1st Canadian Infantry Division, 1939-1945

The 1st Canadian Infantry Division was mobilized in September 1939, along with the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions. The division, under the command of Major General Andrew McNaughton, left Halifax from Pier 21 in two heavily escorted convoys, the first departing on 10 December, three months after the declaration of war, and the second on 22 December 1939, with additional troops reaching England in February 1940. In 1941, the formation adopted the red rectangular battle patch insignia worn by the 1st Canadian Division in the First World War.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3544560)

Arrival of the 1st Canadian Division in the United Kingdom, c1939.

All elements of the division were far from completely equipped on mobilization: of the artillery and machine guns on hand, most were obsolete, and the troops lacked steel helmets. Only gradually did a full complement of more modern weapons, equipment, and transport begin reaching the division in 1940.

Nevertheless, in the wake of the disastrous Battle of France and the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) during the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940, the 1st Canadian Division was ordered to France the following month. Among the infantry units that landed at Brest were The Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), The 48th Highlanders of Canada and The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, all part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade. Members of the RCR were present in France at least until 16 June, after the French capital of Paris had fallen to German forces, and returned almost immediately after. The 48th's withdrawal was not without some excitement.

The division returned to England for the defence of Great Britain in the case of a German invasion.[3] Soon afterwards Major General McNaughton was promoted to command of the British VII Corps (later designated the Canadian Corps) and was succeeded by Major General George Pearkes.

The division transferred to the Mediterranean theatre in June 1943 where the division, now under the command of Major General Guy Simonds after Major General Harry Salmon (who had taken command in September 1942) was killed in an air crash, took part in Operation Husky, code name for the Allied assault landing on Sicily on 10 July 1943, which ended after just 38 days. The division came under command of the British XXX Corps, serving alongside the veteran 51st (Highland) Division, part of the British Eighth Army, commanded by General Sir Bernard Montgomery. The campaign cost the division over 2,100 casualties.

Soon after the conquest of Sicily, the division transferred to the British XIII Corps, but now serving alongside the British 5th Infantry Division (which had also fought in Husky), then landed in Calabria as part of Operation Baytown on the Italian mainland and fought its way up the Italian peninsula, participating in the Moro River Campaign and the division, now under Major General Chris Vokes, supported by tanks of the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, took part in the Battle of Ortona, fighting against German Fallschirmjäger–crack air force paratroops of the 1st Parachute Division–over Christmas 1943. Both sides suffered heavy losses in the fight for the town which a reporter for The New York Times had begun calling a "miniature Stalingrad", based on the ferocity of the street fighting and the heavy losses on both sides,[4] with the Canadians suffering 650 casualties, mainly in the 3rd Brigade. By December 27, what remained of Ortona, after days of shelling and aerial bombardment, was in Canadian hands.

After this the division was rested and many months of static warfare ensued, the division then went on to break out of the Eighth Army's bridgehead with the second wave in the spring offensive, Operation Diadem, the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino. The 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, the reconnaissance (or 'recce') regiment serving with the 1st Canadian Division, was the first of the Eighth Army's units to cross the Hitler Line in May 1944, below Pontecorvo in its armoured cars.

After heavy fighting in front of the Gothic Line throughout the summer, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division spent the next several months fighting, as it had the previous fall, for a succession of heavily defended river crossings surrounded by high ground. By the time the division reached the Senio, as the icy rain began giving way to snow in the Canadian sector, a decision had been reached to transfer the entire I Canadian Corps, 1st Infantry Division included, to the Netherlands.[5] By the end of March 1945 all Canadian Army units serving with Allied Forces Mediterranean (formerly the Allied Armies in Italy) had been transferred to the Western Front and Operation Goldflake, the reunion of the 1st Infantry Division and 1st Armoured Brigade and First Canadian Army, commanded by Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, was accomplished. The division, now under Major General Harry Foster, went on to take part in the Western Allied invasion of Germany, and the liberation of Arnhem, and the war in Europe came to an end soon after, on 8 May 1945, Victory in Europe Day.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3211663)

Brigadier J.A. Roberts of the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade and Major-General Harry W. Foster, General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Infantry Division, examining a small German two-man "Biber" submarine, IJmuiden, Netherlands, 25 May 1945.

