Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes, C.C., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., C.D., LL.D. (January 3, 1903 - September 12, 1969) was a Canadian soldier.

He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England and died in Ottawa.

He fought in World War II. On May 5 General Charles Foulkes summoned the German General Blaskowitz to the Hotel de Wereld ("The World Hotel") in Wageningen to discuss the surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands. His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard, acting as commander in chief of the Dutch Interior Forces, attended the meeting as well. Blaskowitz agreed with all proposals by Foulkes. However, nowhere in the building - some sourrces claim: nowhere in the whole town - a typewriter could be found. Thus the surrender document could not be typed. The next day both parties returned, and in the presence of both General Foulkes and Prince Bernhard Blaskowitz signed the surrender document which in the mean time had been typed. [1].

After the war, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff and, in 1951, first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff. He retired in 1960. In 1968 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

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