August 10, 1912
On this date in 1912, Field Marshall Viscount Kitchener became the first Honorary Colonel of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers
August 9, 1944
On this date in 1944, Engineer units in France were involved in repairing roads, sweeping for mines, lifting redundant bailey bridging, and similar tasks.
August 8, 1944
On this date in 1944, during Op TOTALIZE, US Army Air Force bombers dropped bombs several miles short of their target killing 10 RCE surveyors and wounding 15 others. An addition seven sappers were killed and 21 wounded in other RCE units.
August 7, 1940
On this date in 1940, 6th Field Company departed its home station in North Vancouver for Debert, NS on its way to the Normandy battlefields.
August 5, 1918
On this date in 1918, for the attack on Amiens, the Canadian Engineer Military Transport Company moved thousands of sandbags, shovels, picks, barbed wire, and planking in secrecy.
August 4, 1944
On this date in 1944, 6th Field Park Squadron constructed "Phoney" a fake 100-ton tank to confuse the enemy. 1st Field Park Company produced fake guns.
August 3, 1944
By this date in 1944, one in eight soldiers in Normandy were Engineers. This represented 13% of the strength of deployed British and Canadian forces.
August 2, 1912
On this date in 1912, James McCurdy, a member of 2nd Field Company, piloted the "Silver Dart" at Petawawa on the first ‘military flight’ of an aircraft in Canada.
August 1, 1918
On this date in 1918, Brig W.B. Lindsay, CMG, DSO, was promoted Maj-Gen. He was one of the original seven officers serving when the Canadian Engineer Corps was formed.