Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps
| Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1 June 1921-2 May 1969 |
| Country | Canada |
| Branch | Canadian Army |
| Type | Corps |
| Motto(s) | Latin: In hoc signo vinces, lit. 'In this sign conquer' |
| March | "Onward Christian Soldiers" |
The Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps (RCAChC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The Canadian Chaplain Service was first authorized on 1 June 1921. It was later Redesignated as The Canadian Army Chaplain Corps on 22 March 1948 and as The Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps on 3 June 1948. [1][2][3] The Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps was succeeded by the Chaplain Branch on May 2, 1969. The official march of the RCAChC was "Onward Christian Soldiers".
Role[edit]
Chaplains share the hardships and perils that fall to other service personnel. "It is the business of the regimental padre to be the friend and adviser of the soldier, and the manner in which he has done this business has had more than a little to do with the maintenance of the morale of the army."[4] John Weir Foote, chaplain of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery under fire in helping care for the wounded and evacuate them from Dieppe.[5] Ten members of the Canadian Chaplains Service are buried in World War 2 Commonwealth War Graves Commission grave plots overseas (three buried in France, two in Belgium, two in the Netherlands, two in Italy and one in the UK).[6]
Notable Members[edit]
- Colonel John Macpherson Almond CMG CBE
- Frederick George Scott CMG DSO FRSC
- Lieutenant Colonel John Weir Foote VC CD
- Captain Walter Brown
Gallery[edit]
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H Captain Callum Thompson, a Canadian chaplain, conducting a funeral service in the Normandy bridgehead, France, 16 July 1944 -
Canon Fred Scott, Senior Chaplain, First Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force
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References[edit]
- ^ The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's Printer, 1964)
- ^ "Organizational Corps". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ "Chaplains Services Branch, Canadian Forces". 2007-11-20. Archived from the original on 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cmhq/cmhq092.pdf C.P. Stacey 'General Activities, Canadian Army Overseas June 1942 - April 1943' 27 Apr 43
- ^ http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cmhq/cmhq092.pdf C.P. Stacey 'General Activities, Canadian Army Overseas June 1942 - April 1943' 27 Apr 43
- ^ "CWGC Search Results for CCS in WW2". www.cwgc.org. CWGC. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- Padres in No Man's Land (Canadian Chaplains and the Great War), by Duff Willis Crerar, McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1995.
Related units[edit]
This unit was allied with the following:
See also[edit]
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- Corps of the Canadian Army
- Military history of Canada
- Canadian military chaplains
- Military units and formations of Canada in World War II
- Military units and formations established in 1948
- 1948 establishments in Canada
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1969
- 1969 disestablishments in Canada
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