Jim Fox (Canadian Army officer)

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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 be commanding officer of Lord 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 colonel of Lord Strathcona's Horse.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Glenbow Museum > Archives Photographs Search Results". ww2.glenbow.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  2. ^ "Lieutenant-General James Fox, CMM, MStJ, CD" (PDF). blatherwick.net. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  3. ^ Newsletter Canadian Military Mail Study Group, May 1990
  4. ^ Legislative Assembly of Alberta Alberta Hansard, 23 March 2000
Military offices
Preceded by Commander, Mobile Command
1986–1989
Succeeded by