Harry Crerar

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Canadian Army officer human military commander

Harry Crerar was a senior Canadian Army officer in the Second World War who rose to command the First Canadian Army in Northwest Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Harry Crerar canonical 9

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War II ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de guerre 1939–1945

Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Order of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
countryOfService Canada ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College of Canada ⓘ
employer Canadian Army ⓘ
familyName Crerar ⓘ
givenName Harry ⓘ
hasRole army commander ⓘ
artillery officer ⓘ
staff officer ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Canadian Army ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army Overseas

Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
militaryBranch Canadian Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
lieutenant-general ⓘ
major-general ⓘ
notableCommanderOf First Canadian Army ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ
Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Europe campaign
notableFor leading Canadian land forces in Northwest Europe during the Second World War ⓘ
notableWork command of First Canadian Army in Northwest Europe ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
partOf Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces in Northwest Europe
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff (Canada) ⓘ
Commander of First Canadian Army ⓘ
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief First Canadian Army ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Northwest Europe ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberation of the Netherlands → commander → Harry Crerar ⓘ
First Canadian Army → notableCommander → Harry Crerar ⓘ
Battle of the Falaise Pocket → commander → Harry Crerar ⓘ
Rhineland campaign → commandedBy → Harry Crerar ⓘ
Battle of the Reichswald → commander → Harry Crerar ⓘ
Battle of the Scheldt → commander → Harry Crerar ⓘ
Operation Tractable → commander → Harry Crerar ⓘ
Operation Blockbuster → commander → Harry Crerar ⓘ
Allied liberation of the Low Countries → commandedBy → Harry Crerar ⓘ