Name/Title
Major Rean Egerton Meyer, CD, SBStJ - Canadian Grenadier GuardsDescription
A Canadian Grenadier Guard at the center of Canada's Cold War Intelligence services:
Major Rean E. Meyer, CD SBStJ (1929-2002)
After graduating from RMC, Major Meyer joined CGG and took on multiple roles with NATO in Germany prior to joining the CAF Intelligence Corps and later served as a Secretary of Joint US-Canadian services and later as a Defence Analyst at the Department of External Affairs in charge of Middle East Operations and Terrorist Activities.Context
Major Rean Meyer was born in the eastern Townships, of Quebec in 1929. Educated at the Royal Military College and later commissioned into the Canadian Grenadier Guards to serve with NATO in Germany. He attended the USA Staff College in 1963 and was posting to NDHQ in Ottawa to become Secretary of various Canadian-American joint defence conferences. He transferred permanently to the Intelligence and Security Branch and was Secretary to the Joint Intelligence Committee, in addition to his other duties. In 1973, he was appointed Defence Analyst at the Department of External Affairs in charge of Middle East Operations and Terrorist Activities. He was Editor of the Intelligence Quarterly and the CDA Forum, and publishing numerous papers on intelligence and related affairs. In 1977 Rean retired with the rank of Major on the Supplementary Reserve in order to take an appointment with Debrett's Peerage, He passed in 2002 in Victoria, BCCreated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Create Date
December 26, 2021Updated By
Major Brian Tracey, MMM, CD4, retiredUpdate Date
January 2, 2022