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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. 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 213,119 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Harry Crerar is the 1,332nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,341st in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Canada (up from 327th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Military Personnel.

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  • 18

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Harry Crerar ranks 1,332 out of 1,468. Before him are Hal Moore, Endel Puusepp, Jinichi Kusaka, Adolphe Niel, Guido Starhemberg, and William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford. After him are Semyon Bogdanov, Pavel Chichagov, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Filipp Oktyabrsky, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, and Carl Spaatz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Harry Crerar ranks 140. Before him are Toyohiko Kagawa, Anna Q. Nilsson, Sydney Chapman, Kaarel Eenpalu, Gladys Cooper, and Jinichi Kusaka. After him are Gustaf Molander, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Irving Cummings, Cathleen Nesbitt, Vahram Papazian, and Maxwell Anderson. Among people deceased in 1965, Harry Crerar ranks 112. Before him are Johnny Hayes, Joseph Grew, John Kitzmiller, Roger Vailland, Johannes Bobrowski, and Edward R. Murrow. After him are Henry Cowell, Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Alejandro Casona, Julius Skutnabb, Philip Showalter Hench, and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Harry Crerar ranks 231 out of 1,350. Before him are Guy Laliberté (1959), Norm Macdonald (1959), David Baszucki (1963), Gaëtan Dugas (1952), Percy Faith (1908), and Diana Krall (1964). After him are Mario Lemieux (1965), David Card (1956), Kim Campbell (1947), Gordon Thomson (1945), Mark Robson (1913), and Louis St. Laurent (1882).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Canada

Among military personnels born in Canada, Harry Crerar ranks 2. Before him are Henry Clinton (1730). After him are Billy Bishop (1894).

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