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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.
A son of William's was Mark Currie (1759–1835). Sons of Mark included Vice-Admiral Mark John Currie, RN (1795–1874), and Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Bt (1799–1875). From Sir Frederick descend the Currie baronets —whose son was Sir Frederick Larkins Currie, 2nd Baronet (1823–1900), whose sons were Sir Frederick Reeve Currie, 3rd Baronet ...
Major General William Bethune Lindsay CB CMG DSO (3 November 1880 [1] – 27 June 1933) was a Canadian military officer during World War I. Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie with H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Connaught and other senior officers. Major General W. B. Lindsay is sat in the front row, second on the left.
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.
Sir William Jenner, Bt., KCB: 25 May 1889: Civil division Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, KCB: 23 July 1889: Civil division HH Prince Christian Victor Albert Louis Ernest Anton of Schleswig-Holstein: 19 July 1890: Civil division General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KCB: 23 October 1891: Civil division Sir Julian ...
General Sir Arthur Currie (commander of the Canadian Corps from June 1917 to 1918) (carrying coat) Field Marshal Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan (commander of the Italian Tenth Army from March 1918) General Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell (commander in Cameroon from 1914 to 1916, and then in the Middle East until 1917)
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 ...
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