Three members of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division were awarded the Victoria Cross during the Italian Campaign. They were Captain Paul Triquet of the Royal 22e Régiment, Major John Keefer Mahony of The Westminster Regiment and Private Ernest Alav "Smokey" Smith of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. (Wikipedia)

1st Canadian Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1939-1945

HQ

1st Canadian Infantry Division Defence and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots)

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Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)

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Royal Canadian Artillery

1st Field Regiment, RCHA

2nd Field Regiment

3rd Field Regiment

1st Anti-Tank Regiment

2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

12th Canadian Meteorological Section

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Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

The Saskatoon Light Infantry (MG), Machine gun battalion

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1st Canadian Infantry Brigade

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The Royal Canadian Regiment

The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

48th Highlanders of Canada

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)

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2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade

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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

The Loyal Edmonton Regiment

2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)

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3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade

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Royal 22e Régiment

The Carleton and York Regiment

The West Nova Scotia Regiment

3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)

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1st Canadian Armoured Brigade

11th Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)

12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment)

14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)

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Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

1st Canadian Divisional Signals

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Royal Canadian Engineers

1st Canadian Field Company

3rd Canadian Field Company

4th Canadian Field Company

2nd Canadian Field Park Company

1st Canadian Bridging Platoon

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Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

1 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company

2 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company

3 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company

1 Canadian Infantry Divisional Troops Company

No. 83 Company – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943.

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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance

No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance

No. 9 Canadian Field Ambulance

No. 2 Canadian Field Hygiene Section

No. 2 Canadian Light Field Ambulance – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943.

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Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps

1st Canadian Infantry Divisional Ordnance Field Park

1st Canadian Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit

No. 1 Army Tank Brigade Sub-Park – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943.

1st Tank Brigade Workshop – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943.

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Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop

2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop

3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop

No. 1 Infantry Troops Workshop

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Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps

1st Canadian Field Cash Office

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Royal Canadian Postal Corps

1 Canadian Infantry Division Postal Unit

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Royal Canadian Dental Corps

1st Canadian Dental Company

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Canadian Provost Corps

No. 1 Provost Company

In July 1944, the divisional reconnaissance battalion, the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, converted to infantry and transferred to the 12th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, to be replaced by The Royal Canadian Dragoons. The Princess Louise returned to its original mechanized role in Northwest Europe in March 1945, and The Royal Canadian Dragoons became the armoured car regiment of I Canadian Corps.

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1st Canadian Infantry Division, Photos from the Library and Archives Canada Collection

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1st Canadian Infantry Division (in Italy from July 1943 to February 1945)

(Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo)

4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)

In July 1944, the divisional reconnaissance battalion, the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, converted to infantry and transferred to 12th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, to be replaced by The Royal Canadian Dragoons.

The regiment was returned to its reconnaissance role.  The Royal Canadian Dragoons became the armoured car regiment of I Canadian Corps as its Armoured Corps status was restored on 15 March 1945. The regiment finished the war in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, after being transferred to the theatre as part of Operation Goldflake. Fighting in a number of engagements with the heavily armoured German divisions as they fled, a role the unit had performed with some distinction in Italy, 4th PLDG suffered heavy losses. Battlefield deaths, all ranks, for the entire year of 1944 were 150. In the four months 4th Recce fought in North West Europe, a third of the time it was in Italy, it lost some 187 men.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3203483)

4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards (PLDG) carriers pass saluting stand, 10 June 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3208425)

German soldiers handing in weapons at a 1st Canadian Infantry Division arms dump, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 13 May 1945.

Canadian Infantry Corps

Originally formed as the Canadian Infantry Corps on 2 September 1942 to encompass all existing infantry regiments, including regiments of foot guards, in the Canadian Army. Its role is to close with and destroy the enemy. Well armed individuals with fighting spirit and dogged determination constitute the backbone of the infantry battalion. All the rest - vehicles, stores and equipment - merely exist to assist the infantry soldier to carry out the mission. It is by determination and the skillful use of weapons and ground that the battalion succeeds in battle.

