7th Field Engineer Regiment, RCE

The official lineage of the 7th Field Engineer Regiment, RCE

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Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated in Vancouver, British Columbia on 15 June 1920, when 'Headquarters, CE' for 'Military District No. 11' was authorized to be formed.Footnote 1 It was redesignated: 'Headquarters, RCE' for 'Military District No. 11' on 29 April 1936;Footnote 2 'Headquarters, 11th District Engineers, RCE' on 15 December 1937;Footnote 3 'Headquarters, 11th (Reserve) District Engineers, RCE' on 7 November 1940;Footnote 4 'Headquarters, RCE, 1st Corps Troops' on 1 April 1946;Footnote 5 and 'Headquarters, 7th Field Engineer Regiment, RCE' on 19 June 1947.Footnote 6 It was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 26 January 1965.Footnote 7

Note:

Headquarters, CE for Military District No. 11 was authorized a Reserve order of battle counterpart on 1 November 1930 (GO 128/30). The reserve unit was disbanded on 14 December 1936 (GO 3/37).

Headquarters Location

Vancouver, British Columbia

Operational history

The Second World War

Details of the 11th District Engineers were mobilized for active service in Canada from 1 September 1939 to 31 December 1940 for local protection duties and engineer services.Footnote 8

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