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Jim Fox
AllegianceCanada
Service/branchCanadian Army/Canadian Forces
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldMobile Command
4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
Lord Strathcona's Horse
Battles/warsUnited Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
AwardsCommander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces' Decoration

Lieutenant General James Arthur Fox, CMM, CD, is a retired Canadian military officer who served as Commander, Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces from 1986 to 1989.

Military career[edit]

Fox joined the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps and went on to become commanding officerofLord Strathcona's Horse, taking his regiment on an operational tour with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus in 1972.[1]

Fox was appointed Commander, Mobile Command in 1986.[2] In that role, he executed Rendezvous 89, a major exercise involving 15,000 military personnel and more than 5,000 vehicles and aircraft from 40 different units across Canada.[3]

In retirement, he became colonelofLord Strathcona's Horse.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Glenbow Museum > Archives Photographs Search Results". ww2.glenbow.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  • ^ "Lieutenant-General James Fox, CMM, MStJ, CD" (PDF). blatherwick.net. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  • ^ Newsletter Canadian Military Mail Study Group, May 1990
  • ^ Legislative Assembly of Alberta Alberta Hansard, 23 March 2000
  • Military offices
    Preceded by

    Charles H. Belzile

    Commander, Mobile Command
    1986–1989
    Succeeded by

    Kent Foster


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Fox_(Canadian_Army_officer)&oldid=1230553875"

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