal Military College where a bulk of our new officers start their career, start their education, we have 200 spots open for August [2007]. We have 1,500 people who have applied and completed the application process to go to those 200 spots. That is a 7½ to one ratio and we get the opportunity to select the very best from it. As a result, our quality of applicants and the quality of the recruits, the level of fitness and the imagination and the success in completing the courses has skyrocketed in a way that we couldn't even dream about before." 2007 Speech at the National Managers' Forum
22862	Captain Jeremy A. Hiltz (RMC ‘04)	"…RMC never taught me how to lead a platoon attack or conduct a Shurah with local Afghan elders, but it has taught me three vital ideas that all officers should adhere to. Truth means leading soldiers from the front and being honest to them at all times. Duty means being there at the front when the bullets start flying because the private soldier that I have just told to assault an enemy position needs to know that I am committed to achieving the mission with him. Valour means taking the difficult orders and making them my own, in spite of the fear of the unknown or the chances that we are taking." Veritas article July 2007, p38
	Sir John Keegan OBE,	*[Canada's Royal Military College of Canada at] Kingston, ..., is pure British imperial. ... Watching cadets parade there, I saw them perform a drill movement I knew only from sepia Victorian photographs - it has long been abolished in Britain - while I listened to a running stream of criticism from a sergeant in bottleglass-brilliant boots of their minor imperfections in marching. He hated, he told me after the parade, the adoption by Canada's army of the naval salute - 'the wave, I call it' - he hated the universal green uniform, he hated the use of common ranks - 'How can the captain of a ship be a colonel?' - he hated the disappearance of polished brass - the metal of his pacestick glittered with burnishing - he hated rubber soles, non-iron shirts, nylon uniforms and being mistaken by civilians for an airman. Kipling and he would have got on like a house on fire: 'Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where ... a man can raise a thirst' were almost the next words I expected to hear at the crescendo of his relentless tirade. Spiritually he belonged with the Royal Canadians who had gone to fight the Boers for Queen Victoria; his cadets were unlikely to be allowed to forget that her great-great-granddaughter was Queen of Canada or that he had learnt his drill at the depot of her Foot Guards.' -
	Lt. Col. John McCrae (RMC 1893)	"...I have a manservant .. Quite a nobby place it is, in fact .. My windows look right out across the bay, and are just near the water’s edge; there is a good deal of shipping at present in the port; and the river looks very pretty.’ letter while on an Artilleryman course
	Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, deceased	Wrote Governor-General Dufferin, in 1878 "This belief led me to propose the establishment of a Military College modelled on existing similar institutions in England and the United States, with the expectation that when the first batch of Graduates were leaving the College. Means would be found to employ the Graduates in the Canadian Military Service"
490	Brigadier F. H. Maynard (RMC 1901), deceased	"I have always remembered with pride that I was a graduate of the RMC. What I learned there carried me through many dangers and difficulties and I wish to record here my gratitude to all who taught me and with whom I served at the RMC, Canada."
	Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence	"The Royal Military College is a higher education institution that plays an essential role for the Canadian Forces and for our country...Throughout the ranks, the leadership of the Canadian Forces is smart, flexible and adaptive. And a good deal of the credit for this should go to the Royal Military College... This is a vital national institution. Here, today, much of tomorrow’s military leadership is being forged... RMC will continue to provide the professional development that the CF needs to successfully face the challenges that surely lay ahead."
	Twentieth Governor-General Roland Michener, P.C., C.C., C.M.M., C.D., LL.D. deceased	"RMC, which is only nine years younger than Confederation, has been a powerful factor in the growth and security of the country"
	Colonel Sir Frederick Dobson Middleton deceased	“there are very few institutions of a similar character equal to it [Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston] in Europe and none that are better.”
S149	Hon Peter Milliken, Member of Parliament 2001	The motto of the Royal Military College is (as you well know), "Truth, Duty, Valour". Your admission to the ranks of this institution, whether it occurred this year or two decades ago, as cadets or as staff, presupposes that you are already possessed of these qualities. That having been said, there is always room for improvement, and the College's role in this regard is to inculcate in its cadets a sense of integrity, responsibility, self-discipline, teamwork, and leadership.
8850	RAdm (Ret'd) David C Morse (RMC 1971)	"We have a lot to be proud of and the graduates are making a tremendous contribution to Canadian society. We need to tell this story again and again. We need to make sure the graduates who have reached levels of prestige are recognized." "RMC makes engineers literate and artsmen numerate."
S157	Honourable Gordon O'Connor	"RMC is one of the best military colleges in the world, and it takes motivation and discipline to succeed here."
13511	Bernard JG Ouellette (CMR ‘78), RMC’s Director of Cadets	"I’m very proud of these young men and women. They put in months of rigorous training on top of an already demanding schedule, and today, their dedication, fitness and teamwork paid off"
H16511	Dr. Richard A. Preston (former professor), deceased	"The supreme test of a military college is the success of its graduates in war...There were some who believed that the stronger academic program must inevitably have weakened the old military spirit and efficiency. But the success of the graduates who went directly to Korea quickly disabused them."
	Dr. Michael Sullivan (former Kingston mayor), deceased	1872 petition recommended the military college for Kingston "remarkable healthfulness...not without historical fame in the annals of the country which would render it the more proper site for a military college"
	Kevin Sylvester, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, Sounds Like Canada 2007/07/26	"Like its counterparts Sandhurst in the U.K, West Point in the U.S. and l'École militaire in France, Canada's Royal Military College is the school of choice for many of this country's future military leaders."
	Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Tupper (1886), deceased	"I regard the Canadian Military College as one of the best of its class in the world. The training and results are in every way of a high order, and the Americans themselves, I understand, say better than at West Point."
2951	General (Ret'd) Ramsey Muir Withers	"...The College must also promote a common vision of the profession of arms, the common military ethos underpinning leadership in the CF and the increasingly joint nature of all foreseeable operations."
	Unknown	By 1900, hardly a Canadian "bridge, road, or railway line was built without the assistance of an engineering graduate of RMC."

