Canadian Forestry Corps

Canadian Forestry Corps
Recruitment poster
Active14 November 1916 – 1920; 1940–1945
CountryCanada
BranchCanadian Expeditionary Force
Permanent Active Militia
Canadian Army
RoleForestry
SizeCorps
Motto(s)Labor omnia vincit - Work Conquers all
Pair of Canadian Forestry Corps graves from 1918 in Seafield Cemetery, Edinburgh including 17-year-old T E Brady

The Canadian Forestry Corps (Corps forestier canadien in French) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army with its own cap badge, and other insignia and traditions.[1]

The Canadian Forestry Corps was created 14 Nov 1916. The badge of the Canadian Forestry Corps consists of a circle, with a beaver on top, superimposed on a pair of crossed axes, with the text "Canadian Forestry Corps" around the edge. At the centre of the circle is a maple leaf with the Imperial State Crown. Their nickname was the "Sawdust Fusiliers".[2]

The Canadian Forestry Corps was disbanded in 1920. It was reformed in 1940 then disbanded again in 1945.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Canadian Forestry Corps". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  2. ^ Reid, Mark Collin (2017). "Timber!". Canada's History. 97 (5): 20–23. ISSN 1920-9894.
  3. ^ The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's Printer, 1964)
  4. ^ "Canadian Forestry Corps". 2007-12-01. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2022-07-01.