Category: Battle of Vimy Ridge

Categories: Nivelle Offensive | World War I Conflicts

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in the First Army, against three divisions of the German 6th Army. The battle, which took place from 9 to 12 April 1917, was part of the opening phase of the Battle of Arras (1917), the first attack of the Nivelle Offensive, intended to attract German reserves from the French front.

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3rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I (0, 4, 0)
4th Canadian Division, Canadian Army, World War I (1, 1, 1)

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Person Profiles (144)

A

22 Sep 1888 Kilmacolm, Scotland - 10 Apr 1917 photo
abt 13 Mar 1891 Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 01 Oct 1917
01 Sep 1890 61, Leonard Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland - 15 Apr 1918 photo
27 Oct 1889 Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
04 Jul 1881 Fitzroy, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 09 Nov 1972
20 Jul 1889 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
07 Mar 1897 Houghton Centre, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada - 20 Sep 1972 photo
07 Apr 1891 Edge Hill, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Oct 1916 photo
13 Jan 1893 Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - 14 Apr 1917 photo

B

11 Jan 1897 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
20 Dec 1897 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 03 Sep 1984
21 Nov 1897 Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
18 Mar 1897 Upper Dyke Village, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada - 12 May 1917
18 Mar 1898 Little River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada - 1917 photo
25 Dec 1892 Springfield, Ontario, Canada - 18 Apr 1945 photo
18 Jun 1876 Salford, Lancashire, England - 12 May 1941 photo
Sep 1880 Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England - 09 Apr 1917
31 Jan 1894 Caledonia, Prescott, Upper Canada - 09 Apr 1917
24 Jul 1891 Cross Creek, York County, New Brunswick, Canada - 07 Apr 1917
08 Feb 1884 Poplar Point, Portage la Prairie Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada - 26 Sep 1916
17 Jun 1897 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 13 Sep 1985 photo
11 Sep 1862 Wrotham Park, Middlesex, England - 06 Jun 1935 photo

C

13 Feb 1896 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 09 Apr 1917
11 Aug 1895 Hackney London - 07 Jul 1965 photo
23 Aug 1898 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 13 Jun 1960 photo
25 Mar 1897 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada - 11 Apr 1917
12 Feb 1896 Calgary, Alberta, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
02 May 1895 Elgin County, Ontario, Canada - 29 Sep 1971
04 Dec 1894 Oakville, ON, Canada - 30 Nov 1917 photo
08 Mar 1890 Riverdale, Digby, Nova Scotia - 09 Jun 1917
22 Jan 1896 Dawn Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada - 02 May 1917
04 Mar 1892 Ryde Township, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
10 Apr 1894 Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Apr 1917

D

01 Apr 1890 East Maitland, New South Wales. - 05 Apr 1967
24 Nov 1898 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 21 May 1976 photo
15 Mar 1876 Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada - 21 Aug 1917
12 Nov 1869 Welland, Wentforth, Ontario, Canada - 08 May 1917 photo
19 Jul 1895 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 05 Apr 1917 photo
24 Jan 1892 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 11 Apr 1917 photo
28 May 1896 Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba, Canada - abt 03 May 1917 photo
21 Oct 1897 Waubaushene, Severn, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917

E

11 May 1897 Sheffield Mills, Kings Co., Nova Scotia - 28 Sep 1916
26 Jun 1897 Grand Falls, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
12 Jan 1897 Langley Prairie 6, British Columbia, Canada - 01 Mar 1917

F

28 Jun 1894 Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada - 23 Jul 1917
06 Jun 1896 Skidegate, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, British Columbia, Canada - 13 Apr 1917
30 Dec 1896 Flos Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917

G

18 Dec 1894 Isaacs Harbour, Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
05 Sep 1893 South Fredericksburg, Ontario - 16 Nov 1974 photo

G cont.

21 Oct 1886 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - 17 Apr 1917 photo
23 Feb 1898 Rapid City, Manitoba, Canada - 03 Jun 1917
08 Oct 1882 Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - 24 Sep 1918
03 Feb 1872 Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana, United States - 19 Jan 1923 photo
12 May 1895 York, New Brunswick, Canada - 03 May 1917 photo
09 Feb 1888 New Brunswick, Canada - 29 Sep 1918
06 Nov 1888 Burnside, Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
16 Jul 1888 Burnside, Upper Stewiacke, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 02 Oct 1964 photo
21 Mar 1889 Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada - 14 Oct 1948 photo
06 Aug 1888 Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada - 12 Apr 1917
abt 03 Jan 1878 Fort Qu'Appelle, North-West Territories, Canada - 21 Jan 1945 photo
13 Jul 1883 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 09 Apr 1917
22 Nov 1881 Rosebridge, Quebec, Canada - 09 Jun 1917
27 Sep 1887 Toronto, Ontario, Canada photo

H

02 Nov 1895 Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada - 14 Dec 1973 photo
29 May 1890 Sable River, Nova Scotia, Canada - 08 Jun 1978
26 Jan 1883 New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada - 18 Nov 1916
29 Sep 1889 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 17 Aug 1918
23 Jun 1878 Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Mar 1917
14 Oct 1898 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 04 Jan 1950 photo
12 Jan 1891 Dalhousie, Lanark, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
03 Jun 1890 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada - 25 Jul 1917

