William Bethune Lindsay

Major General William Bethune Lindsay (3 November 1880 – 27 June 1933) was a Canadian military officer during World War I.

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie with H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Connaught and other senior officers. Major General W. B. Lindsay is sat in the front row, second on the left.

Lindsay was born on 3 November 1880, the son of Dr. W. B. Lindsay, of Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. Lindsay was educated at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute (along with Arthur William Currie) and later enrolled at the Royal Military College of Canada. In 1900, he was appointed assistant engineer of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. Lindsay was one of the original officers of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers. During the First World War, he served as Chief Engineer of the Canadian Corps and was responsible for a major reorganization of the engineering component of the corps that proved particularly helpful in the Hundred Days Offensive near the end of the War.