By LCol John Summerfield (Retd)
I was honoured to be selected as the Governor Generals Foot Guards Regimental Association representative for the VAC trip and, as there was no official Canadian Engineer representative, I assumed that role.
Over the years, many scholarships have been endowed by members of the greater CME family. Awards include the following:
A short description of the award and a biography follow. Interested applicants should research applicable scholarships with the named universities.
On the 8th of July, 4 Engineer Support Regiment (4 ESR) participated in the No. 2 Construction Battalion commemoration festivities in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The No. 2 Construction Bn has deep seeded Canadian military history and a special link to 4 ESR.
The Royal Canadian Legion’s president David Flannigan presented the symbolic First Poppy to Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa today, 23 October 2017. Sharp eyes will notice her Aide-de-Camp is an RCE officer and Combat Diver. She is Captain Celine Best who has been working at Rideau Hall since April 2016.
From 06 June 17 to 23 June 17, Combat Divers from 4 Engineer Support Regiment (4 ESR) took part in a Military Engineer Diving Exercise 2017 in the Netherlands. Members conducted valuable dive training alongside NATO allies from Norway and the United Kingdom in order to hone their skills and improve interoperability with members of other dive teams. Training included underwater navigation, salvage diving, welding, bridge deconstruction, as well as river crossings and bottom profiling.
With the closing of the 2017 Invictus Games on 1 October, the Canadian Military Engineer participants deserve our congratulations for their participation and performances. Their individual results can be seen at the attached.
With the closing of these Games, it is difficult to summarize that spectacular event in words better than were delivered by Prince Harry:
On this date in 1943, Captain George Burbidge of the 4th Field Squadron, attached to Combined Operations HQ in Malta, was lost with other members of his party while conducting a beach recce in Sicily. This was their second mission and they had been inserted from a Royal Navy submarine.
