Located 3.8 kilometers (2.4 mi) east of Vimy is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian soldiers who were...
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were...
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The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World...
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The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the...
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Marie Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy (née Moreton; 11 January 1870 – 20 June 1949), also known as Lady Byng, was the wife of Lord Byng, the 12th...
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Vimy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France Vimy may also refer to: Vimy, Alberta, hamlet in central...
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The Vimy Award is an award presented by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) to the "Canadian who has made a significant and...
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Union Sportive Vimy is a French football club located in Vimy, France. US Vimy was founded in 1932, and spent most of their history in amateur and semi-pro...
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Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO (11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935), was a British Army officer who...
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The Vimy Foundation is a charity focused on raising awareness of the role Canada played in World War I and the implications of Canada's success in the...
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Vimy House was a warehouse in the Centretown West neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that was used to store the collections of the Canadian War Museum...
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Vimy is a hamlet in Westlock County in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) east of Highway 2, approximately 59 kilometres (37 mi)...
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Vimy Peak is a 2,385-metre (7,825-foot) summit located in Waterton Lakes National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is set along the...
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Vimy Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place during...
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First...
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non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland...
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Canadian Red Ensign (section Vimy Ridge Red Ensign)
Chris (2002). "Britain finally yields, will lend Vimy Ensign". National Post. Inglis, Dave (1995). Vimy Ridge: 1917–1992, A Canadian Myth over Seventy Five...
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July 1922 she accidentally rammed the submarine H24. She was renamed HMS Vimy in April 1928. She served with distinction during World War II, earning two...
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The Vimy Memorial Bridge (previously the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge) is a bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 2014, it crosses the Rideau...
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Moreton (Lady Byng), wife of the Viscount Byng of Vimy, who commanded Canadian forces at the Battle of Vimy Ridge and who was Governor General of Canada from...
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in the region. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, eight kilometres from Arras, commemorates the Battle of Vimy Ridge assault during the Battle of Arras...
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the Columbia Mountains. Vimy Ridge is named to commemorate the Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I. List of mountain ranges "Vimy Ridge". Canadian Mountain...
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Vimy (1952 – 11 August 1980) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the 1955 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Racing...
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(eds.). Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-0-88920-508-6. Inglis, David (1995). Vimy Ridge: 1917–1992...
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The Canton of Vimy was a canton in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which...
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agreement from the Yukon New Democratic Party. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, near Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, and the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, near...
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German defences in forty-eight hours. At Arras the Canadians were to capture Vimy Ridge, dominating the Douai Plain to the east, advance towards Cambrai and...
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Canadian National Vimy Memorial built in 1936 on Hill 145, the highest point of the Vimy Ridge escarpment. It is dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge assault...
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The region was a pivotal centre of mulquinerie. Battle of Vimy Ridge Canadian National Vimy Memorial Regional Council of the Hauts-de-France Achicourt...
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Vimy is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. Vimy was created by the...
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