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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Major general#Canada|Major General]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Herbert Cyril Thacker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (16 September 1870 – 2 June 1953) was a Canadian soldier and [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]], the head of the [[Canadian Militia]] (later the [[Canadian Army]]) from 1927 until 1929.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Major general#Canada|Major General]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Herbert Cyril Thacker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (16 September 1870 – 2 June 1953) was a Canadian soldier and [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]], the head of the [[Canadian Militia]] (later the [[Canadian Army]]) from 1927 until 1929.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l25&quot;&gt;Line 25:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thacker was born the son of Major-General J. Thacker of the [[Bombay Staff Corps]] in 1870 in [[Pune|Poona]], [[British Raj|India]]. He attended [[Upper Canada College]] in [[Toronto]] and, in 1887, he graduated from the [[Royal Military College of Canada]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://archive.org/stream/prominentpeopleo00stjouoft/prominentpeopleo00stjouoft_djvu.txt (1922). &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Prominent People of the Maritime Provinces,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; p. 193.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Commissioned in the [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery|Royal Canadian Artillery]] in 1891, he conducted survey work in western Canada for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant]] in 1893.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thacker was born the son of Major-General J. Thacker of the [[Bombay Staff Corps]] in 1870 in [[Pune|Poona]], [[British Raj|India]]. He attended [[Upper Canada College]] in [[Toronto]] and, in 1887, he graduated from the [[Royal Military College of Canada]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://archive.org/stream/prominentpeopleo00stjouoft/prominentpeopleo00stjouoft_djvu.txt (1922). &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Prominent People of the Maritime Provinces,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; p. 193.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Commissioned in the [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery|Royal Canadian Artillery]] in 1891, he conducted survey work in western Canada for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant]] in 1893.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;His service in the [[Second Boer War]] of 1900 in the Canadian Field Artillery&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;ppmp193&quot;/&amp;gt; led to the award of the Queen&#039;s medal with three clasps.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;trident1&quot;&amp;gt;Pacey, Elizabeth. [http://www.tridentnews.ca/PDFArchives/Oct18_2004.pdf  &quot;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Commander’s &lt;/del&gt;residence at Royal Artillery park,&quot;] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124090710/http://www.tridentnews.ca/PDFArchives/Oct18_2004.pdf |date=2005-11-24 }} &#039;&#039;Trident.&#039;&#039;  38:20, 7. October &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;18, &lt;/del&gt;2004.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;His service in the [[Second Boer War]] of 1900 in the Canadian Field Artillery&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;ppmp193&quot;/&amp;gt; led to the award of the Queen&#039;s medal with three clasps.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;trident1&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Elizabeth Pacey|&lt;/ins&gt;Pacey, Elizabeth&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;. [http://www.tridentnews.ca/PDFArchives/Oct18_2004.pdf  &quot;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Commander&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;residence at Royal Artillery park,&quot;] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124090710/http://www.tridentnews.ca/PDFArchives/Oct18_2004.pdf |date=2005-11-24 }} &#039;&#039;Trident.&#039;&#039;  38:20, 7. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;18 &lt;/ins&gt;October 2004.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;From 1904 to 1905 he had the unique Canadian assignment as a military attaché with the Japanese Army during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;ppmp193&quot;/&amp;gt; but he was joined by other colonials.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hitsman, J. Mackay and Desmond Morton. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1983479  &quot;Canada&#039;s First Military Attache: Capt. H. C. Thacker in the Russo-Japanese War,&quot;] &#039;&#039;Military Affairs&#039;&#039;, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Oct., 1970), pp. 82–84; [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq014.pdf &quot;Report No. 14,&quot;], Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters, 8 September 1967; &#039;&#039;compare&#039;&#039; Australian Dictionary of Biography: [&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;http&lt;/del&gt;://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www.&lt;/del&gt;adb&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.online&lt;/del&gt;.anu.edu.au/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;biogs&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;A090318b.htm?hilite=John%3BHoad &lt;/del&gt;John Hoad at ADB]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Along with other Western military attachés, Thacker had two complementary missions – to assist the Japanese and to observe the Japanese forces in the field during the Russo-Japanese War.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chapman, John and [[Ian Nish]]. (2004). [http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/is/IS475.pdf &quot;On the Periphery of the Russo-Japanese War,&quot; Part I, p. 53 n42], Paper No. IS/2004/475. Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] (LSE).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;From 1904 to 1905 he had the unique Canadian assignment as a military attaché with the Japanese Army during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;ppmp193&quot;/&amp;gt; but he was joined by other colonials.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hitsman, J. Mackay and Desmond Morton. