The First Canadian Army was a field army and a formation of the Canadian Army in World War II in which most Canadian elements serving in North-West Europe were assigned. It served on the Western Front
From left to right: General officers Christopher Vokes, Harry Crerar, Sir Bernard Montgomery, Brian Horrocks (both British Army), Guy Simonds, Daniel Spry and Bruce Mathews (February 1945)
Senior commanders of the First Canadian Army, May 1945. Seated from the left: Stanisław Maczek (Polish Army), Guy Simonds, Harry Crerar, Charles Foulkes, Bert Hoffmeister. Standing from the left: Ralph Keefler, Bruce Matthews, Harry Foster, Robert Moncel (standing in for Chris Vokes), Stuart Rawlins (British Army).
General Andrew George Latta McNaughton was a Canadian electrical engineer, scientist, army officer, cabinet minister, and diplomat.
First Canadian Army
…formations consisted of three infantry divisions, two armoured divisions and two independent armoured brigades. The first commander was Lieutenant-General A. G. L. "Andy" McNaughton, who was replaced in 1944 by General H. D. G. "Harry" Crerar. Both had been senior Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery officers in the Canadian Corps…
General Andrew McNaughton, 1943.
Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie with Prince Arthur of Connaught and other senior officers. McNaughton is in the back row, sixth from the left.
Major-General Andrew McNaughton and an officer of the British Royal Tank Regiment standing by a Light Tank Mk VI in France, 11 January 1940.
General Maurice Gamelin, Commander−in-Chief (C-in-C) of the French Army, reviews Canadian troops at Aldershot, May 1940. Stood behind him is Major-General Andrew McNaughton.