General Crerar Crescent is named in memorial to General Henry Duncan Graham "Harry" Crerar.

In the immediate post-World War II era, the Royal Military College of Canada renamed street names on the College grounds for significant military leaders.

General Henry Duncan Graham "Harry" Crerar CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD, PC (April 28 1888 - April 1 1965) was a Canadian general and the country's "leading field commander" in World War II.