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1983479  &quot;Canada&#039;s First Military Attache: Capt. H. C. Thacker in the Russo-Japanese War,&quot;] &#039;&#039;Military Affairs&#039;&#039;, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Oct., 1970), pp. 82–84; [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq014.pdf &quot;Report No. 14,&quot;] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803024013/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq014.pdf |date=2016-08-03 }}&lt;/ins&gt;, Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters, 8 September 1967; &#039;&#039;compare&#039;&#039; Australian Dictionary of Biography: [&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https&lt;/ins&gt;://adb.anu.edu.au/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;biography&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;hoad-sir-john-charles-6686 &lt;/ins&gt;John Hoad at ADB]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Along with other Western military attachés, Thacker had two complementary missions – to assist the Japanese and to observe the Japanese forces in the field during the Russo-Japanese War.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chapman, John and [[Ian Nish]]. (2004). [http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/is/IS475.pdf &quot;On the Periphery of the Russo-Japanese War,&quot; Part I, p. 53 n42], Paper No. IS/2004/475. Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] (LSE).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Major-General A.C. MacDonell and staff officers, 1st Canadian Infantry Division.jpg|thumb|left|Major-General [[Archibald Cameron Macdonell|A. C. MacDonell]] and staff officers, 1st Canadian Division, sometime in 1918. (Front row, from left to right): Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. R. Parsons, Brigadier-General &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;H. C. Thacker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Major-General A. C. Macdonnell, Lieutenant-Colonel [[James Sutherland Brown|J. Sutherland Brown]], Colonel H. P. Wright. (Back row, from left to right): Lieutenant-Colonel [[Halfdan Hertzberg|H. F. H. Hertzberg]], Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel [[Frederick George Scott|F. G. Scott]], Lieutenant [[James Macdonnell (Canadian politician)|J. M. Macdonnell]].]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Major-General A.C. MacDonell and staff officers, 1st Canadian Infantry Division.jpg|thumb|left|Major-General [[Archibald Cameron Macdonell|A. C. MacDonell]] and staff officers, 1st Canadian Division, sometime in 1918. (Front row, from left to right): Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. R. Parsons, Brigadier-General &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;H. C. Thacker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Major-General A. C. Macdonnell, Lieutenant-Colonel [[James Sutherland Brown|J. Sutherland Brown]], Colonel H. P. Wright. (Back row, from left to right): Lieutenant-Colonel [[Halfdan Hertzberg|H. F. H. Hertzberg]], Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel [[Frederick George Scott|F. G. Scott]], Lieutenant [[James Macdonnell (Canadian politician)|J. M. Macdonnell]].]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l33&quot;&gt;Line 33:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 35:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1907, his appointment as Director of Artillery at Ottawa accompanied a promotion as [[Commanding Officer]] of the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery (RCGA),&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and he became one of the 65 to live in the Commanding Officers’ Residence at Royal Artillery Park in Halifax.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;trident1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; In 1911 he became Inspector of Coast Defense Artillery.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1907, his appointment as Director of Artillery at Ottawa accompanied a promotion as [[Commanding Officer]] of the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery (RCGA),&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and he became one of the 65 to live in the Commanding Officers’ Residence at Royal Artillery Park in Halifax.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;trident1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; In 1911 he became Inspector of Coast Defense Artillery.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;At the outbreak of [[World War I]], Thacker joined the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF), sailing for Europe with the [[1st Canadian Division]]. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/del&gt;Thacker went on to command the 2nd Canadian Divisional Artillery from 1914 to 1915. After General Sir [[Henry Edward Burstall|Henry E. Burstall]] was promoted, Thacker commanded the 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery from September 1915 through the end of World War and the CEF return to Canada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;At the outbreak of [[World War I]], Thacker joined the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF), sailing for Europe with the [[1st Canadian Division]]. Thacker went on to command the 2nd Canadian Divisional Artillery from 1914 to 1915. After General Sir [[Henry Edward Burstall|Henry E. Burstall]] was promoted, Thacker&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, promoted to temporary brigadier general in June 1915,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{London Gazette|issue=29305|page=9395|date=21 September 1915|supp=y}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;commanded the 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery from September 1915 through the end of World War and the CEF return to Canada.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{fact|date=July 2025}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the war, Thacker was appointed the District Officer Commanding Military District 6,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; returning with his family to live at Royal Artillery Park.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;trident1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;  His career was capped with service as [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]] from 1927 to 1929.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the war, Thacker was appointed the District Officer Commanding Military District 6,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; returning with his family to live at Royal Artillery Park.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;trident1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;  His career was capped with service as [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]] from 1927 to 1929.