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    The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were...
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    during the initial Battle of Vimy Ridge offensive of the Battle of Arras. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first time all four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary...
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    Vimy Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place during...
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    The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First...
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    Located 3.8 kilometers (2.4 mi) east of Vimy is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian soldiers who were...
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    Canadian Corps of the First Army in the north fought the Battle of Vimy Ridge, capturing the ridge. The Third Army in the centre advanced astride the Scarpe...
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    Canadian Corps (category Corps of the British Army)
    25 Battle of Thiepval Ridge: September 26–28 Battle of Le Transloy: October 1–18 Battle of the Ancre Heights: October 1 – November 11 Battle of Vimy Ridge:...
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    William Johnstone Milne (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    9 April 1917 near Thelus, France, during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, where his actions led to the award of the Victoria Cross. His citation reads: For most...
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  • Canada's success in the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. The Vimy Foundation was founded in 1996 by John Andrew Powell (son of Ray Edwin Powell), with...
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    success in battle from the Second Battle of Ypres, through the Somme and particularly in the Battle of Arras at Vimy Ridge in April 1917, and Passchendaele...
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    John George Pattison (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    France while his son stayed in England. One of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, (the others were Thain Wendell MacDowell...
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    87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), CEF (category Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force)
    of the Black Canadian Soldiers who fought as part of Infantry Battalions during The Battle of Vimy Ridge. The 87th Battalion contained over 2.6% of CEF...
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    25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF (category Military units and formations of Nova Scotia)
    October were 6,530. Battle of Arras (1917), 18, The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, which took...
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    Expeditionary Force in France, in the Battle of Gallipoli, as commander of the Canadian Corps at Vimy Ridge, and as commander of the British Third Army—Byng was...
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    British gallery network beneath Vimy Ridge grew to a length of 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). Before the Battle of Vimy Ridge (9–12 April 1917), the British tunnelling...
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    commander. The highpoints of Canadian military achievement during the Great War came during the Somme, Vimy, and Passchendaele battles and what later became...
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    where the Battle of Vimy Ridge took place. A tomb with an unidentified soldier was added to the National War Memorial in 2000, the culmination of a project...
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  • part of the Columbia Mountains. Vimy Ridge is named to commemorate the Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I. List of mountain ranges "Vimy Ridge". Canadian...
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    Givenchy-en-Gohelle (category Communes of Pas-de-Calais)
    Allied forces during the battles of Arras and was severely damaged, particularly during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. For much of the First World War,...
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  • of Vimy Ridge. The Canadian Corps, commanded by Sir Julian Byng, was ordered to seize Vimy Ridge in April 1917. In the week leading up to the battle,...
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    4th Canadian Division (category Divisions of Canada in World War I)
    Division was a part of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which attacked and defeated the Germans, driving them from the ridge. As a result, the...
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    Souchez (category Communes of Pas-de-Calais)
    region of France. It is located 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) northwest of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the...
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    Flags and Badges of Canada. The Red Ensign carried by the 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Western Cavalry) at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 survives...
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  • 50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF (category Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force)
    was awarded the medal for his actions on 10 April 1917 during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. He was subsequently killed in action at Lens, France, on 3 June...
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    After the Third Battle of Artois (25 September – 4 November 1915) the French Tenth Army had held positions on the western slope of Vimy Ridge and the German...
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    South. The bridge was the 2015 winner of the Gustav Lindenthal Medal. It is named after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, as suggested by two Royal Canadian Legions...
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    Alberta that was dedicated on April 9, 2011, the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The monument is dedicated to Calgary area soldiers who have...
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    Ellis Wellwood Sifton (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    when he enlisted in October 1914. One of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross in the Battle of Vimy Ridge (the others were Thain Wendell MacDowell...
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    May 2016. Anthony Wilson-Smith. "Vimy Ridge and the Birth of a Nation". The Canadian Encyclopedia. "Battle of Vimy Ridge marked Canada's birth as a nation:...
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  • of the Vimy Award since 1991. The Award honours the bravery and sacrifices of the Canadian soldiers who were victorious at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in...
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