I

06 May 1880 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 23 Sep 1959 photo
02 Nov 1896 Edmonton, Middlesex, England - 04 Aug 1960 photo

J

28 Jun 1895 Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
11 May 1893 Sweden - 11 Dec 1937
09 Mar 1874 Leicestershire, England - 15 Jun 1915
30 Mar 1858 Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia - 23 Nov 1950 photo

K

14 Jul 1896 Ballintra, County Donegal, Ireland
abt 28 Aug 1892 County Donegal, Ireland - 21 Sep 1977
12 Apr 1896 Mildmay, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
02 Jun 1887 Maidstone, Kent, England - 27 Jun 1943
09 Sep 1894 Seaforth, Huron East, Huron, Ontario, Canada - 06 Apr 1917

L

16 Dec 1895 Austin, Travis, Texas, United States - 26 Apr 1917
03 Feb 1897 Alton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Apr 1917
23 Nov 1883 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
26 Dec 1895 Moose Brook, East Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
abt 1894 China - 15 Feb 1970

M

16 Feb 1897 Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada - 23 Jun 1976
27 Oct 1893 Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada - 07 Sep 1960
22 Sep 1895 Barrie, Ontario, Canada - 1972
19 Nov 1881 Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada - 02 Jul 1943 photo
10 Jul 1896 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
06 Jul 1891 Ansonia, Huron Shores, Algoma, Ontario, Canada - 27 Sep 1979 photo
14 Jun 1898 Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
31 Oct 1887 York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 10 Dec 1945 photo
14 Aug 1878 Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada - 22 Nov 1917
25 Feb 1887 Moosomin, Northwest Territories - 11 Jul 1966 photo

M cont.

26 Sep 1885 Wexford, Ireland - 09 Apr 1917
01 Nov 1896 St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada - 19 Jul 1983 photo
27 Jun 1890 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 20 Mar 1976
07 Oct 1887 Kokura, Kitakyūshūshi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan - 22 Apr 1987
14 Aug 1880 Cacouna, Quebec, Canada - 05 Jul 1917 photo
19 Nov 1892 Town of Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada - 21 Sep 1977 photo
08 Nov 1886 Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South Africa - 1964 photo

N

19 Jun 1885 Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Oct 1967 photo

O

10 Jun 1889 Killin, Perthshire, Scotland - 29 Apr 1917
10 Aug 1897 Eldon, Victoria, Ontario, Canada - 10 Aug 1918
06 May 1888 Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States - 06 Sep 1986 photo

P

1888 Hespeler, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - 31 Mar 1977
13 Aug 1882 Kingston, Ontario, Canada - 27 May 1941
08 Sep 1875 Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom - 03 Jun 1917 photo
Oct 1897 Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England - 02 Mar 1930
16 Mar 1891 Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 18 Mar 1973
05 Aug 1898 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 09 Apr 1917 photo
13 Jul 1897 London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Apr 1917

R

20 Sep 1897 Websterville, Vermont, USA - abt 1965 photo
03 Jul 1888 Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland - 21 Oct 1945
13 Jun 1886 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 26 Sep 1918
16 Jul 1884 Grey, , Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917

S

28 May 1899 St. Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada - 22 Dec 2001 photo
15 Nov 1895 York, Ontario, Canada - 18 Jun 1979 photo
26 Sep 1895 North Gwillimbury Twp, York, ON - 09 May 1917 photo
16 Aug 1897 Keswick, Georgina, York, Ontario, Canada - 09 May 1917
30 Sep 1876 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
24 Apr 1895 Garrison, County Fermanagh, Ireland - 03 Oct 1984
12 Oct 1891 Wallacetown, Elgin, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
- 09 Apr 1917
02 May 1898 West Waterville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada - 26 Aug 1963
19 Jul 1896 Temperance Vale, Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 15 Aug 1917
26 Aug 1897 Lincoln, Niagara, Ontario, Canada - 21 Apr 1917 photo
08 Dec 1893 Keighley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 1966
03 May 1891 West New Annan, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada - 09 Apr 1917

T

25 Jan 1895 Milverton, Ontario, Canada - 01 Jul 1917 photo
09 Nov 1894 Mount Pleasant, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada - 09 Apr 1917

W

22 Sep 1890 Woodbridge, York, Ontario, Canada photo
17 Oct 1895 Rockport, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
17 Aug 1890 Rockport, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada - 27 Apr 1958 photo
08 May 1884 Fort Saskatchewan, North-West Territories, Canada - 18 Aug 1918 photo
26 Mar 1887 Verulam, Victoria, Ontario, Canada - 19 Apr 1917
21 Sep 1878 Draycot Foliat, Wiltshire, England - 13 Apr 1917 photo
03 Feb 1898 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - abt 09 Apr 1917 photo
23 Mar 1895 Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
09 Mar 1878 Stockwell Court, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, England - 04 May 1918 photo

Y

15 Feb 1890 Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 10 Apr 1917 photo




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