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World War I Canadian Generals WORLD WAR I CANADIAN GENERALS 1 CANADIAN GENERAL OFFICERS WW1 General Sir Arthur William CURRIE, GCMG, KCB GOC – 1st Canadian Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Ernest William TURNER, VC, KCB, KCMG, DSO Chief of General Staff in the United Kingdom Major-General Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft MORRISON, KCMG, CB, DSO GOC - Royal Artillery – Canadian Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Cameron MACDONELL, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD GOC – 1st Canadian Division Major-General Sir Samuel Benfield STEELE, KCMG, CB, MVO GOC – 2nd Canadian Division Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Edward BURSTALL, KCB, KCMG, ADC GOC – 2nd Canadian Division Major-General Malcolm Smith MERCER, CB (KIA) GOC – 3rd Canadian Division Major-General Sir Frederick Oscar Warren LOOMIS, KCB, CMG, DSO and Bar, VD GOC – 3rd Canadian Division Major-General Sir David WATSON, KCB, CMG GOC – 4th Canadian Division Major-General Garnet Burk HUGHES, CB, CMG, DSO GOC – 5th Canadian Division Brigadier-General William St. Pierre HUGHES, DSO, VD CDR - 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade Major-General William Antrobus GRIESBACH, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar GOC – 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade Major-General George Eric McCUAIG, CMG, DSO and Bar GOC – 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General John Fletcher Leopold EMBURY, CB, CMG, VD, KC GOC – 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Robert Percy CLARK, CMG, DSO, MC GOC – 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Robert Gilmour Edwards LECKIE, CMG GOC – 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Robert R. RENNIE, CB, CMG, DSO, MVO GOC – 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General John Munro ROSS, CMG, DSO and Bar GOC – 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade Major-General James George ROSS, CMG, VD Paymaster General Major-General The Honourable Archibald Hayes MACDONELL, CMG, DSO GOC – 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade Major-General Thomas Louis TREMBLAY, CB, CMG, DSO, ED GOC – 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Huntley Douglas Brodie KETCHEN, CB, CMG GOC – 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Arthur Henry BELL, CMG, DSO GOC – 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Alexander ROSS, OC CMG, DSO, KC GOC – 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Hugh Marshall DYER, CB, CMG, DSO and Bar GOC – 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General George Stuart TUXFORD, CB, CMG, DSO and Bar, ED GOC – 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General John Arthur CLARK, CMG, DSO GOC – 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Major-General Victor Wentworth ODLUM, CB, CMG, DSO and Bar, VD, LLD GOC – 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Victor Arthur Seymour WILLIAMS, CMG GOC – 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General James Harold ELMSLEY, CB, CMG, DSO GOC – 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Dennis Colburne DRAPER, CMG, DSO and Bar GOC – 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Frederick William HILL, CB, CMG, DSO GOC – 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Daniel Mowat ORMOND, CMG, DSO and Bar GOC – 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Edward HILLIAM, CMG, DSO GOC – 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Ross John Finnis HAYTER, CMG, DSO GOC – 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General James KIRKCALDY, CMG, DSO GOC – 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General John Grant RATTRAY, CMG, DSO GOC – Training Brigade CEF Major-General Herbert Cyril THACKER, CB, CMG, DSO CRA - 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery Major-General Henri Alexandre PANET, CB, CMG, DSO CRA - 2nd Canadian Divisional Artillery Brigadier-General James Henry MITCHELL, DSO CRA – 3rd Canadian Divisional Artillery Brigadier-General John Smith STEWART, DSO CRA – 3rd Canadian Divisional Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Gurney CARSCALLEN, DSO CRA – 3rd Canadian Divisional Artillery Brigadier-General William Birchall Macaulay KING, CMG, DSO CRA – 4th Canadian Divisional Artillery Brigadier-General Charles Henry MacLAREN, DSO CRA – 4th Canadian Divisional Artillery Brigadier-General George Harrah RALSTON, DSO CRA – 5th Divisional Artillery Brigadier-General William Okell Holden DODDS, CMG, DSO, VD CRA – 5th Canadian Division Brigadier-General Raymond BRUTINEL, CB, CMG, DSO GOC – Canadian Machine Gun Corps Brigadier-General Robert Walter PATERSON, CMG, DSO GOC – Canadian Cavalry Brigade Major-General William Bethune LINDSAY, CB, CMG, DSO Chief Engineer - Canadian Corps Brigadier-General Charles Johnston ARMSTRONG, CB, CMG, VD Chief Engineer - Canadian Corps Major-General Alexander Lorne McDOUGALL, CB GOC - Canadian Forestry Corps Major-General Henry SMITH Judge Advocate General Colonel Oliver Mowat BIGGAR Judge Advocate