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2. Battle of Vimy Ridge - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Vimy Ridge has considerable significance for Canada. [ Note 5 ] Although the battle is not generally considered the greatest achievement of the Canadian Corps in strategic importance or results obtained, it was the first instance in which all four Canadian divisions, made up of troops drawn from all parts of the country, fought ...

3. Battle of Vimy Ridge order of battle - Wikipedia

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   6-inch gun of the Royal Garrison Artillery firing over Vimy Ridge behind Canadian lines at night. 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 World War. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps against three divisions of the German ...

4. 10th Battalion (Canadians), CEF - Wikipedia

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   The Third Battle of Ypres in 1917 describes very large operations in this area, including the Battle of Passchendaele. Gravenstafel: The Gravenstafel Ridge was a low rise east of Ypres, one of the key features in the German attacks from 24 to 26 April 1915. The 10th Battalion by this point, after suffering heavily in its counter-attacks of 22 ...

5. William Johnstone Milne - Wikipedia

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   Milne was 24 years old and a private in the 16th (The Canadian Scottish) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force on 9 April 1917 near Thelus, France, during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, where his actions led to the award of the Victoria Cross. His citation reads: For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack.

6. 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), CEF - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a gallant yet terrible tragedy for the battalion. One Military Cross (MC), 14 Military Medals(MM), and 1 Mentioned in Dispatches (MID) were awarded to members of the 87th Bn. Total casualties for the Battle were 315 all ranks out of an attacking force of 520 (60.6%). 10 of the 11 officers who led the first wave ...

7. John George Pattison - Wikipedia

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   On 10 April 1917 at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, in the area of Hill 145 (the location of today's Memorial), when the advance of Canadian troops was held up by an enemy machine-gun that was inflicting severe casualties, Private Pattison, with utter disregard of his own safety, sprang forward and jumping from shell-hole to shell-hole, reached cover ...

8. Thousands of Canadians flock to France for major WW1 ... - AOL

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   On April 9, 1917 more than 3,000 Canadian soldiers, many of them not even 20 years old, lost their lives in a hard-fought battle. Thousands of Canadians flock to France for major WW1 centenary ...

9. Ellis Wellwood Sifton - Wikipedia

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   One of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross in the Battle of Vimy Ridge (the others were Thain Wendell MacDowell, William Johnstone Milne and John George Pattison), Sifton was 25 years old, and a Lance Sergeant in the 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.