Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD (April 23, 1903 – May 15, 1974) was a senior Canadian Army officer who served with distinction...
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September. The First Army, under acting command of Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds (from 28 September 1944 to 7 November 1944), fought the critical Battle...
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a significant number sitting idle not being used. Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds, commander of II Canadian Corps, devised Kangaroos as a field-expedient...
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under the acting command of the First Canadian's Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds. The battle took place in the vicinity of the Scheldt river in northern...
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general, the first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. General Guy Simonds as army chief clashed with Foulkes about where to station the newly-envisaged...
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flank of the Allied lines and II Canadian Corps (Lieutenant General Guy Simonds) south of Caen. The II Canadian Corps, which was to launch Operation...
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Bryan Guy Adams (born 1959), Canadian singer Guy Severin (1926–2008), former director of NPP Zvezda Guy Simonds (1903–1974), Canadian major general Guy Siner...
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Major-General Charles Ramsay Stirling Stein Oct 1943 to Jan 1944 Major-General Guy Simonds Jan 1944 to Mar 1944 Major-General E. L. M. Burns Mar 1944 to Jun 1945...
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Blackall Simonds (1843–1929), English sculptor Major General George S. Simonds (1874–1938), U.S. Army officer Lieutenant General Guy Simonds (1903–1974)...
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had under command the 1st Canadian Infantry Division (Major-General Guy Simonds) and the British 5th Infantry Division (Major-General Gerard C. Bucknall)...
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Division was serving, was returned to Canada and replaced by Major-General Guy Simonds, returning to England from the Italian front where he had been GOC of...
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health caused Sansom to be replaced by Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds on January 29, 1944. Simonds led the corps for the remainder of its existence. On May...
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formed until 14 January 1943. For a BGS, Crerar had Guy Simonds, although not for long, as Simonds was appointed to command the 2nd Canadian Division,...
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Army. The regiment was formed on 16 October 1953, by Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds, the Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army, with the redesignation...
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June 1943 where the division, now under the command of Major General Guy Simonds after Major General Harry Salmon (who had taken command in September...
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diverse ports: the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, under Major-General Guy Simonds, sailed from the United Kingdom, the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division...
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the UK and was replaced by the 1st Canadian Division (Major-General Guy Simonds), whom Dempsey considered a friend. Although surrender negotiations with...
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replaced him in September (although he, too, was replaced by Major-General Guy Simonds after being killed in a plane crash in April 1943). Vokes commanded his...
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Corps be free to " "crack about" as the situation demands". Lt. Gen. Guy Simonds' II Canadian Corps would launch an attack, codenamed Operation Atlantic...
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the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade under the command of Major-General Guy Simonds and the British Eighth Army, under General Bernard Montgomery. The original...
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million. Simonds was born in Phoenix the son of Robert Bruce Simonds Sr., a businessman. He graduated from Yale University. From 1990 to 2023, Simonds has...
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lost close to half its strength at Dieppe. In April 1943, Major-General Guy Simonds—the first officer to command the division who had not served in the Great...
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reached Hill 195, north of Falaise. The following day, Canadian commander Guy Simonds relieved the armoured divisions with infantry divisions, ending the offensive...
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Royal Artillery, (CRA) of the 1st Canadian Division, now commanded by Guy Simonds, another fellow gunner described as "brusque and demanding, a no-nonsense...
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198. Stacey (1980), pp. 1–293. Simonds, pp. 67–68. Copp (1992), p. 50. Copp (1992), p. 61. Simonds, p. 68. Simonds, p. 65. Bercuson, p. 227. O'Keefe...
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Romanian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist (b. 1889) May 15 – Guy Simonds, Canadian Lieutenant-General, commander of the Canadian Armed Forces...
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Crerar, commanding the new Canadian 1st Army and Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds (II Canadian Corps), planned an Anglo-Canadian offensive, Operation Totalize...
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bottled up in Normandy. To meet Montgomery's objectives, Canadian General Guy Simonds, commander of II Canadian Corps, was ordered to design a large breakout...
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British Mk IX tank (Mark Nine), appeared. In 1944, the Canadian general Guy Simonds ordered the conversion of redundant armoured vehicles to carry troops...
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RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982 H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume...
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