Notable graduates

Royal Military College of Canada is prestigious and has had many notable alumni (Shown with college numbers).

Lt-General 'Tommy' Burns

General de Chastelain (top left)

Hon. Roméo Dallaire

Chris Hadfield

Major-General Rod Keller

Major General John Hamilton Roberts

A/C Arthur Dwight Ross

General Guy Simonds

Capt. William Grant Stairs

Brigadier Robert Moncel and Major-General Christopher Vokes

William Throsby Bridges

Royal Military College memorial

The Hon. George and Ruth Stanley

#	Name	Grad	Significance
6508	Major General John L Adams (Ret'd)	1965	Chief, Communications Security Establishment
626	Major Augustus Waterous Agnew	1904	Canadian soldier, Died September 17, 1916 during the Great War
2510	Brigadier General Edward Amy ‘Ned’ (Ret'd) DSO, an OBE, MC, Canadian Decoration, American Bronze Star, Legion d'honneur	1936	one of Canada's most decorated soldiers
	Captain Frederick Anderson (1868-1957)	1890	chief hydrographer of Canada
1266	2nd Lieutenant Frederick Henry Anderson MC	1916	Canadian soldier, died May 15, 1918 during the Great War
433	Major General Thomas Victor Anderson, DSO, CD	1900	Canadian soldier, Chief of the General Staff, head of Canadian Army 1938-1940
951	Captain Edward Davey Ashcroft	1912	Canadian soldier, died on November 30, 1917 during the Great War
1007	Captain Frederick Graeme Avery MC	1913	Soldier died April 13, 1918 during Great War;
427	Captain Edward C Baker	1900	Canadian soldier, died on September 19, 1916 during the Great War.
7632	Lieutenant Colonel Gunars Balodis (Ret'd)	1968	co-founder of (c) Music for Young Children (MYC) with his wife Frances Balodis
1828	Brigadier Ted G.E. Beament, CM OBE, GCStJ, ED, Czechoslovakian MC	1925-29	lawyer, Officer Commanding Khaki University during World War II(principal).
	Major Brent Beardsley M.S.C., CD,	1999	Infantry Officer, author
2671	Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving	1913	BC Land Surveyors Roll of Honour
	Brigadier-GeneralGeorge Gray Bell, OC, M.B.E., CD, Ph.D. (May 24, 1920 – October 15, 2000)	1943	Canadian soldier, civil servant, and academic
765	Staff Captain James Knowles Bertram	1909
940	Captain Henry Ewart Bethune MC	1912	Killed September 30, 1918 during the Great War
1472	Judge Sherburne Tupper Bigelow	1918	Canadian Horseracing Hall of Fame, (1991)
2364	Air Commodore Leonard Birchall C.M., O.B.E., DFC, CD, OofO(Ret'd)(1915-2004)	1933	Second World War hero, "Saviour of Ceylon", Executive Officer at York University
6219	Dr. Robin Boadway	1964	economist, author, Rhodes Scholar 1964
543	Lieutenant Colonel Howard L Bodwell Companion of the CMG DSO	1901	soldier, died January 15, 1919 during the Great War.
1016	Captain William Otway Boger DFC	1913	soldier, died August 10, 1918 during the Great War.
845	Captain Hedleigh St George Bond	RMC 1912	soldier, died August 15, 1917 during the Great War.
8790	General Jean Boyle (Ret'd) CMM, CD	1971	fighter pilot, and businessman.
1032	Lieutenant-General E.L.M. Burns C.C., DSO, OBE, MC, CD (Ret'd) (1897-1985)	1914	1981 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace
246	Major General Sir Henry Edward Burstall CB,	1889	Canadian general, Burstall, Saskatchewan is named in his honour.
	Brigadier General James Sutherland Brown		Canadian military officer who drafted a contingency war plan in 1921 to invade and occupy several American border cities.
82	Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers	1883	militia officer; founder of the Canadian Signal Corps; governor of Queen’s College School of Mining and Kingston General Hospital
2272	Brigadier General Arthur G Chubb DSO, CD	1932	Soldier, Author, Senior Military Advisor of the Canadian Delegation to the International Truce Commission in Vietnam
6523	Ambassador Terence Colfer (Ret'd)	1965	former Canadian Ambassador to Iran 1999-2003 and to Kuwait 1996-1999
851	Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave DSO	1912	Representing Canada, signed WWII Japanese Instrument of Surrender(1945)
749	General, The Honourable Harry Crerar PC, CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD	1909	army officer, Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) in 1940
2277	Alexander R. (Sandy) Cross	1932	rancher, Rothney Farm became Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation area - a 4,800-acre (19 km2) day use natural area south west of Calgary, Alberta.
7860	Lieutenant General (Ret'd) the Hon. Roméo Dallaire O.C., CMM, G.O.Q., C.S.M. CD, LL.D.	1969	Senator, Awarded Vimy Award by the Conference of Defence Associations, June 1995. Awarded the United States Legion of Merit, January 1996; author, academic
	Lieutenant (ret) Coningsby Dawson	1914	Novelist and Soldier, Canadian Field Artillery
7543	Senator Joseph A. Day	1968	retired from Royal Canadian Air Force; lawyer, Liberal Senator for New Brunswick 2001.10.04 -
