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This is an original Royal Canadian Engineers Corps Cap Badge for sale. In good condition. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military cap badges for sale including other Royal Engineers cap badges, collar badges & shoulder titles.
For more original cap badges for sale, click here. The Canadian Military Engineers (CME) is the military engineer branch of the Canadian Forces. The branch's component within the Canadian Army is the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE). Following the Boer War the Canadian Government realized that the defence of Canada required more than just a single infantry battalion and a few artillery batteries as part of the permanent defence force. In 1903 The Royal Canadian Engineers were founded as the basis of the permanent military engineers, while the militia had the Royal Canadian Engineers created under the leadership of a former Royal Military College of Canada officer cadet, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Weatherbe. During the First World War one of the first tasks completed by the engineers after the declaration of war upon Germany in 1914 was for the rapid development of the Valcartier training site in Quebec. At its peak size 30,000 men were stationed here before the 1st Canadian Division was deployed to England. When the 1st Division arrived on the front in Belgium they were accompanied by field companies of the Canadian Engineers (men recruited into the service after the start of the war were part of the Militia branch and not the regulars). These troops were responsible for construction of defences, sanitation systems, water supplies, bridging, and assisting with trench raids. Canadian Engineers also served in the Middle East fighting the Turks. One of the most important functions of the Sappers in the war was to dig tunnels underneath enemy trenches, with which to plant explosives to destroy them. At the Battle of Vimy Ridge, several such mines were used to win the battle. In the war the only Victoria Cross the Canadian Engineers ever received was earned by Captain C. N. Mitchell for actions on 8 October 1918 at Canal du Nord. In total, more than 40,000 Canadians served as Engineers in the war, with 14,000 on the front on the last day of the war. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers expanded dramatically in size to support Canada's Second World war effort. On August 31, 1939, the Permanent Force engineers included 50 officers (with 14 seconded to other branches of the Canadian Army) and 323 other ranks; the maximum size of the Corps was reached in 1944, when it included 210 officers and 6283 other ranks. In keeping with British Army practice, company-sized units in the two armoured divisions were called "squadrons" following cavalry terminology. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military shoulder titles for sale including other Royal Canadian Engineers Corps cap badges, collar badges & shoulder titles.
For more original cap badges for sale, click here. The Canadian Military Engineers (CME) is the military engineer branch of the Canadian Forces. The branch's component within the Canadian Army is the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE). Following the Boer War the Canadian Government realized that the defence of Canada required more than just a single infantry battalion and a few artillery batteries as part of the permanent defence force. In 1903 The Royal Canadian Engineers were founded as the basis of the permanent military engineers, while the militia had the Royal Canadian Engineers created under the leadership of a former Royal Military College of Canada officer cadet, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Weatherbe. During the First World War one of the first tasks completed by the engineers after the declaration of war upon Germany in 1914 was for the rapid development of the Valcartier training site in Quebec. At its peak size 30,000 men were stationed here before the 1st Canadian Division was deployed to England. When the 1st Division arrived on the front in Belgium they were accompanied by field companies of the Canadian Engineers (men recruited into the service after the start of the war were part of the Militia branch and not the regulars). These troops were responsible for construction of defences, sanitation systems, water supplies, bridging, and assisting with trench raids. Canadian Engineers also served in the Middle East fighting the Turks. One of the most important functions of the Sappers in the war was to dig tunnels underneath enemy trenches, with which to plant explosives to destroy them. At the Battle of Vimy Ridge, several such mines were used to win the battle. In the war the only Victoria Cross the Canadian Engineers ever received was earned by Captain C. N. Mitchell for actions on 8 October 1918 at Canal du Nord. In total, more than 40,000 Canadians served as Engineers in the war, with 14,000 on the front on the last day of the war. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers expanded dramatically in size to support Canada's Second World war effort. On August 31, 1939, the Permanent Force engineers included 50 officers (with 14 seconded to other branches of the Canadian Army) and 323 other ranks; the maximum size of the Corps was reached in 1944, when it included 210 officers and 6283 other ranks. In keeping with British Army practice, company-sized units in the two armoured divisions were called "squadrons" following cavalry terminology. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military shoulder titles for sale including other Royal Canadian Engineers Corps cap badges, collar badges & shoulder titles.
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