31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins)

31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins), is currently a combat engineer regiment

Regiment

A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

of the Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

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, supporting 31 Canadian Brigade Group

31 Canadian Brigade Group

31 Canadian Brigade Group is part of Land Force Central Area, under Land Force Command of the Canadian Forces. It encompasses the southwestern portion of Ontario, and is headquartered in London, Ontario. The 31 CBG area of responsibility stretches from St. Catharines to Windsor. The Brigade has...

. It consists of two squadrons: 48 Engineer Squadron in Waterloo, Ontario

Waterloo, Ontario

Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....

, and 7 Engineer Squadron in St. Thomas, Ontario

St. Thomas, Ontario

St. Thomas is a city in southern , Ontario, Canada. It is the seat for Elgin County and gained its city charter on March 4, 1881.-History:...

. The Elgins existed before the Confederation of Canada, unofficially in 1866.

The history of The Elgins

Year	Change
1866	25th Elgin Battalion of Infantry
1900	25th Elgin Regiment
1903	(disbanded)
1904	25th Elgin Regiment (re-formed)
1915	Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Expeditionary Force The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. Units of the C.E.F. were divided into field formation in France, where they were organized first into separate divisions and later joined together into a single... : 18th, 33rd, and 91st Battalions raised
1920	The Elgin Regiment
1921	Canadian Expeditionary Force: 1st Battalion (perpetuating 91st Battalion CEF) 2nd (Reserve) Battalion
1942	25th Armoured Regiment (The Elgin Regiment)
1943	1st Canadian Tank Delivery Regiment
1943–45	25th Armoured Delivery Regiment (The Elgin Regiment) "A" & "B" Squadrons attached to 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade 1 Canadian Army Tank Brigade, later known as 1 Canadian Armoured Brigade, was composed of the 11th, 12th and 14th Canadian Armoured Regiments and saw service in the Italian campaign and in north-west Europe during the Second World War.-History:... "C" Squadron attached to 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade -History:Soon after 3rd Canadian Tank Brigade assumed the designation in summer 1943 of the original 2nd Canadian Tank Brigade, the new 2nd Tank was redesignated and reorganized as 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade. Although reorganized as an armoured brigade, no motor battalion served under its command... "D" Squadron attached to 4th Canadian Armoured Division "E" Squadron attached to II Canadian Corps II Canadian Corps II Canadian Corps was a corps-level formation that, along with I Corps and I Canadian Corps , comprised the First Canadian Army in Northwest Europe during World War II.Authorization for the formation of the Corps headquarters became effective in England on... "F" Squadron attached to First Canadian Army First Canadian Army The First Canadian Army was the senior Canadian operational formation in Europe during the Second World War.The Army was formed in early 1942, replacing the existing unnumbered Canadian Corps, as the growing number of Canadian forces in the United Kingdom necessitated an expansion to two corps... "G" Squadron attached to 5th Canadian Armoured Division "H" Squadron attached to I Canadian Corps I Canadian Corps I Canadian Corps was one of the two corps fielded by the Canadian Army during World War II. From December 24, 1940 until the formation of the First Canadian Army in April 1942, there was a single unnumbered Canadian Corps...
1946	The Elgin Regiment (Infantry Royal Canadian Infantry Corps The Infantry Branch is the organisation to which all Canadian infantry regiments belong. This was originally named "Canadian Infantry Corps".... )
1954	The Elgin Regiment (27th Armoured Regiment)
1958	The Elgin Regiment (Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Royal Canadian Armoured Corps The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps is the armoured branch of service of the Canadian Army, including regular force and reserve regiments.-History:... )
1997	31 Combat Engineer Canadian Military Engineers The Canadian Military Engineers is the military engineer branch of the Canadian Forces.-Mission:The mission of the Canadian Military Engineers is to contribute to the survival, mobility, and combat effectiveness of the Canadian Forces... Regiment (The Elgins)

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