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3rd Field Company
Royal Canadian Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

Canada

1st Infantry Division

Mobilized at Ottawa

Sep 1939

1st Infantry Division

No. 1 Boring Section attached to the company

7 Oct 1939

1st Infantry Division

Sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Almanzora

22 Dec 1939

United Kingdom

1st Infantry Division

Arrived at Aldershot, Hampshire

31 Dec 1939

1st Infantry Division

Bridging training on the River Thames at Wallingford, Oxfordshire

Mar 1940

1st Infantry Division

Falmouth, Cornwall

15 Jun 1940

1st Infantry Division

Oxted, Surrey

Jul 1940

1st Infantry Division

Limpsfield, Surrey

30 Dec 1940

Force 111 for Exercise "Feather"

Departed Limpsfield by train. Embarked on Empress of Canada at Glasgow and sailed for Inverary, Loch Fyne, Scotland.

6 Aug 1941

Force 111

Returned to Glasgow

15 Aug 1941

1st Infantry Division

Operation "Gauntlet". Sailed to Iceland enroute to Spitsbergen

19 Aug 1941

1st Infantry Division

Offshore at Isfjord opposite Barentsburg, Russia

25 Aug 1941

1st Infantry Division

Sailed for Scotland aboard Empress of Canada

3 Sep 1941

1st Infantry Division

Returned to Limpsfield via Glasgow

9 Sep 1941

1st Infantry Division

Brighton, Sussex

Nov 1941

1st Infantry Division

From Twineham Court to Parham, Sussex

2 May 1942

1st Infantry Division

To Battle, Sussex

18 May 1942

1st Infantry Division

Working on a salvage project at Eastbourne pier in Sussex

3 Feb 1943

1st Infantry Division

Inverary, Scotland

3 May 1943

1st Infantry Division

Greenock, Scotland

24 Jun 1943

Sicily

1st Infantry Division

Landing in Sicily

9-12 Jul 1943

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Grammichele

15 Jul 1943

1st Infantry Division

Piazza Armerina

16-17 Jul 1943

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Valguarnera

17-19 Jul 1943

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Leonforte: Bridging the Dittaino River

21-22 Jul 1943

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Agira

24-28 Jul 1943

1st Infantry Division

Adrano

29 Jul – 7 Aug 1943

1st Infantry Division

Regalbuto

29 Jul – 3 Aug 1943

1st Infantry Division

Troina Valley

2-6 Aug 1943

1st Infantry Division

River Salso

3-4 Aug 1943

Italy

1st Infantry Division

Landing at Reggio

4 Sep 1943

1st Infantry Division

Straorini

4 Sep 1943

1st Infantry Division

Cariati

14 Sep 1943

1st Infantry Division

Malfrancate River in the Castrovillari area

15 Sep 1943

1st Infantry Division

Anzi & Potenza

19 Sep 1943

1st Infantry Division

Gambarie

25 Sep 1943

1st Infantry Division

Troia

3 Oct 1943

1st Infantry Division

Fortore

7 Oct 1943

1st Infantry Division

Campobasso

11-14 Oct 1943

1st Infantry Division

Potenza

22 Oct 1943

1st Infantry Division

River crossing operations south of Colle d’Anchise

22-24 Oct 1943

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Melfi

24 Oct 1943

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Enroute from Spinazzola to Minervino

28 Oct 1943

1st Infantry Division

Foggia

31 Oct 1943

1st Infantry Division

Civitanova

7 Nov 1943

1st Infantry Division

Fossacesia

2 Dec 1943

1st Infantry Division

River Moro

5-7 Dec 1943

1st Infantry Division

San Leonardo

8-9 Dec 1943

1st Infantry Division

Ortona

20-28 Dec 1943

1st Infantry Division

The Liri Valley

18-30 May 1944

1st Infantry Division

Hitler Line

18-24 May 1944

1st Infantry Division

Advance to Florence

17 Jul-10Aug 1944

1st Infantry Division

Metauro River

24 Aug 1944

1st Infantry Division

Gothic Line

25 Aug – 22 Sep 1944

1st Infantry Division

Monteciccardo

27-28 Aug 1944

1st Infantry Division

Borgo Santa Maria & Monte Luro

1 Sep 1944

1st Infantry Division

Rimini Line

14-21 Sep 1944

1st Infantry Division

San Fortunato

18-20 Sep 1944

1st Infantry Division

River crossing operations on the Marecchia River near San Martino

21 Sep 1944

2nd New Zealand Division

Company under operational control of the New Zealanders

About 1 Oct 1944

1st Infantry Division

Company returns to its parent division

9 Oct 1944

1st Infantry Division

Cesena

15-20 Oct 1944

1st Infantry Division

Pisciatello

16-19 Oct 1944

1st Infantry Division

Operations on the River Savio bridgehead

20-23 Oct 1944

1st Infantry Division

Advance to the River Senio

Nov - Dec 1944

1st Infantry Division

Lamone Crossing

2-13 Dec 1944

1st Infantry Division

Naviglio Canal

12-15 Dec 1944

1st Infantry Division

Fosso Vecchio

16-18 Dec 1944

1st Infantry Division

Bagnacavallo

19 Dec 1944

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Granarolo

3-5 Jan 1945

1st Infantry Division

Bridge demolition on the River Lamone

27 Jan 1945

Holland

1st Infantry Division

Oelegem

22 Mar 1945

1st Infantry Division

Apeldoorn

11-17 Apr 1945

1st Infantry Division

On the River Ijssel between Zutphen & Deventer

11 Apr 1945

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On the Zutphen-Arnhem Road

17 Apr 1945

1st Infantry Division

Semstede

8 May 1945

Canada

1st Infantry Division

Arrives at Ottawa and deactivated

1 Oct 1945

SOURCE:

KERRY, A.J. and Mc DILL, W.A. The History of The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 1939-1946. Volume II. The Military Engineers Association of Canada, Ottawa, 1966.