Battle of Vimy Ridge and Sir Arthur William Currie (1875-1933)

Veterans Affairs Canada Remembrance Moment: 

The Battle of Vimy Ridge 100th Anniversary

Parks Canada

Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Battle of Vimy Ridge began at 5:30 a.m. on Easter Monday, April 9th, 1917. The first wave of 15,000-20,000 Canadian soldiers, many heavily laden with equipment, attacked through the wind-driven snow and sleet into the face of deadly machine gun fire.

Matthew Halton High School students on extended field trip to Vimy and other world wars sites in Europe

Chris Davis - 36 Matthew Halton High School students from grades 10-12 embarked on what promises to be a most memorable field trip on Friday April 7. They are on a 14-day educational adventure that will begin in Vimy, France before continuing on to other European sites relevant to Canada's contributions to both world wars, including tours of the Anne Frank House and the Auschwitz concentration/extermination camp. On Sunday April 9 they will join an estimated crowd of 25,000 people at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France for an event commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. More than 12,000 Canadian students will be in attendance.

Parks Canada, CAF, BATUS, RCMP and ACC commemorates Battle of Vimy Ridge in Waterton Lakes National Park

John Stoesser, Parks Canada - This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. A small team of participants from Parks Canada, Canadian Armed Forces (Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry), British Army Training Unit Suffield, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Alpine Club of Canada embarked on a memorial hike up Vimy Ridge in Waterton Lakes National Park on April 6, 2017 to commemorate this historic battle.