268	Lieutenant Colonel (ret'd) Count Henry Robert Visart de Bury et de Bocarmé C.B.E.,	1892	soldier, nobleman, academic, Director of Canadian Ordnance Services, France
4860	General (Ret'd) John de Chastelain O.C., CMM, CD, CH	1960	former Chief of the Defence Staff; participant in Northern Ireland peace process; Scouts Canada's National Council and Substance Abuse Task Force. former Canadian Ambassador to the United States.
221	Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell	1890	Major-General with the Royal Welch Fusiliers of the British Army.
17324	Sharon Donnelly, CD	1990	2000 & 2004 Olympic teams, triathlon
2082	Honorable Brigadier General C.M. (Bud) Drury PC, QC, C.B.E., DSO	1929	former soldier, businessperson, politician
19828	John-James Ford	1995	diplomat, author 'Bonk on the Head' which won 2006 Ottawa, Ontario Book Award
8276	Doctor MJ Garneau C.C., CD, Ph.D., F.C.A.S.I.	1970	served as first Canadian astronaut (1984) aboard space shuttles Challenger and Endeavour, logged nearly 700 hours in space; NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1997,
	Sir Édouard Girouard, K.C.M.G.	1886	National Historic Person of Canada (1938); military engineer, constructed railways in Africa
22458	Captain Nichola Goddard, MSM (1980-2006)	2002	First female Canadian soldier killed in action, in Afghanistan, Nichola Goddard scholarship in her honour
2087	Senator John Morrow Godfrey	1929	Canadian lawyer and politician
1681	Walter L. Gordon	1926	public servant, politician, author
5105	Doctor JL Granatstein O.C., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C.	1961	Canadian historian
8816	Ambassador Marius Grinius	1971	Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland
	Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Edward Grassett, CB, DSO, MC (1888-1971)	1909	Royal Engineers, Knighted 1945
13738	Colonel Chris Hadfield CD (Ret'd)	1982	Canadian astronaut
8919	Ronald Halpin	1971	former Ambassador to Hungary
1976	Hon George Hees PC, O.C. (1910-1996)	1927	former Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada, Ambassador-at-large for the Canadian International Development Agency Food Aid Program
	Lt. Alexis Helmer		was killed in action the battle of Ypres. His burial inspired John McCrae to write the poem, In Flanders Fields, which was written on May 3, 1915.
168	General William Heneker	1884
2XX	Colonel (ret'd) William Josiah Hartley Holmes	1891	Canadian soldier, surveyer, civil engineer; Holmes Inlet on the coast of British Columbia was named in his honour in 1934.
2162	Brigadier General John Richard Hyde (15 November 1912 – 15 July 2003)	1930 to 1934.	Canadian soldier, lawyer, provincial politician, judge.
	Major-General Rod Keller CD, C.B.E.		Canadian Army Officer, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division;Kelowna, British Columbia alderman
2399	Rear-Admiral William Landymore	1934	Canadian naval officer
2774	Bert Lawrence	1952	Canadian politician and lawyer.
2585	Sir Edwin Leather KCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George, KCVO	1937	Former Governor of Bermuda, former Chair of the Executive Committee of Canadian Red Cross
	John "Jack" Edwards Leckie, DSO, French Croix de Guerre	1892	soldier (WWI), mining engineer, explorer, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
14872	Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Lemieux	1985	federal politician, Conservative Party Whip
87	Lieutenant Colonel Reuben Wells Leonard	1883	soldier, civil engineer, railroad and mining executive, philanthropist
2102	John Keiller MacKay (RMC 1929)	1929	Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
236	Brigadier General Duncan Sayre MacInnes DSO CMG	1887-1891	military leader, aviation engineer, Duncan Sayre MacInnes scholarship
3528	General Paul David Manson O.C., CMM, CD (Ret'd)	1956	military leader, business executive and volunteer; former Chief of Defence Staff
	Paul C. Marriner		Director, Fly Fishing Canada; Team Canada member at 10 World Fly Fishing Championships
1864	Sir Archibald Cameron Macdonell, KCB, CMG, DSO		police officer, soldier
H17417	John Ross Matheson, O.C., CD, QC , LL.M. , LL.D.	1936	Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who helped develop Canadian flag & Order of Canada.
1921	Commissioner George McClellan (police)	1929	former Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1963-1967
1865	Lieutenant-Colonel(Ret'd) Theodore Meighen	1925	Lawyer and philanthropist
1925	Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen,	05216	financier, businessman
2290	Brigadier General (Ret'd)Dollard Ménard (1913-1997)	1932	Story of bravery at Dieppeinspired a Canadian WWII poster “Ce qu’il faut pour vaincre”
H1866	Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd)Cecil Merritt, VC (1908-2000)	1925	Politician, awarded a Victoria Cross
