History

Annex G - C & E Historical Events by Month

January
Day	Year	Event
	1922	Royal Signals light blue, dark blue, green colours were adopted
	1938	Canadian Signal Training Center named Vimy Barracks
	1944	Pacific Command Signals returned home from Kiska
	1956	Signals deployed in aid to civil powers - Maritimes sleet storm
	1964	Western half of Mid Canada Line closed
1	1947	Canadian National Telegraph took over the Northwest Communication System
1	1958	Mid Canada Line went operational
1	1974	CFCC received a brigadier-general position as the commander
1	1977	Brigadier-General R.E. Mooney became Colonel Commandant
1	1981	Major-General L.H. Wylie became Colonel Commandant
4	1971	Last of 1 Canadian Signal Regiment returned from OPERATION ESSAY in Quebec
13	1930	First RCSIGS Corps Officers' Mess "At Home" held at Camp Borden
13	1945	No 1 Special Wireless Group departed Canada for Australia
15	1919	6 Signal Company, CE arrived in Vladivostok Russia
15	1951	25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Signal Troop was formed for United Nations service in Korea
16	1932	RCCS personnel join the man hunt for the "Mad Trapper of Rat River"
17	1991	Fighting broke out as the UN coalition attacked Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait
21	1992	ONUCA ceased operations
22	1952	Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Band authorized