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Arthur Currie was born on 5 December 1875 near Strathroy, Ontario, and he moved to Victoria at age eighteen. He secured a position as a school teacher, later working in insurance and real estate. He joined the local Militia, serving first in artillery and then in infantry.
Arthur William Currie was born near Strathroy, Ontario on 5 December 1875. He began his working life as a school teacher in Strathroy, but later moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he became a businessman involved in real estate and insurance and also served in Canada’s Militia as an artillery officer. When the call to arms came in ...
Arthur Currie (1875-1933) est un militaire canadien, le premier commandant national du corps expéditionnaire canadien au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale. Sous ses ordres, les soldats canadiens remportent nombre de batailles importantes notamment la bataille de Vimy et la bataille d'Amiens .
7 de feb. de 2006 · Currie thought that Hill 70 — an elevation on the outskirts of Lens, so named because it was 70 meters above sea level — was tactically more important. He believed that a traditional, frontal assault on Lens, followed by an Allied occupation of the city, would be futile if the Germans could simply shoot down at the Canadians from the commanding hills.
Military historian Norm Christie examines the First World War from a Canadian perspective. He's on a journey that will take him through the the Battle of the...
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6 de abr. de 2017 · Currie's theories about empowering individual soldiers get put to the test when Capt. Thain MacDowell and two privates, Arthur Hay and James Kobus, get separated the rest of their battalion.
Who's Who - Sir Arthur Currie General Sir Arthur William Currie (1875-1933), despite a popular reputation among his troops as 'Guts and Gaiters' (on account of his supposedly aloof manner), was a capable Canadian army commander who enjoyed a consistently successful run of victories throughout the war.
