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Birth
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Arthur Currie
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Other work
established Khaki University,President& Vice Chancellor of mcGill University exact date not known -
Changed Name
his name was spelled Curry but he changed it to Currie and thats when he taught at public school in Sidney and Victoria exact date not known -
Years of service
his years of service was between 1894-1920 exact date not known -
Legacy
Canadian historians, including Pierre Berton and Jack Granatstein, have described Currie as Canada's greatest military commander. exact date not known -
Commander-in-chief
After the war,British Prime Minister David Lloyd George claimed that he wanted to promote Currie to Commander-in-Chief of all British and Empire forces on the western Front in place of Sir Douglas Haig exact date not known -
Special Order
Currie utilised special orders to try to get positive publicity for the Canadian Corps, while it was being successful in the Hundred Days' Offensive. This was because the London press had ignored the Canadian contribution in their articles, but they had produced their casualty lists, and the Canadian papers simply republished the London articles, which caused thoughts that the casualties were unnecessarily heavy. exact date not known -
Why i thinkk Arthur Currie is a Canadian War hero
I think Arthur Currie is a Canadian War hero because he was a Canadian General During world war 1.he was also the third in command in the Gay Gordons was Garnet Hughes.he also taught at public schools in Sydney and Victoria.Currie also was in many wars like the
world war 1
Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Second Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of Amiens
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Legacy
Arthur Currie Statue at the Valaints Memorial in Ottowa.
The Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to the memory of Arthur Currie at the Last Post Found National Field of Honour.Coat of Arms of Canada on Currie Hall Mackenzie Biolding Royal Military College of Canada -
After his death
he was buried at Montreal,Quebec with the Mount Royal Cemetery exact date not known -
Death
at the age of 57.The strain of decades of personal attack took took their toll,anhd General Currie died a few days after the 15th aniviersary of the Armistice,at the reletively yong age of 57
