Kenneth Stuart

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name= Kenneth Stuart


caption=Brigadier Kenneth Stuart Credit: National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada
rank=Brigadier-General
branch= Canadian Army
commands= Chief of the General Staff, RMC
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allegiance=Canada
born= (September 9 1891
died=November 3 1945)
placeofbirth= Trois-Rivières, Quebec
placeofdeath= Ottawa, Ontario
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awards=CB DSO MC

Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart (September 9 1891 – November 3 1945) CB DSO MC was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from 24 December1941 until 27 December1943.

He graduated from the RMC in 1911. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers overseas 1915-18. While in National Defence Headquarters in the 1930s, he was editor of the Canadian Defence Quarterly. He was instrumental in removing General A.G.L. McNaughton as commander, 1st Canadian Army. General Stuart was fired by then Defence Minister A.G.L. McNaughton in Nov 1944. The Government of Canada imposed Conscription in November 1944 in part, due to his General Stuarts's forecasts of infantry casualties.

Lieutenant-General Stuart's Major Appointments

References

*4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
*H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
*H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
*H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. Royal Military College. [Kingston] . The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984 [http://www.generals.dk/general/Stuart/Kenneth/Canada.html World Generals]

External links

* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007758 Kenneth Stuart] at The Canadian Encyclopedia