Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps

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Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps
Active1 June 1921-2 May 1969
CountryCanada
Branch Canadian Army
TypeCorps
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".

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Role

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

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References

  1. The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's Printer, 1964)
  2. "Organizational Corps". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  3. "Chaplains Services Branch, Canadian Forces". web.archive.org. 2007-11-20. Archived from the original on 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. "CWGC Search Results for CCS in WW2". www.cwgc.org. CWGC. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

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