1800	Hartland Molson, O.C., OBE, D.C.L.	1924	Former brewer, owner of the Montreal Canadiens
7301	Earle Morris	1967	3-time Brier representative, coach of the Australian national curling team
G0053	Lieutenant Colonel Alex Morrison, MSC, CD (Ret'd)	1980	awarded 2002 Pearson Medal of Peace
4393	Doctor Desmond Morton O.C., Ph.D. , F.R.S.C.	1959	Canadian historian, awarded the first RMC degree Rhodes Scholar 1959
	Lieutenant-General John Carl Murchie CB, C.B.E., CD (1895–1966)	1915	Canadian Chief of the General Staff
	Leonard Nicholson C.M., MBE		Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
G0957	Doctor Lynette Nusbacher	1994	Canadian military historian
2592	Edmund Boyd Osler (1919)	1937	Pilot, Squadron Leader, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg, Manitoba South Centre 1968-72 Insurance executive, writer
13	Commissioner/Major General Aylesworth Perry	1876	Commissioner North-West Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1890-1923
2184	Rear Admiral Desmond Piers C.M., CD, DSC, Mil, KLj, RCN	1930	first RMC graduate to join the Royal Canadian Navy
1649	Lieutenant-Governor Edward Chester Plow, C.B.E., DSO, CD, (September 28, 1904 – April 25, 1988)	1921	a Canadian soldier and Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.
1309	Mr Richard Porritt	1917	inducted into Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
6757	Mr Mike U Potter	1966 CMR RMC	businessman founded Cognos and philanthropist who founded Vintage Wings of Canada .
126	Philip Primrose		Former police officer, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
14344	Captain Bruce Poulin (Ret’d)	1992	Queen's Jubilee Medal for volunteerism
E1855	Major David N Quick, SMV, CD,	2003	Star of Military Valour, Afghanistan
891	Major General John Hamilton Roberts CB, DSO, MC	1914	Second World War General
62	William H. Robinson	1883	first Royal Military College of Canada alumni KIA
1874	Major Edward Britton Rogers	1925-29	athlete, soldier killed in action at Caen, France, on July 23, 1944.
2802	Robert Gordon Rogers	1940	Former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
1815	Air Commodore Arthur Dwight Ross GC, CBE, CD (Ret'd) (1907-1981)	1928	Second World War George Cross recipient
	Jeffrey Russell	1920	inducted into Canadian Football Hall of Fame
	Major Henri-Thomas Scott	1903	soldier, educator, businessperson, advocate for physical education, playgrounds, and camps
2420	General Frederick Ralph Sharp	1934	former chief of the defence staff
1596	Lieutenant General Guy Simonds C.C., CB, C.B.E., D.S.O., CD	1925	Commander of the 2nd Canadian Corps in NW Europe, 1944-45. Former Chief of the General Staff. For a lifetime of military service to Canada.
52	William Grant Stairs	1882	Explorer
1089	Major-GeneralCharles Ramsay Stirling Stein	1915	Commanding Officer of the 5th Canadian Armored Division from Jan 1943 to Oct 1943
	William J. Stewart	1883	Canada's first Chief Hydrographic Surveyor, 1863-1925. Stewart Island, Algoma and Stewart Rock, Owen Channel, Manitoulin were named after him.
	Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart
	Major-General Herbert Cyril Thacker (1870–1953)	1890	Canada's first military attaché, sent to the Far East during Russo-Japanese War 1904
RCNSE54	Rear Admiral Robert Timbrell	1937	Awarded Distinguished Service Cross during World War II
995	Captain George Evelyn Tinling MC	1913-15	KIA 4 Oct 1917 during the Great War
14164	Lieutenant Colonel Michael Voith	CMR 1979-1981 RMC 1981-1983	engineering adviser and the DART commanding officer.
1633	General Christopher Vokes, CB, CBE, DSO, CD (1904-1985)	1925	World War II operational commander Christopher Vokes (RMC 1925)
1940	Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Alexander Vokes	1926-1930	Soldier, Commanding Officer of the 9th Canadian Armoured Regiment wounded in action and died in hospital on September 4, 1944.
11027	Brigadier General Ken Watkin	1976	Judge Advocate General
2357	Brigadier General Denis Whitaker DSO, C.M., ED, CD	1933	leader in military, sport, business and community service, co-author of 2 Canada's military history books
96	James White, Geographer, deceased		Produced 1st edition of Atlas of Canada
	Brigadier General Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler,	1907	Military Officer, surveyor, adventurer, 1921 Mount Everest expedition
2951	General Ramsey Muir Withers CMM, CD (Ret'd)	1952	Military Officer
352	Lieutenant Charles Carroll Wood	1896	died on 11 Nov 1899 of wounds suffered in action during the Boer War.
	Commissioner Stuart Taylor Wood	1912	former Commissioner of Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1938-1951|-
	Zachary Taylor Wood	1882	office holder, militia officer, and Royal Northwest Mounted Policeman
2552	Major (Ret'd) Bill Young	1936	He and his wife Joyce Young, are philanthopists

