31 CER perpetuates the Provincial Corps of Artificers, a unit associated with the War of 1812 .
The regiment existed before the Confederation of Canada , tracing its origin to 1866 when the Militia Act officially created the 25th, Elgin, Battalion of Infantry from five local militia companies. It became the 25th Elgin Regiment in 1900, but was then disbanded in 1903, but re-formed the next year.
In 1915 the 91st Battalion (Elgin), CEF was raised in St. Thomas, Ontario , and went to fight in the First World War .
It became the Elgin Regiment in 1920, and was expanded to two battalions in 1921, the 1st Battalion (perpetuating 91st Battalion CEF), and the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion.
After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the regiment was converted to armour in 1942 as the 25th Armoured Regiment (The Elgin Regiment).
The Elgin Regiment was awarded the battle honours Somme, 1916; Arras, 1917; Ypres, 1917; and Amiens after the First World War .[ 3]
After the conversion to an engineer regiment in 1997, these honours became dormant, being replaced by the CME's honorary distinction ubique ( Latin for ' everywhere ' ) .
During Canadian combat operations in Afghanistan , 31 CER sent members to augment Regular Force units for deployments while also acting as a "feeder" unit, training Reserve Force members who could then take full-time contracts with Regular Force combat engineer regiments.
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1812 Provincial Corps of Artificers
1815 Disbanded
1856 Independent marine,
infy and rifle
coys 1866 25th "Elgin
Bn of
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1904 25th Regt
1915 91st "Overseas" Bn,
CEF 1916 Absorbed by 12th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th and 39th Reserve Bn
1920 1st Bn (91st Bn, CEF), The Elgin Regt
1936 The Elgin Regt
1940 The Elgin Regt,
CASF The Elgin Regt (Reserve)
1942 25th
Armd Regt (The Elgin Regt),
CAC 1943 25th Canadian Tank Delivery Regt (The Elgin Regt), CAC
1944 25th Armd Delivery Regt (The Elgin Regt), CAC 1st Canadian Armd Carrier Regt
1945 Disbanded
1946 Disbanded The Elgin Regt,
RCIC 1954 The Elgin Regt (27th Armd Regt)
1958 The Elgin Regt (
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1997 31 Combat Engineer Regt (The Elgin's)
2012 Perpetuates War of 1812 unit
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