Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

Canada

1^st Infantry Division

Mobilized at Ottawa

Sep 1939

1^st Infantry Division

No. 1 Boring Section attached to the company

7 Oct 1939

1^st Infantry Division

Sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Almanzora

22 Dec 1939

United Kingdom

1^st Infantry Division

Arrived at Aldershot, Hampshire

31 Dec 1939

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Bridging training on the River Thames at Wallingford, Oxfordshire

Mar 1940

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Falmouth, Cornwall

15 Jun 1940

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Oxted, Surrey

Jul 1940

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Limpsfield, Surrey

30 Dec 1940

Force 111 for Exercise "Feather"

Departed Limpsfield by train. Embarked on Empress of Canada at Glasgow and sailed for Inverary, Loch Fyne, Scotland.

6 Aug 1941

Force 111

Returned to Glasgow

15 Aug 1941

1^st Infantry Division

Operation "Gauntlet". Sailed to Iceland enroute to Spitsbergen

19 Aug 1941

1^st Infantry Division

Offshore at Isfjord opposite Barentsburg, Russia

25 Aug 1941

1^st Infantry Division

Sailed for Scotland aboard Empress of Canada

3 Sep 1941

1^st Infantry Division

Returned to Limpsfield via Glasgow

9 Sep 1941

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Brighton, Sussex

Nov 1941

1^st Infantry Division

From Twineham Court to Parham, Sussex

2 May 1942

1^st Infantry Division

To Battle, Sussex

18 May 1942

1^st Infantry Division

Working on a salvage project at Eastbourne pier in Sussex

3 Feb 1943

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Inverary, Scotland

3 May 1943

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Greenock, Scotland

24 Jun 1943

Sicily

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Landing in Sicily

9-12 Jul 1943

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Grammichele

15 Jul 1943

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Piazza Armerina

16-17 Jul 1943

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Valguarnera

17-19 Jul 1943

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Leonforte: Bridging the Dittaino River

21-22 Jul 1943

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Agira

24-28 Jul 1943

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Adrano

29 Jul – 7 Aug 1943

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Regalbuto

29 Jul – 3 Aug 1943

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Troina Valley

2-6 Aug 1943

1^st Infantry Division

River Salso

3-4 Aug 1943

Italy

1^st Infantry Division

Landing at Reggio

4 Sep 1943

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Straorini

4 Sep 1943

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Cariati

14 Sep 1943

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Malfrancate River in the Castrovillari area

15 Sep 1943

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Anzi & Potenza

19 Sep 1943

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Gambarie

25 Sep 1943

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Troia

3 Oct 1943

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Fortore

7 Oct 1943

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Campobasso

11-14 Oct 1943

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Potenza

22 Oct 1943

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River crossing operations south of Colle d’Anchise

22-24 Oct 1943

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Melfi

24 Oct 1943

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Enroute from Spinazzola to Minervino

28 Oct 1943

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Foggia

31 Oct 1943

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Civitanova

7 Nov 1943

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Fossacesia

2 Dec 1943

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River Moro

5-7 Dec 1943

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San Leonardo

8-9 Dec 1943

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Ortona

20-28 Dec 1943

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The Liri Valley

18-30 May 1944

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Hitler Line

18-24 May 1944

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Advance to Florence

17 Jul-10Aug 1944

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Metauro River

24 Aug 1944

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Gothic Line

25 Aug – 22 Sep 1944

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Monteciccardo

27-28 Aug 1944

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Borgo Santa Maria & Monte Luro

1 Sep 1944

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Rimini Line

14-21 Sep 1944

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San Fortunato

18-20 Sep 1944

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River crossing operations on the Marecchia River near San Martino

21 Sep 1944

2^nd New Zealand Division

Company under operational control of the New Zealanders

About 1 Oct 1944

1^st Infantry Division

Company returns to its parent division

9 Oct 1944

1^st Infantry Division

Cesena

15-20 Oct 1944

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Pisciatello

16-19 Oct 1944

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Operations on the River Savio bridgehead

20-23 Oct 1944

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Advance to the River Senio

Nov - Dec 1944

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Lamone Crossing

2-13 Dec 1944

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Naviglio Canal

12-15 Dec 1944

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Fosso Vecchio

16-18 Dec 1944

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Bagnacavallo

19 Dec 1944

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Granarolo

3-5 Jan 1945

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Bridge demolition on the River Lamone

27 Jan 1945

Holland

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Oelegem

22 Mar 1945

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Apeldoorn

11-17 Apr 1945

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On the River Ijssel between Zutphen & Deventer

11 Apr 1945

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On the Zutphen-Arnhem Road

17 Apr 1945

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Semstede

8 May 1945

Canada

1^st Infantry Division

Arrives at Ottawa and deactivated

1 Oct 1945