1801-2026 - CGG General Officers - No less than twenty-two CGG members of The Regiment have been promoted to General Officer Rank

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Musée Canadian Grenadier Guards Museum

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1801-2026 - CGG General Officers - No less than twenty-two CGG members of The Regiment have been promoted to General Officer Rank

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As of 2026, The Canadian Grenadier Guards have a long tradition of leadership at all levels as a Regiment, and have been fortunate enough to have had in our ranks a total of twenty-two (22)* General Officers who have served with The Regiment (served with the Canadian Grenadier Guards or an antecedent CGG unit at some point in their military careers): LGen M.J. Hood, CMM, CD, LOM (USA) *also one of only two CGG associated officers to receive the Canadian Gulf Kuwait medal MGen Sir John Wallace Carson, CB, OStS (Russia) MGen Frank Stephen Meighen, CMG, L'dH (France), VD MGen Frederick Ross Phelen, CB, DSO, MC, StJ, MID, VD, CdG MGen Sir Edward W. B. Morrison, KCMG, CB, DSO MGen Frank Norman, CD, ADC MGen Terrence (Terry) Liston, MBE, MSM, CD MGen Chris McKenna, OMM, MSC, MSM, CD MGen Rolland Reid, CM, CVO, MC, CD BGen Edward A. C. (Ned) Amy, DSO, OBE, MC, CD, LoH, BS (USA) BGen William Frederick Sweny, CMG, DSO, MID - RMC Graduate and BEF Brigade Commander BGen Kenneth M. Perry, DSO, MID BGen W.O.H. Dodds, CMG BGen Marcel Noel, CBE, L'dH, ED BGen C.J. Lauren, OBE, GCStJ BGen Ian C Douglas MSC, CD BGen D Anderson, OMM, MSM, CD BGen T. (Ken) Quinn, CD, ADC BGen James McGill (1st Battalion, Montreal Militia) BGen Joseph J. A. Lachance, OMM, KStJ, CD BGen Herbert Munro Elder, CBE, DSO, MID, ED - Deputy Director of Medical Services, 1st Canadian Army Hon. BGen Sir Frank Higginson, CB CMG, MID - Secretary to the IWGC

Created By

Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

Create Date

May 21, 2025

Updated By

Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

Update Date

June 29, 2026