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The Vimy Foundation is a charity focused on raising awareness of the role Canada played in World War I and the implications of 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 support from Sir Nicholas Bonsor. Its office is located in Toronto, Canada.[1]

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Vimy Foundation

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The Vimy Foundation is a charity focused on raising awareness of the role Canada played in World War I and the implications of Canada's success in the...

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Canadian National Vimy Memorial

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The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the...

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Battle of Vimy Ridge

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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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Helen Vari

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Vari Gate is officially inaugurated at The Vimy Foundation Centennial Park in Vimy, France". The Vimy Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2023. "Canada Gazette...

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Special Air Service

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April 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2021. "Team & Board | About | The Vimy Foundation". vimyfoundation.ca. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022...

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Second Battle of Mons

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"The Capture of Mons and the Armistice | Canada's FWW Battles |The Vimy Foundation". vimyfoundation.ca. "Battle of Mons". www.thecanadianencyclopedia...

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Invictus Games

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was the CEO for the 2017 Games, and the official mascot for the Games was Vimy, a Labrador. All 15 countries from the 2016 Games were invited back, with...

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Curley Christian

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Christian Archived 10 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine". #100DaysofVimy, The Vimy Foundation, 20 March 2017. "Ethelbert 'Curley' Christian". Veterans Affairs...

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Rick Hillier

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Staff" (PDF). "Honorary Chair: General (Ret'd) Rick Hillier". The Vimy Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2021. "Chancellors". Memorial University of...

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2018 Memorial Cup

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Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 30, 2019. "#100DaysofVimy – March 6th, 2017". Vimy Foundation. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved...

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Special address by the British monarch

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www.vimyfoundation.ca. Vimy Foundation. 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021. Philip, P. J. (26 July 1936). "6,000 Canadians at Vimy Today; Edward VIII Sails...

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Mulga Rock

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Ambassador and Princess. The project is owned by the ASX-listed company, Vimy Resources. Test pits were dug at the site in 2016 and the mine received approval...

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Arras

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Canadian National Vimy Memorial built in 1936 on Hill 145, the highest point of the Vimy Ridge escarpment. It is dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge assault...

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German attack on Vimy Ridge

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The German attack on Vimy Ridge (Unternehmen Schleswig-Holstein/Operation Schleswig-Holstein) was a local attack on the Western Front on 21 May 1916, during...

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HMS Stephen Furness

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Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 22 December 2022. "HMS Stephen Furness". The Vimy Foundation. Retrieved 22 December 2022. Annual Register. 1918. p. 23....

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Canada

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of the Canadian Corps, which played a substantial role in the Battle of Vimy Ridge and other major engagements of the war. Out of approximately 625,000...

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Never Forgotten National Memorial

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line with Vimy Ridge". The project was approved by the Conservative Government of Canada, which donated $100,000 to the memorial foundation. Following...

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Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers

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The 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...

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Arthur Currie

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major-general and commander of the 1st Canadian Division. Following the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Canadian Corps commander Julian Byng was promoted to general and Currie...

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Jean Ivan Gouin

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firms in Canada. Gouin was born to a Catholic family on February 15, 1916 in Vimy, Alberta, one of seven children of Rudolph and Rose Alma Gouin. In 1938,...

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April

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Recognition Day (United States) Remembrance for Haakon Sigurdsson (The Troth) Vimy Ridge Day (Canada) April 10 Day of the Builder (Azerbaijan) Feast of the...

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