41 Combat Engineer Regiment
reserve combat engineer regiment of the Canadian Army
41 Combat Engineer Regiment (41 CER, French: 41e Régiment du génie de combat) is an Army Reserve (militia) unit of the Canadian Military Engineers/Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE) in Alberta, Canada. The unit consists of:
Regimental Headquarters (RHQ),
25 Engineer Squadron (25 Engr Sqn) in Edmonton,
33 Engineer Squadron (33 Engr Sqn) in Calgary, and
Administration Squadron (Admin Sqn).
The unit parades on Wednesday evenings and one weekend per month at the Lieutenant-Colonel Philip L. Debney Armoury in Edmonton, and at the General Sir Arthur Currie Building in Calgary. 41 CER is allocated to 41 Canadian Brigade Group, which in turn is part of 3rd Canadian Division.
History
41 Combat Engineer Regiment was stood up on 6 September 2008 at a parade at the Military Museums in Calgary. The parade officially disbanded and amalgamated 8 Field Engineer Regiment and 33 Field Engineer Squadron. Amalgamation meant the resulting unit was entitled to the combined honours and history of the constituent units. This was authorized by Gordon O'Connor, then Minister of National Defence under Ministerial Organization Order 2006041 on 23 November 2006.
8 Field Engineer Regiment was the senior unit that was amalgamated and was created in 1947 as a result of a post-war reorganization of the militia engineers. At its peak the regiment controlled five sub-units:
13th Field Squadron in Calgary;
17th Field Squadron in Kimberley, British Columbia;
24th Field Squadron in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories;
25th Field Squadron in Edmonton; and
33rd Field Park Squadron in Lethbridge.
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