2 CER Bailey Bridge panel monument
This monument, based on a Bailey Bridge panel, commemorates the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the members of 2 CER’s predecessor units.
Inscription
The Bailey Bridge
In service with the Royal Canadian Engineers and Canadian Military Engineers since June 1942
This panel was erected in 1985 to commemorate 40 years since the end of World War II and in the memory of Sappers of the predecessor units of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment
1st (Cdn) Field Company (Permanent Force)
France 1940
Sicily and Italy 1943
Liri Valley and Rimini 1944
Holland 1945
deactivated Halifax- Sep 1945
23rd (Cdn) Field Company RCE Canadian Army (Active)
Caen
The Seine
The Neder Rijn Arnhem 1944
The Rhineland
Arnhem 1945
Disbanded UK- 30 Sep 1945
1st Field Company (PF) redesignated
23rd Field Company RCE- Mar 1946
23rd Field Company RCE
Korea 1952
1 Airborne Field Troop RCE 1952-1958
1 Field Squadron RCE
1 Airborne Field Squadron 1968-1977
1 Field Engineer Squadron
2 Combat Engineer Regiment 1977-
UBIQUE
2 CER Bailey Bridge panel monument
Ce monument, inspiré d’un panneau de pont Bailey, rappelle le 2 RG (2e Régiment du génie de combat) et les unités qui l’ont précédé.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.