The Saskatoon Light Infantry (MG) - Machine gun battalion

1st Battalion, The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun), CASF. On 4 March 1945, the battalion landed in France and upon arrival in the North West Europe theatre of operations with the rest of the First Canadian Army, it served until the end of the war. On 15 October 1945, the overseas battalion was disbanded.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3564308)

Personnel of the Saskatoon Light Infantry (MG) in Universal Carriers, Monacilione, Italy, ca. 9 - 18 October 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3262695)

Private H.K. Keller of the South Saskatchewan Regiment, who is armed with a Bren gun, on the second floor of a building in Nieuport, Belgium, 9 September 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524858)

Hon. T.C. Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan, talking with Private P. Campbell of The Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Barneveld, Netherlands, 29 April 1945.

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade

(Stuart Phillips Photo)

The Royal Canadian Regiment

The RCR fought in several battles of the Italian campaign, including key engagements in the Moro River valley near Ortona in December 1943. During 1944, the regiment took part the Battle of Monte Cassino in attacks on German defensive lines called the Hitler Line and later the Gothic Line.

The regiment was transferred to northwest Europe in February 1945 during Operation Goldflake and took part in the liberation the Dutch city of Apeldoorn. The regiment received 28 battle honours for its participation in the Second World War. The regiment returned home to Canada in 1945.

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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 208396)

German troops filing into barracks where they are disarmed by members of the Royal Canadian Regiment, 11 May 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3210799)

German soldier turning in his rifle to a Canadian soldier, IJmuiden, Netherlands, 11 May 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3211669)

Privates J.A. Taylor and J.D. Villeneuve of the Royal Canadian Regiment stacking rifles turned in by surrendering German soldiers, IJmuiden, Netherlands, 11 May 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3204123)

Personnel at a 1st Canadian Army Headquarter's captured vehicle park, examining a Goliath remote control vehicle developed by Borgward for the German Army. Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 12 June 1945.

The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

The unit embarked for Great Britain on 22 December 1939, and on 13 June 1940 it went to France as part of the Second British Expeditionary Force, reaching a point beyond Laval before being ordered back to the United Kingdom. It landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943, and in Italy on 3 September 1943, as part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade,1st Canadian Infantry Division. On 10 March 1945, the battalion moved with the I Canadian Corps to northwest Europe, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 October 1945.

Canadian Author Farley Mowat, OC served as a platoon commander and as the Regiment's Intelligence Officer during the Second World War. He would author four books about the Regiment and his experiences during the Second World War: "The Regiment", "And No Birds Sang", "My Fathers' Son" and "Aftermath". Mowat left with the rank of Captain.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3227318)

Officers of The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment at Battalion Headquarters near Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 19 April 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3405716)

The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment of 1st Canadian Division in the bush near Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 19 April 1945.

48th Highlanders of Canada

The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada, CASF, departed Canada for Britain on 16 December 1939, and on 13 June 1940, it went to France as part of the abortive Second British Expeditionary Force. The battalion reached Sablé-sur-Sarthe before being ordered back to Britain. It landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943 and in Italy on 3 September 1943 as part of the 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. In March 1945, the regiment moved with the remainder of I Canadian Corps to North-West Europe, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 31 December 1945. On 1 June 1945, a second battalion of the regiment was mobilized for service in the Pacific theatre of operations, designated as the 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), CASF. This battalion was disbanded on 1 November 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3227313)

The 48th Highlanders of Canada preparing to move out, 19 April 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3227315)

Infantrymen of The 48th Highlanders of Canada preparing to sweep the area between Apeldoorn and Harderwijk, Netherlands, 19 April 1945.

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

The PPCLI took part in heavy fighting in Italy.  On 13 March 1945,  I Canadian Corps was transferred to Northwest Europe where it joined the First Canadian Army and took part in the liberation of the Netherlands. Shortly after, the regiment captured the city of Apeldoorn, and, on 7 May 1945, it was the first allied force to enter Amsterdam, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Clark. In October 1945, the regiment's serving battalion in Europe, understrength, returned to Winnipeg and was demobilized.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3191525)

Members of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) and a Buffalo amphibious vehicle used to cross the Ijssel River, 11 April 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3201095)

Infantrymen of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) boarding a Buffalo amphibious carrier north of Zutphen, Netherlands, 11 April 1945.

