William Truelove


Rear-Admiral William Shaun Truelove is a retired senior Royal Canadian Navy officer.

Military service

He joined the Navy in 1981 and obtained a degree at Royal Roads Military College.
In 1998 he was appointed Executive Officer of before being appointed as Commanding Officer of from 2001 to 2003 and the Naval Officer Training Centre until 2004.
He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in May 2012 and took command of Maritime Forces Pacific in June 2012. In 2015 he was appointed as Commander, Canadian Defence Liaison Council in Washington. In July 2018, he stepped down as defence attaché at the Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C., and retired from the Canadian Armed Forces.
He was invested as an officer of the Order of Military Merit in 2009 and promoted to commander of the order in 2016.

Awards and decorations

Truelove's personal awards and decorations include the following:



RibbonDescriptionNotes
Order of Military Merit
South-West Asia Service Medal
  • with AFGHANISTAN Clasp
    • General Campaign Star
  • South West Asia Ribbon
  • 1 Rotation Bars
    • Special Service Medal
  • with NATO-OTAN Clasp
    • Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
    NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia
  • with FORMER YUGOSLAVIA clasp
    • Canadian Forces' Decoration
  • with two Clasp for 32 years of services
    • Legion of Merit
  • 1st Decoration awarded on 29 September 2007
  • 2nd Decoration awarded on 27 December 2014
  • Officer level