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
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
First Canadian Army in Europe, 1944-1945 Canadian Army Miscellaneous Units (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3230277) Personnel of the 4th Canadian Reinforcement Battalion (Canadian Army Miscellaneous Units) boarding a train en route to England, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1 June 1945. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3596864) Five Chinese-Canadian soldiers who served with … 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
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
18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) During the Second World War the Regiment mobilized the 18th (Manitoba) Reconnaissance Battalion, CAC, CASF, for active service on 10 May 1941. It was redesignated the 18th (Manitoba) Armoured Car Regiment, CAC, CASF, on 26 January 1942; the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons), CAC, CASF, … Read more