(Stuart Phillips Photo)

The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

The battalion landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943 and in Italy on 4 September 1943 as part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. On 14 March 1945, it moved with the I Canadian Corps to North-West Europe as part of Operation Goldflake, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas battalion disbanded on 31 October 1945.

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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3534474).

Wireless operator Mac Keays relays the news of the end of hostilities to Universal Carrier driver Private Hugh McKerlain and infantrymen of "D" Company, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, De Glindhorst, Netherlands, 5 May 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3220180)

Lieutenant L.J. Pronger of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada interrogating German prisoners near Otterloo, Netherlands, 17 April 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524685)

Infantrymen of "D" Company, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, with their Universal Carrier, which is inscribed "Germany Kaput - Italia Tutto Finito - Here We Come Canada", De Glindhorst, Netherlands, 5 May 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3203840)

Universal Carriers of the Seaforth Highlanders covered with Dutch civilians at the time of Liberation, 7 May 1940.

(Stuart Phillips Photo)

(York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Doug Hall Photo)

1997.28.510. 1997.28.511.

The Loyal Edmonton Regiment

the battalion landed in Sicily on 10 July and Italy on 3 September 1943, as part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. The unit landed in France on 15 March 1945 as part of Operation Goldflake, on its way to the Northwest Europe theatre of operations, in which it fought until the end of the war. The overseas battalion disbanded on 15 October 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224893)

Regiment representatives in the Berlin Battalion in front of headquarters. Fusilier Léopold Desfossés (Fusiliers Mont-Royal), Pte Bob Jane (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders), and Pte Max DeForest (Loyal Edmonton), 16 July 1945.

(Stuart Phillips Photo)

Royal 22e Régiment

The regiment landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943 and in Italy on 3 September 1943 as part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. On 16 March 1945, the regiment moved with the I Canadian Corps as part of Operation Goldflake to North-West Europe, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas regiment was disbanded on 1 March 1946.

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(Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Photo P600,S6,D1,P913)

Parade marking the return of the Royal 22e Régiment from Europe to the Citadel in Quebec City, 1 October 1945.

(York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo)

The Carleton and York Regiment

After serving in the UK on anti-invasion duties, on 10 July 1943, the battalion landed in Sicily as part of Operation Husky where it fought for 38 days. The battalion would then on 3 September 1943, take part in the invasion of Italy and would serve with the rest of the I Canadian Corps in the Italian Campaign.

On 16 March 1945, the battalion along with the rest of I Canadian Corps moved to North-West Europe as part of Operation Goldflake, and where upon arrival, the battalion fought until the end of the war. Once in Marseilles I Canadian Corps (men, equipment, guns, tanks, Signals, Medical and everything else) loaded onto convoys and in five days drove through France, Belgium and then into the Netherlands in preparation for the final push into Nazi Germany. The Carleton and York Regiment had arrived in the village of Hoogland on 20 April 1945 and had come by two different roads from the village of Nijerke area. The people of Hoogland opened their homes to the men of the Regiment. On 30 September 1945, the overseas battalion of The Carleton and York Regiment was disbanded.

The West Nova Scotia Regiment

The regiment landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943, and in Italy on 3 September 1943, as part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. On 19 March 1945, the battalion moved with the I Canadian Corps to North West Europe, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 October 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524776)

Personnel of Headquarters Company, North Nova Scotia Regiment, occupying farm south of Dorterhoek, Netherlands (vic.), 8 April 1945

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3203845)

Infantrymen of The West Nova Scotia Regiment in a Universal Carrier en route to Rotterdam are surrounded by Dutch civilians celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands, 9 May 1945.

11th Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)

The regiment landed in Sicily on 13 July 1943, as part of the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, and in Italy on 3 September 1943 in support of 17th Brigade, 5th British Division. On 8 March 1945 the regiment moved with the 1st Canadian Corps to North-West Europe as part of Operation Goldflake, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas regiment was disbanded on 15 December 1945.[

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3208394)

Crew from 11th Armoured Regiment Ontario Tanks, Lt. H.S. Nixon (on top), Sgt. T.W. McCutcheon (at side), and Tpr. E. Kobarnynka (in tank) driving in tank from Germans who had left it because of lack of gasoline, 10 May 1945.

