Royal Canadian Artillery in North West Europe, 1944-1945 1st Canadian Army Group, Royal Canadian Artillery, (1st Cdn AGRA) 11th Army Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 2nd Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (from Mar 1945) 2nd Army … Read more
RCOC (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) 1997.28.599. The Canadian Ordnance Corps was redesignated the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps on 29 Apr 1936. In the Second World War, the RCOC had a strength of 35,000 military personnel, not including the thousands of civilian personnel employed at RCOC installations. They … Read more
Canadian Army Pay Corps, First Canadian Army During the Second World War, the RCAPC provided overseas a Chief Paymaster, Command Pay Office, Paymasters Canadian Troops, eight field cash offices, and a number of unit paymasters, as well as pay services for base units and formations in Canada. The advance party sent to the UK to … Read more
Canadian Military Chaplains in the Second World War (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3397095) Chaplains working with a Regimental Aid Post (RAP) evacuate wounded 3rd Canadian Infantry Division soldiers, Caen, France, 15 July, 1944. In the Second World War, 1253 Canadian ministers, priests and rabbis volunteered as full-time chaplains. Of the 1253, 807 were … Read more
British and Allied Formations Under Command First Canadian Army, (5 May 1945) I British Corps (1 August 1944 to 1 April 1945) 6th Airborne Division (to 3 September 1944), including 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade (10 August 1944 to 10 September 1944) Prinses Irene Brigade, Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade 49th … Read more
First Canadian Army in North West Europe, 1944-1945 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205475) Tanks (Polish, GGFG and Sherbrooke Fusiilers) move into position for attack toward Falaise, between Hubert-Folie and Tilly-la-Campagne, 8 August 1944. Sherman Crab flail tank in Normandy, 4 July 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205407) The mine flail … Read more
(Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) Royal Canadian Postal Corps (CPC) The RCPC King’s crown collar dog was used prior to 1952. No. 1 Army Base Post Office (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3384244) Private Leon Biron of No. 1 Army Base Post Office, Canadian Postal Corps (C.P.C.), rewrapping damaged parcels, Dieppe, France, … Read more
Canadian Forestry Corps No. 1 Canadian Forestry Group (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3396286) Personnel of No. 16 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps, cutting timber, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, 6 November 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3199721) Canadian Forestry Corps soldiers, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, 4 November 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3519962) … Read more
Canadian Units Serving With British Divisions in North West Europe, 1944-1945 The 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment (79th British Armoured Division), was formed in October 1944 at Tilburg in the Netherlands. It had the original 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron as its core. It was the only Canadian regiment to be both formed and … Read more
First Canadian Army units of the Canadian Dental Corps (CDC) Canadian Dental Corps (CDC) In 1938 the Canadian Dental Association then successfully lobbied the Minister of National Defence to create an independent defence dental service. Subsequently the Canadian Army Dental Corps was replaced by the Canadian Dental Corps (CDC) under the command of a ‘Chief … Read more