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thacker retired from military service in 1929.  He died in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], in June 1953.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thacker retired from military service in 1929.  He died in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], in June 1953.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{fact|date=July 2025}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Honors==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Honors==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l53&quot;&gt;Line 53:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 55:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Hitsman, J. Mackay and Desmond Morton. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1983479  &quot;Canada&#039;s First Military Attache: Capt. H. C. Thacker in the Russo-Japanese War,&quot;] &#039;&#039;Military Affairs&#039;&#039;, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Oct., 1970), pp.&amp;amp;nbsp;82–84; [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq014.pdf &quot;Report No. 14,&quot;], Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters, 8 September 1967.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Hitsman, J. Mackay and Desmond Morton. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1983479  &quot;Canada&#039;s First Military Attache: Capt. H. C. Thacker in the Russo-Japanese War,&quot;] &#039;&#039;Military Affairs&#039;&#039;, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Oct., 1970), pp.&amp;amp;nbsp;82–84; [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq014.pdf &quot;Report No. 14,&quot;] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803024013/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq014.pdf |date=2016-08-03 }}&lt;/ins&gt;, Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters, 8 September 1967.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Armstrong, Captain J.G., &amp;quot;A Gunner in Manchuria: Canada Observes the Russo-Japanese War,&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Canadian Defence Quarterly&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol. 12, No.4 (Spring 1983), 37–44.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Armstrong, Captain J.G., &amp;quot;A Gunner in Manchuria: Canada Observes the Russo-Japanese War,&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Canadian Defence Quarterly&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol. 12, No.4 (Spring 1983), 37–44.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| name          = Herbert Cyril Thacker&lt;br /&gt;
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| rank          = [[Major general#Canada|Major General]]&lt;br /&gt;
| branch        = [[Canadian Militia]]&lt;br /&gt;
| commands      = [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]]&lt;br /&gt;
| battles       = [[Second Boer War]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Russo-Japanese War]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[World War I]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| unit          = [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery|Royal Canadian Artillery]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| allegiance    = [[Canada]]&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1870|09|16|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1953|06|02|1870|09|16|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place   = [[Poona]], [[British Raj|British India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place   = [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada&lt;br /&gt;
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| serviceyears  = 1891–1929&lt;br /&gt;
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| awards        = [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Distinguished Service Order]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Order of the Sacred Treasure|Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Military Medals of Honor (Japan)|Japanese War medal]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Major general#Canada|Major General]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Herbert Cyril Thacker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (16 September 1870 – 2 June 1953) was a Canadian soldier and [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]], the head of the [[Canadian Militia]] (later the [[Canadian Army]]) from 1927 until 1929.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Military career==&lt;br /&gt;
Thacker was born the son of Major-General J. Thacker of the [[Bombay Staff Corps]] in 1870 in [[Pune|Poona]], [[British Raj|India]]. He attended [[Upper Canada College]] in [[Toronto]] and, in 1887, he graduated from the [[Royal Military College of Canada]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://archive.org/stream/prominentpeopleo00stjouoft/prominentpeopleo00stjouoft_djvu.txt (1922). &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Prominent People of the Maritime Provinces,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; p. 193.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Commissioned in the [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery|Royal Canadian Artillery]] in 1891, he conducted survey work in western Canada for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant]] in 1893.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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His service in the [[Second Boer War]] of 1900 in the Canadian Field Artillery&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; led to the award of the Queen&amp;#039;s medal with three clasps.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;trident1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Pacey, Elizabeth. [http://www.tridentnews.ca/PDFArchives/Oct18_2004.pdf  &amp;quot;Commander’s residence at Royal Artillery park,&amp;quot;] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124090710/http://www.tridentnews.ca/PDFArchives/Oct18_2004.pdf |date=2005-11-24 }} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Trident.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  38:20, 7. October 18, 2004.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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From 1904 to 1905 he had the unique Canadian assignment as a military attaché with the Japanese Army during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; but he was joined by other colonials.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hitsman, J. Mackay and Desmond Morton. