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Henry Duncan Graham Crerar

Harry Crerar
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Birth name Henry Duncan Graham Crerar
Born April 28, 1888
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died April 1, 1965 (aged 77)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Buried at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Allegiance  Canada
Service/branch  Canadian Army
Years of service 1910–1946
Rank General
Unit Royal Canadian Artillery
Commands held Royal Military College of Canada
Chief of the General Staff
2nd Canadian Infantry Division
I Canadian Corps
Canadian First Army
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Order of the Companions of Honour
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John
Canadian Forces Decoration
Other work Aide-de-Camp General to the King
Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
Queen's Privy Council for Canada

General Henry Duncan Graham "Harry" Crerar CH, CB, DSO, CD, PC (April 28, 1888 – April 1, 1965) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army, and became the country's "leading field commander" in the Second World War, where he commanded the First Canadian Army.

Harry was born in Hamilton, Ontario to lawyer Peter Crerar and Marion Stinson and died in Ottawa, Ontario. Prior to his military service, he worked as an engineer with the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, where he founded the research department in 1912. He attended and graduated from Upper Canada College and Highfield School in Hamilton in 1906, and then went to the Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ontario. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of artillery in World War I. Unlike most officers, he remained in the army after the war. He was appointed Director of Military Operations & Military Intelligence in 1935 and Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada in 1939.

He served in World War II, initially as a brigadier on the General Staff at Canadian Military Headquarters in England. In early 1940 he was appointed Vice Chief of the General Staff in Canada and later that year became Chief of the General Staff.


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