Notable honorary degree recipients

#	Name	Grad	Honourary doctorate in
7860	Lt. Gen. (ret) the Hon. Roméo Dallaire O.C., CMM, G.O.Q., C.S.M. CD, LL.D.	1969	Military Sciences (2001)
4377	LGen (Ret'd) Richard J Evraire	CMR RMC 1969	Military Sciences (1997)
	National Chief. L. Phillip Fontaine OM	2000	Laws
13738	Colonel (Ret'd) Chris Hadfield CD	1982	Engineering (1996)
14444	Captain (Ret'd) Dorothy A Hector	1984	Laws (2001)

Notable honorary and special members of the Royal Military College of Canada Club

Shown with college numbers.

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Bill Graham

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Rt. Hon. Ray Hnatyshyn & Gilles Lamontagne

Name	#	Significance
Myriam Bédard	S120	Canadian biathlete, Olympic double Gold medalist
Charles H. Belzile C.M., CMM, CD,	H22547	distinguished military career; community service: Canadian War Museum Advisory Committee; Conference of Defence Associations; founding member of Canadian Battle of Normandy Foundation.
Thomas R. Berger O.C., O.B.C., LL.B., LL.D., PC	S153	former puisne judge of the supreme Court of British Columbia; leader of MacKenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry; advocate of Canadian unity and equality
Thomas Brzustowski O.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.C., P.Eng.	S143	Canadian engineer, academic, and civil servant.
Adrienne Clarkson C.C., CMM, C.O.M., CD	H22982	Twenty-fifth Governor General
Barney Danson	H	founder of Katimavik, former RMC Chancellor
Senator Joseph A. Day	H7543	Canadian Senator
Hon. Art Eggleton	S128	Canadian politician
Mr. L. Phil Fontaine, Order of Manitoba	H	Assembly of First Nations National Chief
Hon. Bill Graham	S147	Canadian politician
Rick Hillier	S148	Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces
Ray Henault	S146	former Chief of the Defence Staff
Ray Hnatyshyn PC, C.C., CMM, CD, B.A., LL.B., QC	H17416	Twenty-fourth Governor General
Gilles Lamontagne, C.P., O.C. C.Q., CD, B.A.	H15200	military officer, prisoner of war during World War II, businessman and politician,
Roméo LeBlanc C.P., C.C., CMM, CD	H20123	Twenty-fifth Governor General
Hon John Ross Matheson	H17417	designed Canadian flag, founded the Order of Canada, soldier, judge, politician
Hon Peter Milliken	S149	Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
Hon Gordon O'Connor	S157	Canadian politician, National Defence Minister
Ernest Smith V.C., C.M. O.B.C., CD	S132	Soldier, politician
Edward Schreyer P.C., C.C., CMM, O.M., CD, LL.D.	H14513	Twenty-second Governor General
Jeanne Sauvé C.P., C.C., CMM, CD, LL.D.	H16929	Twenty-third Governor General

Notable non-graduate alumni of the RMC

Billy Bishop - Former Royal Military College of Canada Cadet.

