A remarkable Canadian: General Arthur Currie

A Remarkable Canadian: GENERAL ARTHUR CURRIE

My very first question is, how did you come to be a Canadian General?
From as long as I remember I always pictured myself to be in a General’s outfit and have all these soldiers paying heed and accepting my command, however, this seemed like a distant and unrealistic dream to me at that time. At the beginning of the war I enlisted in the militia and this is which actually gave me the opportunity to work my way up the ranks to become a lieutenant colonel of the artillery.

In your opinion, what should the background of a Canadian General be?
“I am a good enough Canadian to believe, if my experience justifies me in believing, that Canadians are best served by Canadians." Without doubt it is my belief that no Englishman from Britain can be the commander for Canadian soldiers from Canada. An example is General Sir Douglas Haig, who had people from all of the British Empire under his command including Canada, but success was not a...