1914 Belgium and France No Man's Land Vimy Ridge Belgium 1917 Sir Douglas Haig Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie The Germans Britain, Australia, New Zealand October 26, 1917 The mud The 'City of Winnipeg' 27th Battalion Approximately 12,000 Approximately 4,000 The Victoria Cross Nine The Canadian Victoria Cross recipients were: Tommy Holmes, Christopher O'Kelly, George Mullin, George Pearkes, Colin Barron, James Peter Robertson, Cecil Kinross, Hugh McKenzie and Robert Shankland 1918 more than 650,000