The 4th Canadian Division is a formation of the

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. The division was first created as a formation of the

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during the

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. During the

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the division was reactivated as the 4th Canadian Infantry Division in 1941 and then converted to armour and redesignated as the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division. Beginning in 1916 the division adopted a distinctive green-coloured formation patch as its insignia. In 2013 it was announced that Land Force Central Area would be redesignated 4th Canadian Division. It is currently responsible for Canadian Army operations in the

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and is headquartered at

Denison Armoury Lieutenant-Colonel George Taylor Denison III Armory, commonly known as Denison Armory, is a Canadian Armed Forces facility located at 1 Yukon Lane in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is in the northeastern corner of Downsview Airport, just west of the ...

in Toronto.Official LFCA-JTFC Web Site
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First World War

The 4th Canadian Division was formed in

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in April 1916 from several existing units and others scheduled to arrive shortly thereafter. Under the command of

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David Watson, the Division embarked for France in August of that year where they served both in the

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in France and in

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until

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. The 4th Canadian Division was a part of the

in the

Battle of Vimy Ridge The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in the First Army, against three divisions o ...

, which attacked and defeated the Germans, driving them from the ridge. As a result, the Canadians became known as masters of offensive warfare and an elite fighting force. In the

in April 1917, the 4th Canadian Division was given the job of capturing

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, the highest and most important feature of

Vimy Ridge The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in the First Army, against three divisions of ...

. However, when they attempted to capture the hill, they were hampered by fire from the "Pimple", which was the other prominent height at Vimy Ridge. To capture Hill 145, forces which were supposed to attack the Pimple were redeployed and captured Hill 145.

Infantry units

10th Canadian Brigade: * 44th (Manitoba) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 11 November 1918. (Re-designated New Brunswick in August 1918); * 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 11 November 1918; *

47th (British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Infantry The Royal Westminster Regiment (commonly referred to as the Westies) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is currently part of the 3rd Canadian Division's 39 Canadian Brigade Group and is based in New Westminster, Brit ...

. April 1916 – 11 November 1918. (Re-designated West Ontario in February 1918); * 50th (Calgary) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 11 November 1918. 11th Canadian Brigade: * 54th (Kootenay) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 11 November 1918; * 75th (Mississauga) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 11 November 1918; * 87th (Canadian Grenadier Guards) Battalion Canadian Infantry. June 1916 – 11 November 1918 (transferred from 12th Canadian Brigade); * 102nd (North British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 11 November 1918. 12th Canadian Brigade: * 38th (Ottawa) Battalion Canadian Infantry. June 1916 – 11 November 1918; * 51st (Edmonton) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 13 November 1916 (Became the 51st Garrison Battalion); *

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. April 1916 – 11 November 1918; * 73rd (Royal Highlanders) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 19 April 1917 (disbanded); * 78th (Winnipeg Grenadier) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – 11 November 1918; * 85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1917 – 11 November 1918; * 87th (Canadian Grenadier) Battalion Canadian Infantry. April 1916 – June 1916. (transferred to 11th Canadian Brigade). Pioneers: * 67th (Western Scot) Pioneer Battalion Canadian Infantry. 1 September 1916 – 11 November 1918;

Battles and Engagements on the Western Front

1916: *

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– 1–17 October *

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– 17 October – 11 November, (capture of the

Regina Trench The Capture of Regina Trench () was a tactical incident in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme during the First World War. Regina Trench was the Canadian name for a German trench dug along the north-facing slope of a ridge running from north-wes ...

) *

Battle of the Ancre The Battle of the Ancre was fought by the British Fifth Army (Lieutenant-General Hubert Gough), against the German 1st Army (General Fritz von Below). The Reserve Army had been renamed the Fifth Army on 30 October. The battle was the last ...

– 13–18 November 1917: *

– 9–14 April * Affairs South of the Souchez River – 3–25 June * Capture of Avion – 26–29 June *

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– 15–25 August *

Second Battle of Passchendaele The Second Battle of Passchendaele was the culminating attack during the Third Battle of Ypres of the First World War. The battle took place in the Ypres Salient area of the Western Front, in and around the Belgian village of Passchendaele, be ...

– 26 October – 10 November 1918: * Battle of Amiens – 9–11 August *

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– 15–17 August *

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– 2–3 September *

Battle of the Canal du Nord The Battle of Canal du Nord was part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War by the Allies against German positions on the Western Front. The battle took place in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, along an incomplete portion of ...

27 September – 1 October * Battle of Valenciennes 1–2 November 1–2, (capture of

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) *

Passage of the Grande Honnelle The Passage of the Grande Honnelle was a battle between troops of the British First and Third Armies and German Empire forces during the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War. The action took place in and around the Belgian municipality of ...

– 5–7 November

Second World War

4th Canadian (Armoured) Division

The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division was created during

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by the conversion of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division at the beginning of 1942 in

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. The division proceeded overseas in 1942, with its two main

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s reaching the

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in August and October. The division spent almost two years training in the United Kingdom before crossing to Normandy in July 1944. In the United Kingdom, it participated in war games together with the

Polish 1st Armoured Division The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish ''1 Dywizja Pancerna'') was an armoured division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. Created in February 1942 at Duns in Scotland, it was commanded by Major General Stanisław Maczek ...