Name	Left RMC in:	Significance
Air Marshal Billy Bishop, V.C. 1894-1956	1914	World War I flying ace designated a National Historic Person of Canada in 1980.
Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG	1879	Major General of the Australian Army and first Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon
George Cuthbertson	1914	artist
Jacques Duchesneau, C.M. M.A.P.	current	Doctoral candidate, President and Chief Executive Officer Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
The Honourable Wilfrid Heighington	1915	Politician
35 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Edwin Kent	1877	soldier, businessman (banker, hotellier), Mayor of Kingston, Ontario
Dr. Geoffrey O'Hara, (1882-1967)	1900	composer, singer, lecturer, songwriter, army singing instructor, ethnomusicologist, pianist and guild organizer
Hazen Sise 1757	1923	architect, artist, humanitarian
Edgar William Richard Steacie	1921	Former president of the National Research Council of Canada
Lieutenant-Colonel Charlie Stewart	1892 to 1894	Commanded Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during World War I.
Major Alfred Syer Trimmer MC(December 2, 1883-April 28, 1917).	1903 (approx)	Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry. London Gazette, Issue 29508 March 15, 1916. KIA on April 28, 1917
Thomas Vien (1881 - 1972)	1903	lawyer, Speaker of the Senate of Canada; Deputy Speaker of House of Commons of Canada

Notable professors/educators/staff

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Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey

Brigadier Kenneth Stuart

Student #	Name	Significance
S155	Willard Boyle	Businessman, invented Charge-coupled device
	Gérard Bessette	Author and educator
	Captain Joseph Damaze-Chartrand	soldier, accountant, writer, magazine owner, and professor
	Forshaw Day	educator and artist
	Associate Professor Walter Dorn	Co-chair of the Department of Security Studies, educator
	Sir Howard Douglas, 1776–1861,	professor, British general and colonial administrator: Governor of New Brunswick (1823–31)
	Captain John Moreau Grant CBE	Executive officer, H.M.C.S. Stone Frigate, Commandant HMCS Royal Roads
	Lieutenant-Colonel (Retd) Roman Jarymowycz OMM, CD, Ph.D.	Educator, decorated Canadian soldier, historian, author
	Brigadier-General Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey VC, MC,	Received the Victoria Cross; Instructor in Physical Training at RMC
G0053	Alex Morrison	Educator, founding president of Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
	Lieutenant-Colonel George PearkesVC PC CC CB DSO MC CD	Staff officer of RMC
H8829	Col. the Hon. George F.G. Stanley	Educator and designer of Canadian flag; Companion of the C.C.C.
816	Brigadier-General Kenneth StuartDSO, MC, ADC	Chief of the General Staff 1941-1943, Commandant of RMC1939-40, educator

Commandants

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Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds inspecting II Canadian Corps in Meppen, Germany, May 31st, 1945.

