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, MC, of the 4^th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, C.E.F., captured the bridge over the Canal de l’Escaut near Cambrai, France and earned 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.

On this date in 1944, Group Headquarters and two Railway Operating Companies embarked for Normandy. No 1 Railway Workshop Company followed on 19 Nov 1944.

On this date in 1918, all engineer units in the 1st Canadian Corps came under the command of the Chief Engineer - an arrangement that provided effective support during the last 100 days of the war.

On this date in 1918, to meet the need for portable bridging, the Inglis bridge was introduced to replace the much heavier Hopkins bridge.

On this date in 1944, No 2 Platoon of 7th Field Company had 6 killed, 10 wounded, and 9 missing in action while part of a "Jock" column with the Black Watch of Canada.