Old corps, no longer around???

[ArmyRick]

I was just wondering if some of you history buffs out there could tell me what corps we had in the Canadian Army pre-unification and what they became.

I know the RCIC (Royal Canadian Infantry Infantry Corps) became Infantry Branch and the RCAC (Royal Candian Armour Corps) become Armour Branch.

Others? What was the original name of the engineers? Logistics? Security? EME? Medical? etc, etc.

Cheerio

 

[old medic]

Well, since this is an easy one and nobody else has replied.... 

Royal Canadian Artillery  -  RCA
Royal Canadian Engineers - RCE
Royal Canadian Provost Corp 
Royal Canadian Corp of Signals - RCCS
Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers  - RCEME
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp  - RCOC
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corp - RCAMC
Royal Canadian Army Pay Corp. - RCAPC
Royal Canadian Army Service Corp. - RCASC
etc.

 

[BillN]

The Canadian Provost Corps was not a "Royal" Corps.  It was simply "CProC".

Cheers,
Bill

 

[Michael Dorosh]

There is a full list at my website at www.canadiansoldiers.com - look under Orders of Battle.

 

[ArmyRick]

Whoa. I just went and read an interesting corp history today. The RCEME that became LORE, that became LEME (remember that really stupid looking cap badge?) and finally back to EME. At least the EME branch had the nards to return their corps back to its right full pre-unification image. Cheers to EME.

By the way anyone who doesn't think EME are hard, try fixing an AFV in a tactical hide at
0200 HRS at -10'C.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

At least the EME branch had the nards to return their corps back to its right full pre-unification image. Cheers to EME.

When did they do that?  Preunification they were RCEME.  The new badge has EME in both French and English.

 

[ArmyRick]

At least it looks alot like the REME badge similar to the RCEME Badge rather than that retarded LEME thing.

 

[pbi]

By the way anyone who doesn't think EME are hard, try fixing an AFV in a tactical hide at
0200 HRS at -10'C.

Agreed. Any Cbt A soldier who has spent longer than five minutes in the field or on ops has great respect for the EME soldiers. They work very hard and do wonders, especially at zero dark thirty in a swamp.  When I had a rifle coy, the MRT were some of its most honoured members. Without those troops we couldn't do too much.

Cheers