History

Annex G - C & E Historical Events by Month

February
Day Year Event
  1936 Royal Canadian Air Force wireless training moved to Trenton
  1945 1st Canadian Corps withdrawn from Italy for operations in North West Europe
  1950 Exercise Sweetbrier, first joint US-Canada arctic exercise
1 1944 Electrical and Mechanical Engineers authorized
4 1904 Canadian Engineer Corps renamed Royal Canadian Engineers
7 1915 1st Canadian Division departed for England
8 1945 OPERATION VERITABLE - invasion of the Reichswald
9 1915 1st Canadian Divisional Signal Company departed for England
9 1945 1 Canadian Army reached the Rhine River
11 1945 Canadians captured Cleves
12 1915 1 Canadian Divisional Signal Company arrived in France
13 1945 No 1 Special Wireless Group departed Victoria BC enroute to Australia
14 1915 1st Canadian Division arrived in England
15 1926 Alliance between Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and Royal Corps of Signals was authorized
16 1945 Number 1 Special Wireless Group landed in Brisbane Australia
16 1989 UNTAG authorized
17 1932 Albert Johnson, the "Mad Trapper of Rat River", was killed by Signals personnel
20 1991 UNIIMOG ceased operations
21 1955 DEW line contracts let
23 1943 Naval Radio Station (NRS) Massett opened
24 1978 Canada Hall at Fort Gordon USA dedicated
26 1946 Number 1 Special Wireless Group arrived back in Canada from Australia

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