Lieutenant General Robert William Moncel OC DSO OBE CD (9 April 1917 – 10 December 2007) was a senior officer in the Canadian Army.
[1] When World War II broke out, Moncel went to Europe with the Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR).
Soon however, Lieutenant Moncel, who commanded a Bren gun carrier platoon, was ordered to retreat to the French coast.
Here, he was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[3] and a chevalier of the Legion d'honneur (receiving the Croix de Guerre with Palme in the process).
[2] During this, Moncel won the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his leadership of Tiger Group during the battle of Hochwald Forest, when the II Canadian Corps launched Operation Blockbuster.
[5] He died at the Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial Building in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 10, 2007, in his 90th year.