General Crerar

#	Name	Year	Significance
12192	Brigadier-General Tom Lawson OMM, CD ADC(RMC ‘79)	2007-	current commandant initiated new structure: Four divisions and 14 squadrons Removed Sgts from within the Squadrons but added WOs at the Division level. initiated new uniforms
E1607	Brigadier-General Jocelyn Lacroix (RMC 1999) CD ADC	2005-2007	Changed the dress of the day from the traditional 'college dress' to the not-so-traditional CF uniform. initiated the 'live out project' which saw 4th year cadets move off campus in order to gain more life experience before heading to their first unit.
6496	Brigadier-General (Retired) Charles Émond CD ADC	2005-2006	He has served as commandant of both the RMC (2005-2006) and le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (2005–2006). RRMC and CMR closed in 1995. Because of a large induction of francophone students from CMR, RMC was transformed into a bilingual university The sport teams were renamed RMC Paladins from RMC Redmen to reflect a bilingual and coed institution. He has served on RMC Board of Governors (2006-present).
S133	Brigadier General (Ret'd) Jean Leclerc CD ADC	2002-05	Honourary
8850	Rear Admiral (Ret'd) David Morse CMM, CD ADC	2002	Scaled back RMC sport program Changed RMC Redmen logo to the crown and arm of RMC. said, "RMC makes engineers literate and artsmen numerate." implemented a program of community and high school visits launched the Army Technical Warrant Officers' Program (ATWOP), the RMC's first-ever major academic program designed exclusively for non-commissioned members not pursuing an officer career path.
9098	BGen (Ret'd) Ken Hague (RMC 1972)	1997-2000	Member, Gifting committee, Royal Military Colleges Club Foundation.
S123	Colonel (Ret`d) Howie Marsh ADC	1996-97 (acting)
8790	Brigadier-General (Ret'd) Jean Boyle CMM, CD, ADC	1991	Later became Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) (1996)
4459	Commodore (Ret'd) Edward Murray OMM, CD, ADC((RMC 1959)	1939-40
3543	BGen (Ret) Walter Niemy CD, ADC((RMC 1956)	1985-7
3572	BGen (Ret) Frank J. Norman CD, ADC((RMC 1956)	1982-5	RMC is first and foremost a place of academic learning, set in a military environment higher education and college degrees were more significant to the success of the officer corps in the military Football was dropped as a varsity sport
3173	BGen (Ret) John A. Stewart CD, ADC ((RMC 1953)	1980-2	Women were admitted to RMC Visit by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, 21 May 1980 RMC became co-educational in 1980. Novice boxing was dropped in 1980
4860	BGen (Ret) John de Chastelain, CD, ADC ((RMC 1960)	1977-80	Later became Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) (1989-93, 94-95) Later became Canadian Ambassador to the US(1993-94)
2816	BGen (Ret) William W. Turner CD, ADC (RMC 1940)	1973-7	The Cadet Wing paraded on Parliament Hill to celebrate the College's centennial
2530	BGen (Ret) William Kirby Lye MBE CD, ADC (RMC 1936)	1970-1973	Lake Lye (near Williams Lake, British Columbia is named in BGen (Ret) William Kirby Lye's honour. cadets were permitted to marry, with the permission of the commandant. RMC was a military institution within an academic environment.
2576	Commodore William Prine Hayes CD, ADC	1967	4th year cadets are permitted to wear civilian attire out on leave The Cadet Wing paraded on Parliament Hill to celebrate Canada's centennial
2364	Air Commodore Leonard Birchall OBE, DFC, CD, ADC	1963-7	Graduate courses were added in 1964.
2424	Brigadier G.H. Spencer OBE, CD, ADC	1962-3
2265	Brigadier W.A.B. Anderson OBE, CD, ADC	1960-2
2184	Commodore Desmond Piers DSC, CD, ADC	1957-60	Commodore Piers participated in the invasion in France during World War II. RMC became a degree-granting institution in 1959. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit 1959
2140	Air Commodore Douglas Bradshaw, DFC, CD, ADC	1954-7	Air Vice Marshall (ret`d) Douglas Bradshaw was the first president of Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology from March 6, 1967 to 1974.
1137	Brigadier-General Donald Agnew CB, CD, ADC LLD	1947-54	The New One Hundred Opening Ceremonies 20 September 1948 The Old Brigade, for alumni celebrating 50 years since they entered one of the military Colleges, was inaugurated by Agnew in 1950. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit 12 October 1951 The Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean was founded in 1952 Pipes and Drums founded 1953
H-2727	Major General J.F.M. Whiteley, CB, C.B.E., MC, ADC	1947
2120	Brigadier J. Desmond B. Smith, C.B.E., DSO, , ADC	1945-6	first postwar Staff Course held June 1946 to June 1947 Barriefield Military School Board, first in the Canadian Army, teaches children of personnel Barriefield complex provides housing for 13 married officer students & families.
1841	Brigadier D.G. Cunningham DSO, ED, ADC	1944-5	He was member of a subcommittee of the RMC Club which urged the reopening of the college. He served as president of the RMC Club of Canada in 1946.
H-2727	Major General H.F.H. Hertzberg * CMG, DSO, MC, ADC	1940-4	The last class graduated in 1942 RRMC in British Columbia founded in 1942.
816	Brigadier General Kenneth Stuart, DSO, MC, ADC	1939-40	Chief of the General Staff 1941-1943, educator
749	Brigadier General, The Honourable Harry Crerar PC, CH, CB, DSO, CD, KStJ, ADC (RMC 1909)	1938-9	Commandant of RMC when war broke out in 1939. Crerar commanded the First Canadian Army from 1944 to 1945. RMC closed as a cadet college during World War II. Crerar served as a field commander of First Canadian Army in World War II, 1944 to 1945 and after retirement, served as a diplomat and Privy Councillor.
	Brigadier H. H. Matthews, CMG, DSO, , ADC	1935-8
624	Brigadier William Henry Pferinger Elkins, CB, C.B.E., DSO, ADC	1930-4
621	Brigadier Charles Francis Constantine, DSO, ADC	1925-30	Constantine arena at RMC was named in his honour
151	Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Macdonell K.C.B., CMG, DSO, ADC, LL.D.	1919-25	first Canadian commandant, assembled a Canadian military staff, Professional associations & universities negotiate to accept RMC graduates authorized publication of RMC biannual review (alumni magazine)
	Brigadier-General Charles N. Perreau, CMG, ADC	1915-19	Assembled RMC museum artefacts
	Colonel L. R. Carleton, DSO, ADC	1913-14	Assembled RMC museum artefacts
	Colonel J.H.V. Crowe, ADC	1909-13
45	Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thornton Taylor, ADC	1905-9	First Canadian commandant of RMC (as member of British military) introduced hockey to Kingston as an RMC student in 1877 competitive entrance examination, with half-yearly examinations 3 year curriculum: civil engineering, civil & hydrographic surveying, physics, chemistry, French, English, gymnastic drills and outdoor exercises of all kinds five imperial army commissions awarded annually $750-$1,000 cost included board, uniform, materials and extras
	Colonel Raymond Northland Revell Reade, ADC	1901-5
	Colonel G.C. Kitson, ADC	1896-1900	replaced British civilian staff with British military personnel, tightened discipline, emphasised military training, cut the curriculum to three years
	Major-General Donald Roderick Cameron, CMG, ADC	1888-96	Then commandant, recommended international pigeon post, which provided messenger service from 1891-1895 for marine search and rescue and military
	Major-General J.R. Oliver, ADC	1886-8
	Lt-Gen. Edward Osborne Hewett CMG, ADC	1875-1886	first Commandant of the Military College in Canada, member of Royal Engineers, chose motto, Truth, Duty, Valour assembled a British civilian staff, organized a 4 year curriculum, prepared site for use as a College

