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General Sir Arthur William Currie, GCMG, KCB (5 December 1875 – 30 November 1933) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who fought during World War I. He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia gunner before rising through the ranks to become the first Canadian ...
- 1897–1920
- Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
29 de ene. de 2008 · Sir Arthur William Currie (changed from Curry in 1897), soldier, educator (born 5 December 1875 in Adelaide (near Strathroy), ON; died 30 November 1933 in Montréal, QC). Currie was the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps during the First World War (his predecessors were two British generals, E.A.H. Alderson and Sir Julian ...
26 de feb. de 2024 · Sir Arthur William Currie (born Dec. 5, 1875, Napperton, Ont., Can.—died Nov. 30, 1933, Montreal) was the first Canadian commander, from 1917, of Canada’s overseas forces in World War I . Currie taught school before going into business in Victoria, B.C.
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Sir Arthur Currie. Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie was made commander of the Canadian Corps in June 1917. A detailed planner, he refused to send his troops into battle without thorough preparations. The Canadians never lost a battle under Currie's command, even though he lacked charisma and was never popular with his soldiers.
17 de ene. de 2011 · Cook sees Sir Arthur Currie as one of our greatest military leaders — a man who did what was necessary to help win a meat-grinder war, while always seeking ways to protect his troops from outright slaughter. Listen and watch as Dr. Cook explains why Currie is his History Idol.
The most important Canadian in the First World War, Arthur Currie was an extraordinary successful field commander in a war that produced few successful generals...
6 de abr. de 2017 · General Arthur Currie: from insurance salesman to commander. Unlike most of the Allied military commanders, Currie isn't a professional soldier. He was a reservist until the start of the war....
