Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie:
Born December 5, 1875 in Napperton Ontario. Was the first Canadian EVER to command a Canadian Army Corps in Battle (1st Canadian Corps 1916-1918). He strongly advocated that Canadian troops should fight together instead of being broken up and spread throughout the British Army. He fought from 1915 until 1916 to achieve this goal and in the end was successful. Currie was the mastermind behind the planning and execution of the Canadian Asasult on Vimy Ridge, Canada's most famous and defining Battle in which the 1st Canadian Corps fought together for the first time and won an astounding victory. Currie's philosophy was that Canada was it's own Nation, no longer a jewel in the crown of England, but a fledgling Nation that should be accorded the rights as such. He felt that the basis for this indepedence was rooted in the military, a body that represented Canada. Canadian troops should fight together, under Canadian command, no Nation that wished to stand on it's own would have it otherwise.