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1983479  &amp;quot;Canada&amp;#039;s First Military Attache: Capt. H. C. Thacker in the Russo-Japanese War,&amp;quot;] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Military Affairs&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Oct., 1970), pp. 82–84; [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq014.pdf &amp;quot;Report No. 14,&amp;quot;], Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters, 8 September 1967; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;compare&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Australian Dictionary of Biography: [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090318b.htm?hilite=John%3BHoad John Hoad at ADB]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Along with other Western military attachés, Thacker had two complementary missions – to assist the Japanese and to observe the Japanese forces in the field during the Russo-Japanese War.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chapman, John and [[Ian Nish]]. (2004). [http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/is/IS475.pdf &amp;quot;On the Periphery of the Russo-Japanese War,&amp;quot; Part I, p. 53 n42], Paper No. IS/2004/475. Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] (LSE).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Major-General A.C. MacDonell and staff officers, 1st Canadian Infantry Division.jpg|thumb|left|Major-General [[Archibald Cameron Macdonell|A. C. MacDonell]] and staff officers, 1st Canadian Division, sometime in 1918. (Front row, from left to right): Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. R. Parsons, Brigadier-General &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;H. C. Thacker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Major-General A. C. Macdonnell, Lieutenant-Colonel [[James Sutherland Brown|J. Sutherland Brown]], Colonel H. P. Wright. (Back row, from left to right): Lieutenant-Colonel [[Halfdan Hertzberg|H. F. H. Hertzberg]], Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel [[Frederick George Scott|F. G. Scott]], Lieutenant [[James Macdonnell (Canadian politician)|J. M. Macdonnell]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1907, his appointment as Director of Artillery at Ottawa accompanied a promotion as [[Commanding Officer]] of the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery (RCGA),&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and he became one of the 65 to live in the Commanding Officers’ Residence at Royal Artillery Park in Halifax.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;trident1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; In 1911 he became Inspector of Coast Defense Artillery.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At the outbreak of [[World War I]], Thacker joined the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF), sailing for Europe with the [[1st Canadian Division]].   Thacker went on to command the 2nd Canadian Divisional Artillery from 1914 to 1915. After General Sir [[Henry Edward Burstall|Henry E. Burstall]] was promoted, Thacker commanded the 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery from September 1915 through the end of World War and the CEF return to Canada.&lt;br /&gt;
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After the war, Thacker was appointed the District Officer Commanding Military District 6,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; returning with his family to live at Royal Artillery Park.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;trident1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;  His career was capped with service as [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]] from 1927 to 1929.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Thacker retired from military service in 1929.  He died in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], in June 1953.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Honors==&lt;br /&gt;
For his service in the Boer War, Thacker was awarded the Queen&amp;#039;s Medal with three clasps (1900).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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He was awarded the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure|Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class]] by the Japanese government for his services during the Russo-Japanese War.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&amp;amp;obj=article&amp;amp;no=8245 L&amp;#039;Harmattan web site (in French)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  He also received the [[Military Medals of Honor (Japan)|Japanese War medal]] for service during that campaign.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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For service in World War I, he was made a Companion of the [[Order of Saint Michael and Saint George]] (CMG) in 1916.  Thacker was appointed to the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) in 1918.  He was created a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB) in 1919.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ppmp193&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* Library and Archives Canada: [https://archive.today/20130101035244/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/cef/001042-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=274264 CEF Attestation paper]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
* Hitsman, J. Mackay and Desmond Morton. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1983479  &amp;quot;Canada&amp;#039;s First Military Attache: Capt. H. C. Thacker in the Russo-Japanese War,&amp;quot;] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Military Affairs&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Oct., 1970), pp.&amp;amp;nbsp;82–84; [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cfhq/cfhq014.pdf &amp;quot;Report No. 14,&amp;quot;], Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters, 8 September 1967.&lt;br /&gt;
* Armstrong, Captain J.G., &amp;quot;A Gunner in Manchuria: Canada Observes the Russo-Japanese War,&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Canadian Defence Quarterly&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol. 12, No.4 (Spring 1983), 37–44.&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/prominentpeopleo00stjouoft|title=Prominent people of the Maritime Provinces (in business and professional life)|work=[[Internet Archive]]|year=1922}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&amp;amp;Params=A1ARTA0007934 Herbert Cyril Thacker] at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]&lt;br /&gt;
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