RapidFireWeb Canadian Expeditionary Force, Cavalry and Mounted Troops (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3394737) Inspection of Canadian Cavalry Brigade by General Sir Charles Kavanagh, K.C.B. August 1917. The Canadian Cavalry Brigade was raised in December 1914, under its first commanding officer, Brigadier-General J.E.B. Seely. It was originally composed of two Canadian and one British regiments, and an … Read more
1st Canadian Tank Battalion., CEF (Doug Hall Collection, Author Photo) 1st Canadian Tank Battalion. Assembled from a combined group of students, chauffeurs and NWMP Troopers. They were still training when the war ended and therefore did not take part in the fighting. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3395271) Tanks waiting to go into action, … Read more
Canadian Forestry Corps (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) 1997.28.276. Canadian Forestry Battalion, The Canadian Forestry Corps was created 14 Nov 1916. The badge of the Canadian Forestry Corps consists of a circle, with a beaver on top, superimposed on a pair of crossed axes, with the text “Canadian Forestry Corps” … Read more
Canadian Machine Gun Corps (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) 1997.28.395. Canadian Machine-Gun Corps (DND Photo) Canadian Machine Gun crew with gas masks and .303 Vickers machine gun. (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) 1997.28.44. The Canadian Machine Gun Corps (CMGC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian … Read more
Canadian Corps of Guides (Author Photo) Corp of Guides Officer’s cap badge with silver true and magnetic north arrows in a gold wreath, ca. 1901. These symbols were integrated into the King’s Crown cap badge in 1942, the Queen’s Crown cap badge in 1952 and the present day Intelligence Branch cap badge from 1982. The … Read more
Canadian Cyclist Corps (Author Photo) Canadian Cyclist Corps badges, ca 1914-1918, Author’s Collection now in the New Brunswick Military History Museum, 5 Canadian Division Support Group Base Gagetown, New Brunswick. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3194259) A Canadian cyclist shouting down a dug-out in German for men to come out. Advance East of Arras, … Read more
Corps of Military Staff Clerks Corps of Military Staff Clerks The Corps of Military Staff Clerks was established as a Corps of the Permanent Canadian Militia in 1905, with a single detachment in two sections located at Ottawa. One as the Corps of Military Staff Clerks and the second The Staff Orderly Service. The uniform … Read more
Canadian Army Medical Corps Overseas during the First World War (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) 1997.28.617. Canadians operated a number of military hospitals outside Canada including 16 general, 10 stationary, 7 special, and 8 convalescent hospitals overseas during the First World War. Some of the stationary and convalescent hospitals were … Read more
Canadian Army Dental Corps (Private Collection) Prior to its formation as a separate entity under General Orders 63 of 1915 and 103a of August 15th 1915the Canadian Army Dental Corps was an element of the C.A.M.C. designated ‘The Dental Services of the Canadian Army Medical Corps’. Dental surgeons were an integral part of the CAMC … Read more
Canadian Ordnance Corps (Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) 1997.28.391. 1997.28.600. Canadian Ordnance Corps The Canadian Ordnance Corps served as a component of the Quarter-Master General’s Branch. The duties of the Ordnance Corps were to provide clothing, rifles, guns, equipment and ammunition and to maintain supplies of the same; and to provide the personnel to … Read more
