3rd
Field Company
Canadian Engineers
Major Headquarters |
Locations |
Dates |
Home Service |
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1st Canadian Division |
Company formed |
22 Sep 1914 |
1st Canadian Division |
Embarkation started at Quebec aboard Arcadian |
23 Sep 1914 |
1st Canadian Division |
Embarkation completed |
1 Oct 1914 |
1st Canadian Division |
Sailed from Gaspé Basin |
3 Oct 1914 |
United Kingdom |
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1st Canadian Division |
Arrived in Plymouth Sound |
14 Oct 1914 |
1st Canadian Division |
In camp at West Down South in Devonshire |
19 Oct 1914 |
1st Canadian Division |
In camp at Larkhill |
14 Nov 1914 |
1st Canadian Division |
Departed for Avonmouth and embarked for France |
8 Feb 1915 |
France |
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1st Canadian Division |
Arrived at St. Nazaire |
12 Feb 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Eecke |
15 Feb 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Armentieres |
23 Feb 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Croix Blanche |
11 Mar 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Cassel |
7 Apr 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Brielen |
16 Apr 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
St. Jean (just northeast of Ypres) |
20 Apr 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Ypres |
22 Apr 25 May 1915 |
1st Canadian Division, 3rd Infantry Brigade |
Into line as infantry with the 3rd Brigade at Gravenstafel |
22-23 Apr 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of St. Julien |
24 Apr 4 May 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Released as infantry and proceeded to Wieltje |
24 Apr 1915 |
1st Canadian Division, 3rd Infantry Brigade |
Into line as infantry with the 3rd Brigade |
25 Apr 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Vlamertinghe |
3 May 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Steentje |
4 May 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Calonne |
14 May 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Festubert |
15-25 May 1915 |
1st Canadian Division, 3rd Infantry Brigade |
In line with the 3rd Brigade at Festubert |
18 May 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Oblinghem |
31 May 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Ploegsteert |
30 Jun 1915 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Mount Sorrel |
2-13 Jun 1916 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Pozieres |
23 Jul 3 Sep 1916 |
1st Canadian Division |
Albert |
1 Sep 1916 |
1st Canadian Division |
La Boisselle |
3 Sep 1916 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Flers-Courcelette |
15-22 Sep 1916 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Thiepval |
26-28 Sep 1916 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Ancre Heights |
1 Oct 11 Nov 1916 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Le Transloy |
1-18 Oct 1916 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Vimy |
9-14 Apr 1917 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Arleux |
28-29 Apr 1917 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Scarpe |
3-4 May 1917 |
1st Canadian Division |
Maisnil-Bouche |
4 May 1917 |
1st Canadian Division |
Marzingarbe |
25 Jul 1917 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Hill 70 |
15-25 Aug 1917 |
1st Canadian Division |
Battle of Passchendaele |
26 Oct 10 Nov 1917 |
1st Canadian Division |
Potijze |
26 Oct 1917 |
1st Canadian Division |
Lievin and Maroc |
1 Jan 5 Feb 1918 |
1st Canadian Division |
Hill 70 and St. Emile Sectors |
6 Feb 27 Mar 1918 |
1st Canadian Division |
Agnez-les-Duisans |
28 Mar 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Battalion formed |
9 Jul 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Battle of Amiens |
8-11 Aug 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Battle of Scarpe |
26-30 Aug 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Battle of Drocourt-Queant |
2-3 Sep 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Cagnicourt |
26 Sep 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Pursuit to Mons |
28 Sep 11 Nov 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Battle of Canal Du Nord |
27 Sep 1 Oct 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Battle of Cambrai |
8-9 Oct 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Sailly-en-Ostrevent |
13 Oct 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Battle of Valenciennes |
1-2 Nov 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Kalk, Germany |
13 Dec 1918 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Wasseiges, Belgium |
13 Jan 1919 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Bas-Oha (near Huy) |
20 Mar 1919 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Departed France |
26 Mar 1919 |
United Kingdom |
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3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Arrived at Liphook, Hampshire |
31 Mar 1919 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Departed for Canada aboard the Olympic |
26 Apr 1919 |
Canada |
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3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Engineers, 1st Division |
Demobilized in Winnipeg |
May 1919 |
SOURCES:
1. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.
2. KERRY, A.J. and Mc DILL, W.A. The History of The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 1749-1939. Volume I. The Military Engineers Association of Canada, Ottawa, 1962.