12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment)

On 21 June 1941 it embarked for Britain. The regiment landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943 and in Italy on 12 September 1943 as part of the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade. On 8 March 1945 the regiment moved with the I Canadian Corps to North-West Europe as part of Operation Goldflake. There it fought until the end of the war. The overseas regiment disbanded on 30 November 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3209253)

A Churchill tank of the Three Rivers Regiment taking part in Exercise SPARTAN, England, 8 March 1943.

(Stuart Phillips Photo)

14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)

On 16 February 1941, the 14th Army Tank Battalion (Calgary Regiment) was mobilized at Mewata Barracks.[5] When the Canadian Armoured Corps was created, the Calgary Regiment lost its status as an infantry regiment and transferred to the new corps. A reserve regiment remained in Calgary. The regiment was composed of 400 members of the reserve battalion, drawing also from reinforcement personnel from The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada and the Edmonton Regiment. The original 'A' Squadron was drawn from Olds and district, 'B' Squadron from Stettler area, 'C' Squadron from Red Deer, and Headquarters from Calgary, High River, and Okotoks district.  In March 1941 the regiment moved to Camp Borden, becoming part of the First Army Tank Brigade and in June 1941 sailed for Great Britain. Matilda tanks were initially used on the Salisbury Plains, but these were replaced later in the year by the first manufactured Churchills.

The overseas unit trained on various vehicles in Canada and the United Kingdom, and in August 1942 took the Churchill tank into battle for the first time at Dieppe. During the battle, the Battalion suffered casualties: two officers and eleven men were killed, 33 men and officers were wounded and taken prisoner with 143 other men; Only five of 181 men returned to England after the battle. A notable casualty was Lieutenant Colonel "Johnny" Andrews, who was killed in action.  In the spring of 1943, Lieutenant-Colonel C.H. Neroutsos took command of the regiment. The new unit went to Sicily in 1943 with the First Canadian Army Tank Brigade, re-equipped with the Sherman tank.  

In late February 1945 the regiment was moved to Leghorn and embarked to Marseilles, France, where it moved by rail to the North West Europe theatre. The regiment moved to the Reichswald Forest and on 12 April 1945 fought in the Second Battle of Arnhem, supporting the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division to Ede, the Netherlands. The regiment's final actions of the Second World War were in support of the 1st Belgium Brigade in clearing the resistance between the Nederrijn and Waal Rivers. When the overseas unit returned to Canada in 1945, it was disbanded, and the Calgary Regiment continued its service as a reserve armoured unit.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3202266)

Technical Quartermaster O.T. Hanson of the Calgary Regiment checking tank parts as the regiment re-equips with Sherman Vc Firefly tanks, Dottignies, Belgium, 22 March 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524684)

Canadian tanks of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division moving out of LST at arrival in Marseilles, France, 6 March 1945.

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Royal Canadian Artillery

1st Field Regiment, RCHA

2nd Field Regiment

3rd Field Regiment

1st Anti-Tank Regiment

2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

12th Canadian Meteorological Section

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205457)

2 Field Artillery Regiment gunners firing a 5.5-inch medium gun, 2 April 1945.

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Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

1st Canadian Divisional Signals

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Royal Canadian Engineers

1st Canadian Field Company

3rd Canadian Field Company

4th Canadian Field Company

2nd Canadian Field Park Company

1st Canadian Bridging Platoon

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Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

1 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company

2 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company

3 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company

1 Canadian Infantry Divisional Troops Company

No. 83 Company – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943.

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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance

No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance

No. 9 Canadian Field Ambulance

No. 2 Canadian Field Hygiene Section

No. 2 Canadian Light Field Ambulance – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943.

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Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps

1st Canadian Infantry Divisional Ordnance Field Park

1st Canadian Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit

No. 1 Army Tank Brigade Sub-Park – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943.

1st Tank Brigade Workshop – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943.

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Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop

2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop

3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop

No. 1 Infantry Troops Workshop

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Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps

1st Canadian Field Cash Office

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Royal Canadian Postal Corps

1 Canadian Infantry Division Postal Unit

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Royal Canadian Dental Corps

1st Canadian Dental Company

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Canadian Provost Corps

No. 1 Provost Company

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