Significant Dates in Canadian Military History


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  • 15/6/1755
    Anglo-Americans attack and capture Fort Beauséjour, New Brunswick continues (03-16 Jun).
  • 15/6/1915
    Canadian troops of the 1st Canadian Division fight in the Battle of Givenchy
  • 15/6/1915
    At Givenchy, France, Lieutenant Frederick Campbell of the 1st Battalion, C.E.F., pushed to the German line, and held back the enemy while in an exposed position to allow others a chance to escape the heavy gunfire. Lieutenant Campbell received a posthumous Victoria Cross for his exemplary conduct in these actions.
  • 15/6/1920
    The demobilization of the wartime Royal Canadian Navy is completed with the disbandment of the Royal Navy Canadian Volunteer Reserve.
  • 15/6/1938
    HMCS OTTAWA is commissioned at Chatham, England.
  • 15/6/1940
    The Erik Boye is sunk by submarine U38 in passage off Land’s End thereby becoming the first Canadian flagged merchant ship to be sunk as a casualty of the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • 15/6/1940
    The Canadian Provost Corps is authorized.

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