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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 commander of the Canadian Corps.
Two history classrooms, Room 249 and 247, have been named after Sir Arthur Currie and James T. Shotwell. The music room has been named after Don Wright. In addition, one English classroom, Room 232, is named after Stephen Leacock. During the 2004–2005 school year, three portable classrooms were brought to SDCI.
Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University, 1855–1893 The Arts Building, completed in 1843 and designed by John Ostell, is the oldest existing building on campus. Although McGill College received its Royal Charter in 1821, it was inactive until 1829 when the Montreal Medical Institution, which had been founded in 1823, became the ...
The initials of Canada Corps commanders General Sir Arthur Currie; Sir Edwin Alderson (1915–16), and Sir Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1916–17) are emblazoned on the ceiling of Currie Hall as are the initials of Sir Henry Edward Burstall, Garnet Hughes, General Macdonell, Louis Lipsett, Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis, M. S. Mercer ...
Headquarters at 6000 Fielding. The Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal (PSBGM, Commission des écoles protestantes du Grand Montréal, CEPGM) was a Protestant and predominantly English-language school district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [1] [2] which was founded in 1951 as a replacement for the Montreal Protestant Central Board, and ceased operations in 1998, with most of its assets ...
Valour Canada hosts an annual General Sir Arthur Currie Award and Gala. The event includes a fund-raising dinner, keynote speakers, and entertainment including the presenting of the General Sir Arthur Currie award. The award is bestowed annually to pay tribute to a "Canadian who has made a significant contribution to the country's military ...
1114 Arthur Currie Lane is an historic building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [1] It was the pre-World War I home of General Sir Arthur William Currie GCMG KCB VD. Currie became Canada's first full general in 1915, and was placed in charge of the entire Canadian Corps, independent of the British Army, by 1917.
Major General Sir James Howden MacBrien KCB CMG DSO CStJ (30 June 1878 – 5 March 1938) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Militia (renamed the Canadian Army in 1940) from 1920 until 1927.