General Major-General William Egerton HODGINS, CMG Adjutant-General Major-General Percival Edward THACKER, CB, CMG Adjutant-General Major-General James Charles MACDOUGALL Assistant Adjutant-General Major-General Guy Carleton JONES, CMG Director-General of Medical Services Major-General Gilbert Lafayette FOSTER, CB, MD, FRS, LLD Director-General of Medical Services Brigadier-General Henry Stanley BIRKETT, CB Assistant Director-General Medical Services Colonel Frederick Gault FINLEY, CB OIC – No., 1 Canadian General Hospital Brigadier-General Charles Hamilton MITCHELL, CB, CMG, DSO Senior Intelligence Officer War Office London Major-General Donald Macdonald HOGARTH, CMG, DSO Quartermaster-General Major-General Sir Donald Alexander MACDONALD, Kt, CMG, ISO Quartermaster-General Major-General James Lyons BIGGAR, CMG Quartermaster-General Major-General The Honourable Alexander Duncan McRAE, CB Director of Supplies and Services Major-General William Alexander LOGIE, CB GOC – Military District #6 Major-General Thomas BENSON GOC – Military District #9 2 CANADIAN MINISTER of MILITIA and DEFENCE WW1 Lieutenant-General The Honourable Sir Sam HUGHES, PC, KCB, VD Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence Major-General The Honourable Sydney Chilton MEWBURN, PC, CMG, KC Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence Major-General Sir John Wallace CARSON, Kt, CB Special Representative Minister of Militia in Britain Major-General The Honourable Sir Marie-Joseph-Eugène FISET KT CMG DSO KStJ ED Deputy-Minister of Defence GENERAL OFFICERS who were FOUNDERS of REGIMENTS Brigadier-General Andrew Hamilton GAULT, DSO, OBE, ED Founder Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Major General Sir Henry Mill PELLATT, Kt, CVO, DCL, VD Founder CANADIAN GENERAL OFFICERS BETWEEN THE WARS Lieutenant-General Ernest Charles ASHTON, CB, CMG, VD, MD Adjutant-General – Canadian Army WWI Major-General Sir James Howden MacBRIEN, KCB, CMG, DSO and Bar, CStJ Chief of the General Staff Major-General William Henry Pferinger ELKINS, CB, CBE, DSO and Bar Master General of Ordnance Major-General William Waring Primrose GIBSONE, CMG, DSO, OBE DOC – Military District #4 (Montreal) CANADIAN GENERAL OFFICERS WWII WHO SERVED IN WWI General George Latta McNAUGHTON, CH, CB, CMG, DSO GOC – Heavy Artillery (BGen WWI) Major-General Charles Sumner Lund HERTZBERG, CB, MC, VD Major-General WWII Major-General Halfdan Fenton Harboe HERTZBERG, CB, CMG, MC, VD Engineer Brigade Commander – Cdn Engineers Major-General Edouard de Bellefeuille PANET, CMG, DSO, ED Director of Internment Brigadier-General Reginald John ORDE, CBE, CD, KC Judge Advocate General CANADIAN GENERAL OFFICERS PRIOR TO WWI General Sir William Dillon OTTER, KCB, CVO, VD Director of Internment of Enemy Nationals WWI Major-General François-Louis LESSARD, CB Adjutant-General Major-General Charles William DRURY, CB Commander Canadian Artillery Major-General James F. WILSON Commandant Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery BRITISH OFFICERS SERVING in the CANADIAN ARMY Field Marshal, The Honourable Lord Byng, GCB, GCMG Commander – Canadian Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey ALDERSON, KCB Commander – Canadian Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Garnons GWATKIN, KCMG, CB Chief of General Staff Canadian Militia Major-General, The Right Honourable John Edward Bernard SEELY PC CB CMG DSO Commander – Canadian Cavalry Brigade Major-General Harry MacIntire ELLIOT, CB, CMG Master General of Ordnance Major-General Louis James LIPSETT, CB, CMG General Officer Commanding – 3rd Canadian Division Brigadier-General Arthur Cecil CURRIE, CB, CMG GOC – Heavy Artillery Brigadier-General George Jasper FARMAR, CB, CMG Deputy Adjutant – Canadian Corps Brigadier-General Roger Henry MASSIE, CB, CMG GOC – Heavy Artillery Brigadier-General Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Lord BROOKE, CMG, MVO GOC – 4th and 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade Brigadier-General Raymond Theodore PELLY, CB, CMG, DSO* CO – Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry CANADIANS SERVING in the BRITISH ARMY who were GENERAL OFFICERS General Sir William Charles Giffard HENEKER, KCB, KCMG, DSO GOC – 8th British Infantry Division General Sir George Macaulay KIRKPATRICK, KCB, KCSI, CB Chief of the General Staff in India WWI Lieutenant-General Sir George Norton CORY, KBE, CB, DSO Headquarters British Army Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Macpherson DOBELL, KCB, CMG, DSO Egyptian Expeditionary Force Sinai and Palestine Major-General Robert Kellock SCOTT, CB, CMG, DSO Royal Ordnance Corps Major-General Sir Philip Geoffrey TWINING, KCMG, CB, MVO Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General Major-General Sir Casimir Cartwright van STRAUBENZEE, KBE, CB, CMG Inspector General – Royal Artillery Major-General Herbert Colborne NANTON, CB, CIE Royal Engineers Major-General William Henry NICKERSON, VC, CB, CMG, MB, KHS Royal Army Medical Corps Brigadier-General Alphonse Eugène PANET, CB, CMG, DSO Royal Engineers Major-General George Napier JOHNSTON,
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