Richard Rohmer


Richard Rohmer

Rohmer at a Remembrance Day ceremony in 2012
Birth nameRichard Heath Rohmer
Born (1924-01-24) January 24, 1924 (age 100)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
AllegianceCanada
Service / branchAir Command[a]
Years of service1942–1981
Rank
Commands
  • Chief of Reserves of the Canadian Armed Forces
  • Commander of the Air Reserve Group
Battles / warsWorld War II
Awards
Spouse(s)
Mary Whiteside
(m. 1949; died 2020)
Children2, including Ann
Other workAuthor, lawyer, columnist

Richard Heath Rohmer OC CMM OOnt DFC CD KC (born January 24, 1924) is a Canadian aviator, lawyer, adviser, author and historian.

Rohmer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and spent some of his early youth in Pasadena, California, as well as in western Ontario at Windsor and Fort Erie. The Peterborough Examiner's lead editorial of January 14, 2009 describes Rohmer as "one of Canada's most colourful figures of the past half-century". General Rohmer served as honorary advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces from 2014 to 2017. He was the advisor to the Minister of Veterans Affairs for the organization and conduct of Canada's celebration of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day celebrations in Normandy in June 2014 and the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland in May 2015. He is a veteran of D-Day, the Battle of Normandy and the Liberation of Holland.
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