Frederick Ralph Sharp

Infobox Military Person
name= Frederick Ralph Sharp
lived= 1915 - 1992


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placeofbirth=Moosomin, Saskatchewan
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allegiance= Canada
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serviceyears= 1938-1979
rank= General
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commands=RCAF Training Command
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awards= Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Canadian Forces Decoration
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General Frederick Ralph Sharp CMM, DFC, CD (1915-1992) was a former Chief of Defence Staff for the Canadian Forces.

Sharp was born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan and attended the Royal Military College in the 1930s. He graduated from RMC and joined the RCAF in 1938. He started as pilot and later as a flying instructor for the BCATP during World War II. He was a squadron commander at the close of the war.

After the war, Sharp served with the Air Force HQ and Central Flying School in Trenton.

Sharp further his education by completing his Masters in Business Administration at the University of Western Ontario and as an exchange officer post of Directing Staff of the RAC Staff College in Britain.

In 1959 he became the commander of the RCAF Training Command and various posting with NORAD. Sharp was promoted to Air Marshal in the RCAF. [ [http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1967/jul-aug/sharp.html Reorganization of the Canadian Armed Forces] ] In 1968 he was regraded from Air Marshal to Lieutenant General and by 1969 he was Deputy Commander-in-Chief of NORAD.

In 1969 Sharp was elevated to the rank of General and became the Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces. He retired in 1972 and became a partner in a consulting firm until 1979.

He was married to Betty Sharp and had a son and daughter.

Sharp died in 1992.

succession box|title=Chief of the Defence Staff
before=Jean-Victor Allard
after=Jacques Alfred Dextraze
years=1969-1972

Reference

* [www.thecontactnewspaper.cfbtrenton.com/archives/sept_24_2004/thecontact_sept_24_2004.pdf FR Sharp]