Geoffrey Walsh

Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Walsh, CBE, DSO, CD (19 August 1909 – 3 April 1999) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from 1961 – 1964; Walsh was the last officer to hold this appointment as it was eliminated in 1964 as part of the reorganization of Canada's military in the lead-up to the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces.

[4] Educated at St Catherine's Collegiate School, Walsh was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Engineers in 1930.

[1] He served in World War II with the Canadian Army Service Force and took part in the Spitsbergen Raid in 1941.

In 1944 he was made Commander Royal Engineers (CRE) for 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division.

[1] and he later became CRE with II Canadian Corps, commanded by Guy Simonds, which took part in Operation Overlord.