General Crerar, chief of the 1st Canadian Army in France in 1944.
General Henry Duncan Graham "Harry" Crerar, (April 28, 1888 – April 1, 1965) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army and became the country's "leading field commander" in the Second World War, where he commanded the First Canadian Army.

Commander of the 1st Canadian Army

By the afternoon of June 6th, Canadians had cleared the area around the beach and pushed the Germans inland. Beneath the concrete machine gun and artillery bunker defences lining the shore, wounded Canadian soldiers awaiting transfer to a Casualty Clearing Station of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) on D-Day, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Juno Beach area, 6 June 1944.
Photo Credit: Library and Archives Canada 

Awaiting evacuation

Bren Carriers belonging to the Royal 22nd Canadian Regiment, pausing in the Dutch city of Delft. On the left is a helmeted motorcycle dispatch rider, in the background, the Royal Porcelain Factory of Delft; May 1945.

