On this date in 1944, 31 Field Company occupied a former German billet near Samer and found a joint of beef cooking in the oven.

On this day in 1917, the 2nd Battalion Canadian Railway Troops repaired 175 rail line breaks caused by enemy shellfire.

On this date in 1971, following two years of work by 3 Field Squadron and 1 Construction Engineering Unit, the Ogilvy River bridge on the Demster Highway was handed over to the Yukon Territory.

On this date in 1944, the 9^th Field Squadron erected three Bailey bridges over the Somme River: a 60-foot Double-Single by 0430 hrs; a 40-foot Single-Single by 0730 hrs, and a 70-foot Double-Single by 0945 hrs.

On this date in 1943, 1^st Division Engineers crossed from Sicily and landed on the Italian mainland near Reggio. The 1^st Field Company built the first Bailey Bridge in the Italian Theatre later that evening.

On this date in 1918, Captain Coulson Mitchell of the 4^th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, C.E.F., saved the bridge over the Canal de l’Escaut near Cambrai, France, to earn the Victoria Cross.

On this date in 1943, B Company of the 3rd Battalion began trials on the newly designed Bailey suspension bridge.

On this date in 1944, every Canadian field and park squadron and company in 1^st Canadian Army (some 20 units), used bridges, rafts, and storm boats to get the divisions of the 2^nd Canadian Corps across the Seine.

On this date in 1942, 14th Field Company was employed constructing coastal defences near Amberley-Bogner Regis in England. Most RCE units had their turn at this work.

On this date in 1943, No 6 Construction Company completed an RCAF Wing for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at East Grinstead.