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    General Henry Duncan Graham Crerar CH, CB, DSO, CD, PC (28 April 1888 – 1 April 1965) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's...
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    L. "Andy" McNaughton, who was replaced in 1944 by General H. D. G. "Harry" Crerar. Both had been senior Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery officers...
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    instructor in tactics. The college's commandant at the time was Brigadier Harry Crerar, a fellow gunner officer who was to play a significant part in Simonds's...
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    Crerar (1836–1916), Scottish poet Finlay Crerar (1904-1965), RAF officer George Crerar (1914–1987), President of the SRU and Scottish sportsman Harry...
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    primarily consisting of the First Canadian Army under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar and the British XXX Corps under Lieutenant-general Brian Horrocks. Veritable...
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  • Thomas E. Dewey, Colin Thatcher, Harry S. Truman (twice), Thomas Edison, James "Scotty" Reston, General Harry Crerar and James Baker. He played Thomas...
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    Roer and link up with the Canadian First Army, under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, coming from the Nijmegen area of the Netherlands in Operation Veritable...
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    Three days earlier, on 6 September, Montgomery ordered Canadian General Harry Crerar to prioritize the capture of just such a port, Boulogne-sur-Mer. Montgomery's...
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    rank being colonel on the same date) on October 15, 1939. He succeeded Harry Crerar, who went to London in a senior staff appointment. Although Stuart enjoyed...
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    replace McNaughton as commander of the First Canadian Army, General Harry Crerar, later wrote that during the Spartan war game "that it became patently...
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    January 1944. Not long after his arrival his superior, Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, the commander of I Canadian Corps and who was soon to return to England...
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    PC, CH, FRS – British Minister of Munitions (later Prime Minister) Harry Crerar, lieutenant general, Canadian Army Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham...
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    MacBrien Herbert Thacker Andrew McNaughton Ernest Ashton Thomas Anderson Harry Crerar Kenneth Stuart John Murchie Charles Foulkes Guy Simonds Howard Graham...
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    divisions to take the lead. D'Este and Blumenson wrote that Montgomery and Harry Crerar might have done more to impart momentum to the British/Canadians. Patton's...
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    Army under General Miles Dempsey, the First Canadian Army under General Harry Crerar and the US Ninth Army, under General William Simpson. The First Canadian...
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    slower and more costly than expected and the Canadian commander, General Harry Crerar, had decided on a fresh start for the operation. Three British and Canadian...
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    Rennes, Alençon and St. Malo. After Epsom, Montgomery had to tell General Harry Crerar that the activation of the First Canadian Army would have to wait as...
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    success of Operation Totalize south of Caen on August 8 and 9, General Harry Crerar, commander of the First Canadian Army, pushed south. Operation Tractable...
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    Allied invasion plans required that the First Canadian Army (General Harry Crerar) on the left flank of the 21st Army Group (General Bernard Montgomery)...
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  • Mackenzie, the Minister of National Defence, began to encourage General Harry Crerar, Chief of Defence Staff, to plan contingencies for the militia to prepare...
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    Division had earned during the Western Desert Campaign. Canadian General Harry Crerar reportedly hated the term, though it was meant as a tribute to their...
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    Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar until he was replaced by Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns towards the end of March 1944 after Crerar went to Britain to...
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    MacBrien Herbert Thacker Andrew McNaughton Ernest Ashton Thomas Anderson Harry Crerar Kenneth Stuart John Murchie Charles Foulkes Guy Simonds Howard Graham...
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    general German collapse. The First Canadian Army (Lieutenant General Harry Crerar), held this part of the Allied front. It consisted of the British I Corps...
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    1945, XXX Corps, now transferred from Dempsey's British Second Army to Harry Crerar's First Canadian Army, took part in Operation Veritable, during which...
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    housed the headquarters of the First Canadian Army commanded by General Harry Crerar. The Chateau Farm from the 19th century called the Fiquet Vallerande...
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    practical value to the infantry. On 23 December 1941, Major-General Harry Crerar was appointed as divisional commander, replacing Odlum who had ceased...
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    Northwest France. Pictured are Lieutenant General Hodges, Lieutenant General Harry Crerar, commanding the Canadian First Army, General Sir Bernard Montgomery,...
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    MacBrien Herbert Thacker Andrew McNaughton Ernest Ashton Thomas Anderson Harry Crerar Kenneth Stuart John Murchie Charles Foulkes Guy Simonds Howard Graham...
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  • 1949 General Sir John Crocker 30 January 1948 31 January 1951 General Harry Crerar, Canadian Army 23 July 1948 c.1953 General Sir Neil Ritchie 15 November...
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