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1st Canadian Infantry Division Units
Sicily 1943


HQ

  • 1 Canadian Infantry Division Defence and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots)

RCA 1 Canadian Infantry Division

  • 1 Canadian Field Regiment, RCHA
  • 2 Canadian Field Regiment, RCA
  • 3 Canadian Field Regiment, RCA
  • 1 Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA
  • 2 Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
  • 12 Canadian Meteorological Section

RCE 1 Canadian Infantry Division

  • 1 Canadian Field Company
  • 3 Canadian Field Company
  • 4 Canadian Field Company
  • 2 Canadian Field Park Company
  • 1 Canadian Bridging Platoon

1 Canadian Infantry Division Signals

HQ RCASC 1 Canadian Infantry Division

  • 1 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company
  • 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company
  • 3 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company
  • 1 Canadian Infantry Divisional Troops Company

RCAMC

  • 4 Canadian Field Ambulance
  • 5 Canadian Field Ambulance
  • 9 Canadian Field Ambulance
  • 2 Canadian Field Hygiene Section

RCOC

  • 1 Canadian Infantry Divisional Ordnance Field Park
  • 1 Canadian Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit

RCEME

  • 1 Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop
  • 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop
  • 3 Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop
  • No. 1 Infantry Troops Workshop

C Pro C

  • 1 Canadian Provost Company

RCAPC

  • 1 Canadian Field Cash Office

Postal

  • 1 Canadian Infantry Division Postal Unit

Dental

  • 1 Canadian Dental Company

Reconnaissance

  • 4th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)

Divisional Support

  • Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun)

1ST INFANTRY BRIGADE

  • The Royal Canadian Regiment
  • Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
  • The 48th Highlanders of Canada

2ND INFANTRY BRIGADE

  • Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
  • Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
  • Loyal Edmonton Regiment

3RD INFANTRY BRIGADE

  • Royal 22e Regiment
  • Carleton and York Regiment
  • West Nova Scotia Regiment

1st Canadian Armoured Brigade

    Sicily 1943

  • 11th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)
  • 12th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Three Rivers Regiment)
  • 14th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)
  • No. 83 Company, RCASC
  • No. 2 Light Field Ambulance, RCAMC
  • No. 1 Army Tank Brigade Sub-Park, RCOC
  • 1st Tank Brigade Workshop, RCOC
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Today in Military History

February 17



1775:

The Queen's Rangers finish clearing a path from York (Toronto) to Lake Simcoe, which is then named Younge Street. It has taken the troops the better part of a year to complete the new road, labouring through intense cold, hilly terrain, and dense h


1839:

New Brunswick militia called up to defend Aroostook in the war with Maine


1870:

Louis Riel’s provisional guardsmen arrest 48 armed men at Upper Fort Garry.


1917:

Flt. Lt. Hugh Aird of Toronto takes part in a bombing mission against the Buk bridge in Macedonia. Aird drops three 100-pound bombs on the bridge, preventing its further use by the Turks.


1919:

Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Canada's 7th Prime Minister) dies. He is interred at Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa.


1937:

The destroyers HMCS FRASER and HMCS ST LAURENT were commissioned at Chatham, England.


1939:

The Royal Canadian Air Force receives its first delivery of Hawker Hurricane fighters, intended to replace severely outdated aircraft of the time. this was just intime for the begining of the 2nd world war.


1944:

HMCS ALGONQUIN (Destroyer) is commissioned at Glasgow, Scotland.


1944:

Japanese naval base at Truk, Caroline Islands, destroyed by US carrier-borne aircraft




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