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8th Field Company
Canadian Engineers

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3rd Canadian Division

Company formed in Ottawa

2 Feb 1916

3rd Canadian Division

Sailed for England

17 Mar 1916

England

3rd Canadian Division

Company HQ
sails for France

26 Mar 1916

3rd Canadian Division

Remainder of company sails for France

30 Mar 1916

France

3rd Canadian Division

Company at Hooge

30 Mar 1916

3rd Canadian Division

Mount Sorrel

2-13 Jun 1916

3rd Canadian Division

Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

3rd Canadian Division

Thiepval

26-28 Sep 1916

3rd Canadian Division

Ancre Heights

1 Oct - 11 Nov 1916

3rd Canadian Division

Le Transloy

1-18 Oct 1916

3rd Canadian Division

Vimy

9-14 Apr 1917

3rd Canadian Division

Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

3rd Canadian Division

Hill 70

15-25 Aug 1917

3rd Canadian Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct - 10 Nov 1917

3rd Canadian Division

Burbure

May 1918

3rd Canadian Division

Bellacourt

30 Jun 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Battalion formed from the 8th Field Company

9 Jul 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Amiens

8-11 Aug 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Scarpe

26-30 Aug 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Drocourt-Queant

2-3 Sep 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Cagnicourt

26 Sep 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Pursuit to Mons

28 Sep - 11 Nov 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Canal Du Nord

27 Sep - 1 Oct 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Cambrai

8-9 Oct 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Hasnon - St. Armand

22 Oct 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Valenciennes

1-2 Nov 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Sambre

4 Nov 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Onnaing

8 Nov 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Flobecq

30 Nov 1918

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

St. Genois

4 Jan 1919

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Le Havre

15 Feb 1919

England

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Bramshott, Hampshire

18 Feb 1919

Canada

8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, 3rd Division

Disbanded in Toronto

28 Feb 1919

NOTE: Place names shown in bold letters indicate locations of major battles.

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.