History

Annex G - C & E Historical Events by Month

July
Day Year Event
  1903 All Canadian military communications assigned to the Canadian Engineers
  1917 Wireless communications between corps and divisions were put in place
  1924 RCAF H2SL flying boats were first equipped with wireless transmitters
  1959 Personnel with ICSC returned from Vietnam
1 1928 First RCSIGS RSM authorized
1 1935 RCAF Signals Branch authorized
1 1958 4 and 5 Signal Squadrons were formed
1 1986 The Reserve Electronic Warfare Squadron, 763 (Ottawa) Communications Regiment was established
2 1981 STRAD decommissioned after 61,000,000 messages
4 1944 Canadian Radar Detachment on Loan to Australian Military Forces departed for Australia
7 1942 OPERATION RUTTER, the initial planned raid on Dieppe was cancelled
8 1944 3rd Canadian Division attacked Caen, France
8 1955 Helicopter from HMCS Labrador unloaded DEW Line supplies at Cape Fisher (only direct Canadian military involvement in building of DEW Line)
9 1944 3rd Canadian Division captured Caen and Carpiquet Airport
10 1943 OPERATION HUSKY - 1st Canadian Division and 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade land at Pachino Sicily as part of 8th Army
10 1990 The Reserve Electronic Warfare Squadron, Kingston, tranferred from 76 Comm Gp Ottawa to 70 Comm Gp Trenton
12 1943 Communications established for Canadian invasion forces at Pachino Sicily
14 1958 1 Canadian Infantry Division disbanded and 1,2,3,4,5 Signal Squadrons created
14 1979 Col J.G.B. Knowlton became Colonel of the Regiment -
1st Canadian Signal Regiment
14 1960 ONUC authorized for Congo peace keeping
14 1993 Canadian Forces Europe Communication Group closed
15 1993 CFE Communication Group Headquarters closed in Lahr, Germany
15 1994 A call to tenders was put out for the new C & E Museum building
16 1943 1st Canadian Division captured Caltagirone Sicily
18 1944 OPERATION GOODWOOD - A Canadian/British push east of Orne, France
19 1944 Canadians captured Vaucelles, Louvigny and Fleury-Sur-Orne
20 1943 Canadians advanced to Leonforte, Sicily
24 1979 UNEF II ceased operations
25 1944 OPERATION SPRING, Canadian attack toward Falaise
25 1953 Korean Armistice
26 1936 Vimy Ridge Memorial officially unveiled
26 1945 Cairn at No 1 Canadian Signal Reenforcement Unit, Cove UK, unveiled
26 1994 Signalmen departed Kingston for UNAMIR duty in Rwanda
27 1953 Armistice signed at Panmunjom Korea ending Korean War
27 1960 57 Canadian Signal Squadron established at Barriefield for Congo ONU duty
31 1993 CFB Baden deactifcation parade

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