On this date in 1747, Etienne Verrier, Chief Engineer of Fortress Louisburg, died.

On this date in 1918, four battalions of Canadian Railway Troops, having been employed on railroads between Arras and Amien, turned them over to the Railway Operating Department.

On this date in 1943, Italy announced its surrender.

On this date in 1943, after days of craters, blown bridges, and more craters 1st Division was very Sapper-conscious and Engineers basked in the glory.

On this date in 1944, 31 Field Company occupied a former German billet near Samer and found a joint of beef cooking in the oven.

On this day in 1917, the 2nd Battalion Canadian Railway Troops repaired 175 rail line breaks caused by enemy shellfire.

On this date in 1971, following two years of work by 3 Field Squadron and 1 Construction Engineering Unit, the Ogilvy River bridge on the Demster Highway was handed over to the Yukon Territory.

On this date in 1944, the 9^th Field Squadron erected three Bailey bridges over the Somme River: a 60-foot Double-Single by 0430 hrs; a 40-foot Single-Single by 0730 hrs, and a 70-foot Double-Single by 0945 hrs.

On this date in 1943, 1^st Division Engineers crossed from Sicily and landed on the Italian mainland near Reggio. The 1^st Field Company built the first Bailey Bridge in the Italian Theatre later that evening.

On this date in 1918, Captain Coulson Mitchell of the 4^th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, C.E.F., saved the bridge over the Canal de l’Escaut near Cambrai, France, to earn the Victoria Cross.