MILITARY PERSONNEL

Harry Crerar

1888 - 1965

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General Henry Duncan Graham Crerar (28 April 1888 – 1 April 1965) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's senior field commander in the Second World War as commander of the First Canadian Army in the campaign in North West Europe in 1944–1945, having rapidly risen in rank from brigadier in 1939 to that of a full general in 1944. A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ontario, Crerar was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Non-Permanent Active Militia in 1909, serving with the 4th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, which was based in Hamilton, Ontario. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the artillery in the First World War, during which he was mentioned in despatches and made a member of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Crerar has received more than 230,909 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Crerar is the 1,865th most popular military personnel (down from 1,331st in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 231st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Harry Crerar ranks 1,865 out of 2,058. Before him are Franz Sigel, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, Maria Wittek, Zhanna Yorkina, Afanasy Beloborodov, and A. P. Hill. After him are Michael Mullen, Oskar Gripenberg, Theodore Van Kirk, Francis Pegahmagabow, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, and Lyman Lemnitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Harry Crerar ranks 224. Before him are Hank Mann, Daniel Norling, Anders Haugen, Donduk Kuular, Guido Romano, and Carlo Oriani. After him are James Waddell Alexander II, Andreas Cervin, Curt Goetz, Jacques de Lacretelle, Carlos Quintanilla, and David Jacobs. Among people deceased in 1965, Harry Crerar ranks 181. Before him are Urho Castrén, Othmar Ammann, Joaquín Vázquez, Hilario López, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, and William Petersson. After him are Everett Sloane, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Myra Hess, Félix Paiva, Jacques Audiberti, and Joseph De Combe.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Harry Crerar ranks 443 out of 1,622. Before him are Lochlyn Munro (1966), Norm Macdonald (1959), Lucile Watson (1879), John Peters Humphrey (1905), George Campbell (1878), and Hank Snow (1914). After him are Peaches (1966), Dean Butler (1956), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), Francis Pegahmagabow (1891), Jack Carson (1910), and Cory Monteith (1982).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Canada

Among military personnels born in Canada, Harry Crerar ranks 4. Before him are Henry Clinton (1730), George Lawrence Price (1892), and Billy Bishop (1894). After him are Francis Pegahmagabow (1891).

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