"* Battle of Witpoort \nFirst World War"@en . . "* Neuve Chapelle"@en . "* Second Ypres"@en . . "Lowestoft, England"@en . . . . . . "Sir Edwin Alderson, 1915"@en . "New Creation"@en . . "1878"^^ . . . . "Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, KCB (8 April 1859 \u2013 14 December 1927) was a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During the First World War he was placed in command of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the first half of the war but made enemies amongst the Canadian political and military elite and suffered disastrous casualties during operations in 1915/16 which forced his sidelining and eventual retirement from service. Despite the opposition he faced, Alderson transformed the ill-trained and poorly prepared Canadian recruits into tough, veteran soldiers and laid the foundations for later victories at Vimy Ridge and in other operations. An accomplished sportsman, Alderson wrote several books and was a keen proponent of hunting and yachting, pastimes he believed to be at risk from developments in motor sports."@en . . "Edwin Alderson"@en . . . . . . . "Commander of the Canadian Corps"@en . "Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, KCB (8 April 1859 \u2013 14 December 1927) was a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During the First World War he was placed in command of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the first half of the war but made enemies amongst the Canadian political and military elite and suffered disastrous casualties during operations in 1915/16 which forced his sidelining and eventual retirement from service."@en . . "- Commander of the French Legion of Honour"@en . . "1927-12-14"^^ . . "1859-04-08"^^ . . "165"^^ . . . "1915"^^ . . . . . "*Second Givenchy"@en . "Capel St Mary, England"@en . . . . . . "Royal West Kent Regiment, General Staff"@en . . . "1"^^ . "Sir Edwin Alderson"@en . "*Festubert"@en . . . .