Arthur Currie

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Canadian military officer First World War general human

Arthur Currie was a Canadian general who became the first Canadian-born commander of the Canadian Corps during World War I and is widely regarded as one of Canada's most effective military leaders.

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Label Occurrences
Arthur Currie canonical 13
Sir Arthur Currie 2
Major-General Arthur Currie 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian military officer ⓘ
First World War general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance British Empire ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
awardReceived Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)

Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
surface form: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of Leopold ⓘ
surface form: Order of Leopold (Belgium)
battle Battle of Amiens (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1918)

Battle of Mons ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Mons (1918)

Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
burialPlace Montreal ⓘ
surface form: Montreal, Quebec

Mount Royal Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
commanded Canadian Corps ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1875-12-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1933-11-30 ⓘ
education public schools in Ontario ⓘ
employer McGill University ⓘ
familyName Currie ⓘ
fullName Arthur Currie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Arthur William Currie
givenName Arthur ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
middleName William ⓘ
militaryBranch Canadian Corps ⓘ
Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
notableFor first Canadian-born commander of the Canadian Corps ⓘ
leadership of Canadian forces in World War I ⓘ
occupation soldier ⓘ
university administrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Adelaide Township, Ontario ⓘ
Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
placeOfDeath Canada ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
surface form: Montreal, Quebec

Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
positionHeld Commander of the Canadian Corps ⓘ
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University ⓘ
regardedAs one of Canada's most effective military leaders ⓘ
residence Montreal ⓘ
surface form: Montreal, Quebec

Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ

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

Canadian Expeditionary Force → notableCommander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
CEF → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Arthur Currie → fullName → Arthur Currie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Arthur William Currie
Canadian Corps → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Canadian Corps → notableCommander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Arthur Currie
Battle of Vimy Ridge → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Amiens 1918 → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Amiens (1918)
Battle of Amiens (1918) → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Currie → hasNotableBearer → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Adelaide Township, Ontario → hasNotablePerson → Arthur Currie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Arthur Currie
Battle of Mount Sorrel → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Battle of Hill 70 → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Battle of Arras (1918) → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Battle of Canal du Nord → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Battle of Albert (1918) → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai (1918) → commander → Arthur Currie ⓘ
Vimy Ridge → plannedBy → Arthur Currie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major-General Arthur Currie