History

Annex G - C & E Historical Events by Month

August
Day Year Event
  1915 2nd Canadian Division Signal Company arrived in France
1916 Wireless first used to control artillery fire
1937 NWT&Y station Fort Rae moved to Yellowknife
1949 Earthquake at NRS Masset
1983 The concept of a Reserve Electronic Warfare Squadron was developed
1988 88 Signal Regiment formed for UNIMOG duty in Iraq-Iran
1 1921 Signals responsibilities completely divorced from CE
1 1921 NPAM Signal units formed across Canada and known collectively as Canadian Corps of Signals
1 1961 6 Signal Squadron formed
2 1909 First military flight demonstration at Petawawa
2 1943 Canadians captured Regalbuto, Sicily
2 1956 RCSIGS transmitter building in Aklavik burned down
4 1914 Canada went to war
5 1945 VE Day (8 and 9 May) declared by Winston Churchill
6 1914 1st Canadian Divisional Signalling Company authorized
6 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
7 1955 EXERCISE RISING STAR at Camp Gagetown commenced
8 1977 1st Canadian Signal Regiment moved into E-30
8 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
9 1942 GEE jammed by the Germans for the first time
9 1959 Aklavik handed over to Department of Transport
9 1988 UNIIMOG authorized
9 1994 Tenders closed for construction of a new C & E Museum building
11 1941 GEE (a bombing navigational aid) first used
11 1960 57 Canadian Signal Squadron arrived in Leopoldville
15 1945 VJ DAY - Japan surrendered unconditionally
15 1963 1 Signal Unit redesignated 1st Canadian Signal Regiment
15 1980 OPERATION DELILAH - commissioning of SAMSON
16 1914 Canadian Aviation Corps authorized
16 1943 83 men of Pacific Command Signals landed at Kiska Island
17 1943 Sicily secured
17 1944 Canadians captured Falaise
18 1920 6 Signal Company, CE returned to Canada from Russia
19 1941 OPERATION GAUNTLET started, a raid on Spitzbergen
19 1942 OPERATION JUBILEE - the Dieppe raid
19 1944 Canadian Radar Detachment on Loan to Australian Military Forces arrived in Australia
23 1937 Canadian Signal Training Centre opened in Kingston
23 1943 The term "RADAR" was adopted
24 1944 Canadians captured Elbeuf, France
24 1965 RCSIGS Museum Kit Shop authorized
25

1941

OPERATION GAUNTLET - Five Signals personnel made the initial landing during the raid on Spitzbergen
25 1944 1 Canadian Army joined 21 Army Group under Montgomery
26

1939

General Order 124 announced the "Precautionary stage of the Defence scheme". 10,000 soldiers were call out to guard vulnerable points and coastal defences
27 1940 1 Canadian corps Signals and 2nd Divisional Signals departed Canada for England
27 1941 31 Royal Air Force Radio School opened at Clinton
27 1971 C & E Branch authorized
30 1922 The Depot, RC Signals established at Camp Borden
30 1945 Signals ended its aid to civil powers due to Fraser River flood
31 1958 1 Airborne Signal Squadron disbanded
31 1961 1, 2 and 3 Airborne Signal Troops disbanded

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