Gord Reay

Educated at High School in Montreal, Reay graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1965.^[1] He was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.^[1] He served in both Edmonton and Germany.^[1]

In 1969 he joined the staff at Mobile Command Headquarters at Saint-Hubert, Quebec and in 1971 he attended the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College.^[1] He then went on an operational tour with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.^[1] In 1975 he joined 1st British Corps in Bielefeld^[1] and in 1977 he became a senior staff officer with 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group.^[1]

He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in 1979.^[1] He went on to become Director of Military Manpower Distribution at National Defence Headquarters in 1981 and, as a Brigadier, he became Special Policy Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister (Personnel) there in 1983.^[1] In 1987 he was made Commander of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group and in 1989 he was promoted to Major-General and appointed Chief of Land Doctrine and Operations.^[1] In 1991 he was appointed Deputy Commander of Land Force Command and in 1993 he became Chief of the Land Staff.^[1]

In retirement, he was killed in a road accident in December 2000 while on a humanitarian mission in Croatia.^[2]

He was married and had one son.^[1]