• The Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada is appointed ex officio as honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General of Canada

Principals

Name	Year
Joel Jeffrey Sokolsky	August 1, 2008 - (current)
John Scott Cowan	January 17, 2007 - July 27, 2008

First 32 female graduates

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#	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#	Name
14481	Doctor Linda Newton	14423	Captain (Ret'd) Elizabeth E Caswell (Dyson)	14484	Jacquie Pothier	14390	Captain (Ret'd) Kathryn A Graeme (Armstrong)	14397	Chris Best	14433	Debbie Fowler
14396	Captain Kathleen Beeman	14512	Cheryl de Bellefeuille	14451	Captain Theresa Towns (Hutchings)	14467	Captain Jo-Anne MacIsaac	14478	Theresa Murphy	14448	Rebecca Horne
14400	Sylvie Bonneau	14504	Captain Brigitte Vachon	14412	Helen Davies	14491	Colonel Karen Ritchie	14444	Captain (Ret'd) Dorothy Hector	14487	Sue Raby
14510	Sue Wigg	14479	Sue Nadarozny	14460	Lorraine Kuzyk	14402	Charmaine Bulger	14501	Marie Thomson	14443	Major Kathyn Moore (Haunts)
14508	Captain (ret'd) Sheila Cornelisse (Walters)	14418	Marnie Dunsmore	14477	Brigitte Muehlgassner	14411	Ann David	14394	Laura Beare	14407	Captain (ret'd) Marie-Pier Clarke (Cloutier)
14419	Johanne Durand	14507	Julia Walsh

Books

• Walter S. Avis: "Essays and articles selected from a quarter century of scholarship at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston" (Occasional papers of the Department of English, R.M.C.) 1978
• 2141 Thomas T. L Brock (RMC 1930) “Fight the good fight: Looking in on the recruit class at the Royal Military College of Canada during a week in February 1931” 1964
• 19828 John-James Ford, (RMC 1995) wrote Bonk on the head, a novel that describes a fictional officer-cadet's life at RMC
• G1397 Doctor Andrew A.B. Godefroy "Professional training put to the test: the Royal Military College of Canada and Army Leadership in the South African War 1899-1902" The Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin 2005
• 6647 Major (Ret) Mitchell Kryzanowski (RMC 1965), wrote Currie Hall: Memorial to the Canadian Corps (Kingston: Hewson and White, 1989), a description of the decoration of Currie Hall
• S125 Major (Ret) William WJ Oliver, and S134 Mrs Rolande Oliver, "RMC Hockey History Digest" Eds. Red & White Books, Kingston, 2003
• 4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
• H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
• H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
• H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968
• H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. Royal Military College. [Kingston]. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984
• A.G.G. Wurtele "Not In Cooke. - Account of a tour by the first graduating class of the Royal Military College", Kingston, 1880.
• "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College since the Second World War", Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press, 1991.
• 4669 Toivo Roht, (CMR RMC 1960) "Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, Royal Roads Military College and Royal Military College 1955-2006" 2007
• "RMC Cadet Handbook" Kingston, ON: RMC, 2004
• "Royal Military College of Canada: The Canadian Services Colleges" 1962
• "The Royal Military College of Canada 1876 to 1919"

Other

List of Royal Military College of Canada Memorials