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Denis Whitaker, the Glossary

Brigadier William Denis Whitaker, (February 27, 1915 – May 30, 2001) was a Canadian athlete, soldier, businessman, and author.^[1]

38 relations: Bank of Montreal, Battle of the Scheldt, Brigadier, Calgary, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Army, Canadian Efficiency Decoration, Canadian football, Canadians, Captain (Canadian army and air force), Carling O'Keefe, Dieppe Raid, Distinguished Service Order, Equestrianism, Hamilton Tigers (football), Ice hockey, Kingston, Ontario, Legion of Honour, Lieutenant colonel, Officer (armed forces), Olympic Games, Ontario Rugby Football Union, Operation Veritable, Order of Canada, Order of the Crown (Belgium), Pan American Games, Quarterback, Rhineland, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment), Royal Military College of Canada, Scheldt, Second lieutenant, Squash (sport), Toronto, University of Toronto Schools, Western Front (World War II), Woensdrecht, World War II.
Canadian military historians
Canadian military personnel from Alberta
Hamilton Tigers football players
Masters of foxhounds in Canada
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) officers

Bank of Montreal

The Bank of Montreal (Banque de Montréal), abbreviated as BMO (pronounced), is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company.

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The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the Scheldt river between Antwerp and the North Sea for shipping, so that Antwerp's port could be used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe.

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Brigadier

Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country.

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Calgary

Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (Panthéon des sports canadiens; sometimes referred to as the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame) is a Canadian sports hall of fame and museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Canadian Efficiency Decoration

The Canadian Efficiency Decoration (ED) was a Canadian military award given to officers of the Non-Permanent Active Militia, RCAF Auxiliary and Reserve who completed twenty years of meritorious military service.

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Canadian football, or simply football (in Canada), is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Captain (Canadian army and air force)

Captain is a rank in the Canadian Armed Forces for officers who wear the army, air force, or special operations uniform.

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Carling O'Keefe

Carling O'Keefe was a brewing company in Canada that is now part of Molson Coors.

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Dieppe Raid

Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting.

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The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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Kingston, Ontario

Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern end of Lake Ontario.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) was an early amateur Canadian football league comprising teams in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Operation Veritable

Operation Veritable (also known as the Battle of the Reichswald) was the northern part of an Allied pincer movement that took place between 8 February and 11 March 1945 during the final stages of the Second World War.

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Order of Canada

The Order of Canada (Ordre du Canada) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.

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Order of the Crown (Belgium)

The Order of the Crown (Ordre de la Couronne, Kroonorde) is a national order of the Kingdom of Belgium.

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Pan American Games

The Pan American Games (known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions.

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Quarterback

The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football.

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Rhineland

The Rhineland (Rheinland; Rhénanie; Rijnland; Rhingland; Latinised name: Rhenania) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section.

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Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) (RHLI) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army, based at John Weir Foote VC Armoury in Hamilton, Ontario.

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Royal Military College of Canada

The Royal Military College of Canada (French), abbreviated in English as RMC and in French as CMR, is a military academy and, since 1959, a degree-granting university of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Scheldt

The Scheldt (Escaut; Schelde) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.

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Squash (sport)

Squash, sometimes called squash rackets, is a racket-and-ball sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow, rubber ball.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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University of Toronto Schools

University of Toronto Schools (UTS) is an independent secondary day school affiliated with the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Western Front (World War II)

The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The Italian front is considered a separate but related theatre. The Western Front's 1944–1945 phase was officially deemed the European Theater by the United States, whereas Italy fell under the Mediterranean Theater along with the North African campaign.

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Woensdrecht

Woensdrecht is a municipality (named after the village) in the southern Netherlands.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Whitaker

Also known as Brig. Gen. Denis Whitaker.

Denis Whitaker, the Glossary

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See also

Canadian military historians

Canadian military personnel from Alberta

Hamilton Tigers football players

Masters of foxhounds in Canada

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) officers

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