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Canadian Armour: Canadian Military Engineers Museum, 5 Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, New Brunswick

Armoured Vehicles located with the Canadian Military Engineer Museum, Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering, 5 CDSB Gagetown The Canadian Military Engineers Museum first opened at CFB Chilliwack on 11 May 1957. The Museum moved to its present site, within the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineers, located within the Mitchell Building at 5 CDSB Gagetown … Read more

Canadian Military Freefall Parachutists (MFP) 1977-1981

Canadian Military Freefall Parachutists Ever have one of those days when you really miss going to work?  These are photos I took with a wrist-mounted camera of Military Freefall Parachutists (MFP) exiting the ramp of a Canadian Forces Lockheed CC-130 Hercules over Edmonton, ca 1978. Two MFP jumpers got their rucksacks momentarily hooked together – … Read more

Canadian Military Intelligence History: 1901 to 1939, Corps of Guides, Canadian Cyclist Corps

Canadian Intelligence Corps (C Int C), History and Insignia Intelligence Operators and Officers provide military intelligence support in operations, planning and decision-making.  Their work has an impact on military and national security, and the political and public relations of the government. The early history of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Branch has been well-documented in Major … Read more

Canadian Military Intelligence History: 1939 to 1945, Canadian Intelligence Corps

‍1939-1946,Canadian Defence Intelligence Effort Extracts from a paper by BGen James S. Cox (Ret’d). ‍Introduction.  Canada’s Second World War history is built on the magnificent exploits of our soldiers, sailors and airmen. It is an engaging read.  However, among the less well-known and rarely discussed activities are those of Canada’s wartime defence intelligence programme. What … Read more

Royal Canadian Air Force Intelligence Operations during the Second World War

RCAF Intelligence Operations during the Second War (RCAF Photo) RCAF bomber crew receiving a briefing, and later being debriefed by the Squadron Intelligence Officer. As of 23 May 1940, Squadron Leader R.L. Logan, a First World War pilot who spent the last years of that war in a German prison camp, was at work as … Read more

Royal Canadian Navy Intelligence during the Second World War

Royal Canadian Navy, Intelligence during the Second World War (Author Photo) HMCS Assiniboine ramming U-210, 6 Aug 1942, painting by Tom Forrestal, in the Wardroom, CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia. Naval Intelligence began to grow as an entity in Canada after the Royal Navy was charged with leading intelligence operations in Halifax during the First World … Read more

Canadian Military Intelligence History: 1946 to 1968

Canadian Military Intelligence History: 1946 to 1968 (DND Photo) C Int C staff worked in NDHQ in Ottawa. This building was constructed at Cartier Square on Elgin Street in 1942-1943, for the Canadian Army, the RCAF and the Royal Canadian Navy. The buildings were located to the north and west of the Drill Hall, with the … Read more

Canadian Military Intelligence History: 1968 to 2017

The C Int C was dissolved on February 1968… …and integrated within the new Canadian Forces During the early 1960’s the Canadian Government was exploring the possibility of amalgamating the three Services into a single, unified command structure. Although the government publicly stated that there was full consultation with the military, the process was essentially … Read more

First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force: Canadian Military Police

Canadian Military Police Canadian Military Police Just two officers and 18 Military Policemen sailed with the 1st Contingent on October 3rd 1914. No detail appears in General Orders concerning the organization and operation of the Canadian Military Police overseas. Presumably two detachments were organized one serving under HQ in England and a second under Corps … Read more

First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force: General List badges

CEF General List Badges (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) Accession Number 1997.28.338. General List. The general list cap badge was a standard badge worn by soldiers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force(CEF) during the First World War. In principle, the general list cap badge distinguished Canadian soldiers from their British counterparts. In … Read more