1 January 2019 [I CANADIAN CORPS (1944-45)] I Canadian Corps (1) Armour 1st Armoured Car Regiment (The Royal Canadian Dragoons) Infantry I Canadian Corps Defence and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots) Royal Canadian Artillery 7th Canadian Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 1st Canadian Survey Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 1st Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), Royal Canadian Artillery 1st Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery (2) 11th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 2nd Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Royal Canadian Engineers 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers 13th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers 14th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers 9th Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers Royal Canadian Corps of Signals I Canadian Corps Signals, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals ©www.BritishMilitaryH istory.co.uk Page 1 1 January 2019 [I CANADIAN CORPS (1944-45)] Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 1st Headquarters Corps Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 1st Corps Transport Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps No. 31 Corps Troops Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps No. 32 Corps Troops Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 1st Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 4th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 5th Casualty Clearing station, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Royal Canadian Army Dental Corps 1st Dental Company, Royal Canadian Army Dental Corps 3rd Dental Company, Royal Canadian Army Dental Corps 8th Dental Company, Royal Canadian Army Dental Corps 11th Base Dental Company, Royal Canadian Army Dental Corps Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps No. 1 Corps and Army Troops Sub Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps 201st Infantry Ordnance Sub-Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps 205th Armoured Ordnance Sub-Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 1st Corps Troops Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 1st Recovery Company, Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Provost Corps 1st Provost Company (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), Canadian Provost Corps 3rd Provost Company, Canadian Provost Corps 5th Provost Company, Canadian Provost Corps 35th Traffic Control Company, Canadian Provost Corps ©www.BritishMilitaryH istory.co.uk Page 2 1 January 2019 [I CANADIAN CORPS (1944-45)] NOTES: 1. This Corps Headquarters was formed in Canada on 1 September 1939, but was not formally established in the United Kingdom until 25 December 1940. The Corps Headquarters was not deployed in Sicily, but landed in Italy. It became operational in late 1943, taking under command the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, the 5th Canadian Armoured Division and the Canadian Armoured Brigade. The establishment of Corps Troops numbered about 8,500 men. Lieutenant General E. L. M. BURNS commanded this corps throughout the Italian campaign. The corps formed part of 8th Army, being deployed on the Adriatic front. The corps headquarters was transferred to North West Europe in March 1945 in order to bring all the Canadian formations together in one theatre. 2. Brigadier R. J. LEACH, M.C. was in command of this formation from 15 September 1941 when this Army Group was formed, until 25 January 1944. Brigadier W. E. HUCKVALE commanded this Army Group from 26 January until 7 December 1944, when Brigadier L. G. CLARKE, O.B.E. assumed command with effect from 26 December 1944 until April 1945. SOURCES: http://www.canadaatwar.ca/index.php ©www.BritishMilitaryH istory.co.uk Page 3 .