Combat Engineering
The Dieppe Raid – More Sapper Fatalities than D-Day: Tributes to the Fallen Sappers
By LCol K. Holmes, CD (Ret'd)
September 3, 2006
On this day in 2006, Corporal Clinton John Orr of 23 Field Squadron, won the Medal of Valour while rescuing fellow soldiers during Operation Archer in Afghanistan while under fire.
September 14, 1944
On this date in 1944, L/Sgt Ken Henderson won a Military Medal leading a sapper party in removing charges from a bridge over the Marano River while under accurate sniper fire.
September 6, 2009
On this date in 2009 a roadside bomb killed Maj. Yannick Pepin and Cpl.Jean-François Drouin of 5 Combat Engineer Regiment stationed in Valcartier, in the Dand district, southwest of Kandahar city, Afghanistan.
June 1, 1944
On this date in 1944, assault trained Sappers began embarking at Southhampton for the invasion of Normandy.
May 22, 1944
On this day in 1944, Sappers of the 1st Cdn Division started moving into position to breach the Adolf Hitler Line, the biggest battle of the Italian Campaign.
November 1, 1944
On this day in 1944, in support of Porterforce operations to capture Ravenna, Lieutenant Frederick Weight Philpot, 12th Field Company, RCE was awarded the Military Medal leading a mine clearing party while under constant enemy observation and mortar fire.