12 avril 1991
On this date in 1991, 1 CER deployed to Kuwait. This was the first complete Engineer unit deployed since Korea.
10 avril 1874
On this date in 1874, Lt-Col Casimir Gzowski was appointed Staff Officer for the Engineer Force of the Dominion.
3 avril 1946
On this date in 1946, Canada was in the early stages of taking over the Canadian section of the Alaska Highway, including telephone systems, buildings, and other assets valued at $108 million.
1 avril 1920
On this date in 1920, the School of Military Engineering was reopened in Halifax after WW I
31 mars 1948
On this date in 1948, Brigadier J.L. Melville CBE, MC, ED was appointed as the first Honourary Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers.
25 mars 1945
On this date in 1945, 2nd Canadian Corps Troops Engineers constructed "Blackfriars" Bridge, a Load Class 40 floating Bailey bridge that, at 1814 feet long, was the longest in the world at the time.
4 mars 1942
On this date in 1942, Spr F.P. Hutchinson returned to 1st Field Company two years after being left behind in France after Dunkirk in 1940. He was awarded the first Military Medal to a Canadian in WW II.
7 mars 1719
On this date in 1719, construction began on Fort Louisburg, Cape Breton Island. The site had been recommended three years previous and it took 25 years to build.
24 février 1943
On this date in 1943, the 1st Battalion RCE ice hockey team was runner-up for the Canadian Army championship for the second time.
22 février 1915
On this day in 1915, the 2nd and 3rd Field companies were under heavy attack by the German’s first use chlorine gas in combat. 2nd Field was ordered to withdraw to the Yser Canal to prepare for its defence while 3rd defended as infantry near 3rd Canadian