Scholarships and Bursaries Sponsored by CME Family Members

Over the years, many scholarships have been endowed by members of the greater CME family.  Awards include the following:

  • The Daniel Giannini Bursary
  • Rod Keller Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • William P. Lydon Memorial Scholarship
  • Captain Sydney & Thelma Mansbridge Memorial Scholarships
  • Sgt. George R. Miok Memorial Scholarships

A short description of the award and a biography follow. Interested applicants should research applicable scholarships with the named universities.

First Poppy of 2017 Presented to Governor General

The Royal Canadian Legion’s president David Flannigan presented the symbolic First Poppy to Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa today, 23 October 2017.  Sharp eyes will notice her Aide-de-Camp is an RCE officer and Combat Diver. She is Captain Celine Best who has been working at Rideau Hall since April 2016.

 

 

4 ESR Combat Diver Exercise in the Netherlands

From 06 June 17 to 23 June 17, Combat Divers from 4 Engineer Support Regiment (4 ESR) took part in a Military Engineer Diving Exercise 2017 in the Netherlands. Members conducted valuable dive training alongside NATO allies from Norway and the United Kingdom in order to hone their skills and improve interoperability with members of other dive teams. Training included underwater navigation, salvage diving, welding, bridge deconstruction, as well as river crossings and bottom profiling.

March 4, 1943

On this date in 1943, Captain George Burbidge of the 4th Field Squadron, attached to Combined Operations HQ in Malta, was lost with other members of his party while conducting a beach recce in Sicily. This was their second mission and they had been inserted from a Royal Navy submarine.  

New TAPV facility opened in Gagetown

On September 14, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matt DeCourcey, attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a newly-constructed Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) facility at 5 Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown.

The facility meets LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver standards. Completed on time and on budget, this $26.1 million facility will house 61 TAPVs and provide 12 maintenance bays for vehicles and equipment, as well as classrooms for the combat and technical services branches on the base.

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