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18th Field Company
Royal Canadian Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

Canada

Formation

Hamilton, Ontario

27 May 1940

Non-Permanent Active Militia

Debert Camp

Oct 1940

8th Infantry Brigade

Sussex, New Brunswick

24 Oct 1940

United Kingdom

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Arrived in England

1 Jul 1941

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Fletching, Sussex

Nov 1941

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Battle, near
Hastings, Sussex

Jul 1942

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Training on the River Adur, south of Steyning, Sussex

Jun 1943

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Rothesay, Scotland

12 Aug 1943

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Halton, Cheshire

Feb 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Hiltingbury Camp, near Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire

Apr 1944

France

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Normandy Landing (*)

6 Jun 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Authie

7 Jun 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Putot-en-Bessin

8 Jun 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Bretteville-l’Orgueilleuse

8-9 Jun 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Colomby-sur-Thaon

11 Jun 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Caen

4-18 Jul 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

The Orne (Buron)

8-9 Jul 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Bourguebus Ridge

18-23 Jul 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Faubourg de Vaucelles

18-19 Jul 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Verrières Ridge – Tilly-la-Campagne

25 Jul 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Falaise

7-22 Aug 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Quesnay Wood

10-11 Aug 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Dives Crossing

17-20 Aug 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

The Seine

25-28 Aug 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

St. Saëns,
20 miles north of Rouen

31 Aug 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Boulogne

17-22 Sep 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Calais

25 Sep – 1 Oct 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

The Scheldt

1 Oct – 8 Nov 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Leopold Canal

6-16 Oct 1944

Holland

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Savojaards Plaat

(The Braakman)

9-10 Oct 1944

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Breskens Pocket

11 Oct – 3 Nov 1944

Germany

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

The Rhineland

8 Feb – 10 Mar 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Waal Flats

8-15 Feb 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Cleve

15 Feb 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Moyland Wood

14-21 Feb 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

The Rhine

23 Mar – 1 Apr 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Emmerich – Hoch Elten

28 Mar – 1 Apr 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Clearing the east bank of the River Ijssel

4 Apr 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Zutphen, bridging the River Schipbeek

6-8 Apr 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Deventer

8-11 Apr 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

The Leda

19-29 Apr 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Leer

28-29 Apr 1945

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

North of Leer to Emden

1 May 1945

Holland

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Nijmegen

Aug 1945

England

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Sailed for Canada

10 Dec 1945

Canada

 

Arrived in Hamilton, Ontario

31 Dec 1945

 

Disbanded

15 Jan 1946

NOTES:

(*) Place names and dates in bold text indicate major battles or campaigns.

Commanding Officers

Major V.S. Thompson

Major E.H. Wright

Major C.E. Brown

Major E.W. Henselwood

Major T.M. Kingsbury

REFERENCE:

KERRY, A.J. & McDILL, W.A. The History of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers. Volume II, 1936-1939. The Military Engineers Association of Canada, Ottawa, 1966.

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