, and later fought in

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, the

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, and

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; both divisions followed very close paths. The division participated in the later stages of the

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at the Falaise Pocket, the advance from Normandy and spent almost two months engaged at the

Breskens Pocket The Breskens Pocket was a pocket of fortified German resistance against the Canadian First Army in the Battle of the Scheldt during the Second World War. It was chiefly situated on the southern shore of the Scheldt estuary in the southern Nether ...

as well as

Operation Pheasant Operation Pheasant, also known as the Liberation of North Brabant, was a major operation to clear German troops from the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands during the fighting on the Western Front in the Second World War. This offensiv ...

. It wintered in the

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and took part in the final advance across northern Germany.

Formation

1944–1945 ;

4th Canadian Armoured Brigade The 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the Canadian Army during World War II. It was part of the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division. Organization As of 1942 the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade comprised: * 21st Armoured Reg ...

: *

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* 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) * 28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)) *

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;

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: *

10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers) The New Brunswick Rangers was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). In 1946, the regiment was amalgamated with The Saint John Fusiliers to form The South New Brunswick Regiment whi ...

The Lincoln and Welland Regiment , colors = , identification_symbol_2 = , identification_symbol_2_label = Tartan , identification_symbol_4 = , identification_symbol_4_label = Abbreviation , march = "The Lincolnshi ...

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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) (Scotland forever) , colors = , identification_symbol_2 Sutherland, identification_symbol_2_label = Tartan , march = Quick: "The Campbells Are Coming" , mascot = , ...

*10 Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (

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) ; Other units : * 29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment) *"D" Squadron,

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* 15th Field Regiment, RCA * 23rd Field Regiment, RCA * 5th Anti-tank Regiment, RCA *

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*4th Canadian Armoured Division Engineers **8th Field Squadron, RCE **9th Field Squadron, RCE **6th Field Park Squadron, RCE **4th Canadian Armoured Division Bridge Troop, RCE **No. 46 Light Aid Detachment, RCEME *4th Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals, R.C. Sigs *No. 4 Defence and Employment Platoon (

) * 12 Light Field Ambulance, RCAMC *No. 8 Provost Company,

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Commanding officers

David Vivian Currie VC

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VC was awarded the

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for his actions in command of a battle group of tanks from

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, artillery, and infantry of the

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at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, during the final actions to close the Falaise Gap. This was the only Victoria Cross awarded to a

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soldier during the

Normandy campaign Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Norma ...

(from 6 June 1944 to the end of August 1944), and the only VC ever awarded to a member of the

Royal Canadian Armoured Corps The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC; french: links=no, Corps blindé royal canadien) is the armoured corps within the Canadian Army, including 3 Regular and 18 Reserve Force regimentsThe Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's Printe ...

. The then 32-year-old Currie was a Major in The South Alberta Regiment. During the Battle of Falaise, Normandy, between 18–20 August 1944, Currie was in command of a small mixed force of tanks, self-propelled anti-tank guns and infantry which had been ordered to cut off one of the Germans' main escape routes. After Currie led the attack on the village of St. Lambert-sur-Dives and consolidated a position halfway inside it, he repulsed repeated enemy attacks over the next day and a half. Despite heavy casualties, Major Currie's command destroyed seven enemy tanks, twelve

88 mm gun The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of the conflict. Develo ...

s and 40 vehicles, which led to the deaths of 300 German soldiers, 500 wounded and 1,100 captured. The remnants of two German armies were denied an escape route.

Gallery

Image:Flamethrowerscheldt.jpg, Members of the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division demonstrating the use of

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s across a canal,

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, October 1944. Image:Armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte.jpg, Armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte – 11 October 1944 Image:Major david currie vc.jpg, Major David V. Currie (with pistol), accepting the surrender of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, 19 August 1944. This photo captures the actions that led to him being awarded the

Image:Canadians in Bergen op Zoom.jpg, Canadians enter

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, early November 1944 File:Moerbrugge (Oostkamp) - Monument.jpg, War Memorial in

Moerbrugge Moerbrugge is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, in the municipality of Oostkamp. It was the site of a bridgehead that the Canadian 4th Armoured Division used to cross the Ghent-Bruges Canal during the Battle of the Scheldt ...

File:Moerbrugge - Bordje aan monument.jpg, Plaque on the World War II Memorial in Moerbrugge

Land Force Central Area and 2013 reactivation

The LFCA was created on 1 September 1991, taking command of what was previously Central Militia Area and the Regular Force Army units and formations in Ontario from the northern Lakehead region to the border with Quebec. At that point in time, the six subordinate militia districts were reorganized into four: Northern Ontario District, London District, Toronto District, and Ottawa District each one garrisoned by a brigade of militia troops and a small number of regular support staff. Later that decade, in 1997, the four reserve force districts were again reorganized into three brigade groups. At the time of its creation in the early-1990s, it was housed on the grounds of the former base and subsequently moved ca 1993 to the Place Nouveau office tower at

Yonge Street Yonge Street (; pronounced "young") is a major arterial route in the Canadian province of Ontario connecting the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. Once the southernmost leg of provincial Hi ...

north of

Finch Avenue Finch Avenue is an arterial thoroughfare that travels east–west in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The road continues west into the Regional Municipality of Peel as Regional Road 2 and east into the Regional Municipality of Durham as Regional ...

; this was controversial as the offices of the area commander, Major-General Brian Vernon, were lavishly renovated, attracting political criticism and attention from the

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. In 2013, the LFCA was renamed the "4th Canadian Division". With this change of name, the formation was also granted the identifying patch and historical lineage of the division that fought in the two world wars.

Present day organization

The division is headquartered in Toronto and covers the province of

. * 4th Canadian Division, in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2CMBG; french: 2e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada, 2GBMC) is a Canadian Forces brigade group that is part of 4th Canadian Division of the Canadian Army. It is currently based in CFB Petawawa. One of its thre ...

, at

CFB Petawawa Garrison Petawawa is located in Petawawa, Ontario. It is operated as an army base by the Canadian Army. Garrison facts The Garrison is located in the Ottawa Valley in Renfrew County, northwest of Ottawa along the western bank of the Ottawa ...

31 Canadian Brigade Group 31 Canadian Brigade Group (31 CBG; french: 31e Groupe-brigade du Canada) is part of the 4th Canadian Division, under the Canadian Army. It encompasses the southwestern portion of Ontario, and is headquartered in London, Ontario. The 31 CBG area of ...

, in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

(covering

Southwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It occupies most of the Ontario Peninsula bounded by Lake Huron, including Georgian Bay, to the north and northwest; the St. Clair River, Lake St. ...

) ** 32 Canadian Brigade Group, in Toronto (covering the

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and

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) **

33 Canadian Brigade Group 33 Canadian Brigade Group of the Canadian Army is part of 4th Canadian Division. It commands the Primary Reserve units in eastern and northern portions of Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.O ...

, in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

(covering

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and

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) ** 4th Canadian Division Head Quqrters, in Toronto ** 4th Canadian Division Support Group, at CFB Petawawa ** 2 Military Police Regiment, in Toronto **

2 Intelligence Company 2 Intelligence Company (abbreviated 2 Int Coy) is a Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve Intelligence Branch unit based in Toronto, headquartered at Denison Armoury. It is part of the 4th Canadian Division. The Intelligence Officers and Operato ...

(Reserve), in Toronto ** 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, at

CFB Borden Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden, French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden), formerly RCAF Station Borden, is a large Canadian Forces base located in Ontario. The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, CF ...

** 4th Canadian Division Training Centre, in Meaford ** Ceremonial Guard, in

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, Kingston

3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group

Abbreviations

* ASU: Area Support Unit * CFB:

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* RCA: The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery * RCAC:

* CFMS:

Canadian Forces Medical Service The Royal Canadian Medical Service (RCMS, french: Service de santé royal canadien) is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces, consisting of all members of medical occupations. Nearly all members of the RCMS, along with the members of the ...

Commanders

* Brigadier-General Peter Scott, CD – 2021 – present * Brigadier-General Conrad Mialkowski, MSM 2019-2021 * Brigadier-General Jocelyn Paul Canadian Forces Organization Orders, MSC, CD – 2018 – 2019 * Brigadier-General Stephen Cadden CD – 2016 – 2018 * Brigadier-General Lowell Thomas, CD – 2014 – 2016 * Brigadier-General

Omer Lavoie Lieutenant-General Omer Lavoie, CMM, MSC, CD was a senior officer in the Canadian Army and the Canadian Armed Forces. He was the commander of the 4th Canadian Division until the summer of 2014. He was promoted to major general in January 2016, ...

– 2012 – 2014 * Brigadier-General Fred Lewis, MSM, CD – 2010 – 2012 * Brigadier-General Jean-Claude Collin, OMM, CD – 2008 – 2010 * Brigadier-General John Howard, MSM, CD – 2007 – 2008 * Brigadier-General Guy Thibault, CD – 2005 – 2007 * Brigadier-General Greg Young, CD – 2005 * Brigadier-General Marc Lessard, CD – 2003 – 2005 * Brigadier-General Andrew Leslie, OMM, MSM, CD – 2002 – 2003 * Brigadier-General Michel Gauthier, CD – 2000 – 2002 * Colonel Chris Corrigan, CD – 1999 – 2000 * Brigadier-General Walter Holmes, MBE, MSM, CD – 1998 – 99 * Major-General Bryan Stephenson, CD – 1995 – 1998 * Major-General Brian Vernon, CD – 1993 – 1995 * Major-General Lewis MacKenzie, CD – 1992 – 1993 * Major-General Nicholas Hall, CD – 1991 – 1993

References

External links

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