New Brunswick

The Colonel A.C. Milroy Memorial Trophy honours a former Commanding Officer of 8 Field Engineer Regiment. It is awarded annually by the Edmonton Chapter of the Canadian Military Engineers Association to recognize an individual for support to 8 Field Engineer Regiment and/or to the Canadian Military Engineers in the Northern Alberta area.

Colonel Malcolm Corson Sutherland-Brown, Colonel Commandant 1982-88, is remembered by a cup that he presented for competition in CFSME The cup is awarded to the top student of Airfield Engineer Officer Phase IV training.

Tunneller’s Cup in memory of the contributions made by Canadian tunnellers during the First and Second World Wars. In 1989, the Tunnellers’ Association offered a trophy, in the form of silver cup, for competition among Construction Engineering Units sections of the CME. The aim of the competition is to develop construction engineering military occupational skills and to promote esprit de corps among CME members of the Regular and Reserve forces. The Tunneller’s Cup was first presented in 1990 and is awarded annually to Construction Engineering units with the best project in construction engineering.

Colonel Robert John Carson, former Field Company Commander, District Engineer, and Colonel Commandant 1973-78, is remembered by a CFSME trophy based on his personal sword. The trophy is awarded to the top student of the Airfield Engineer Officer Phase II training. This award was retired in 2000 as a consequence of the restructuring of the Army Phase Training but the award remains at CFSME and is displayed in the CME museum.

Turner Street in CFB Gagetown was named in 1963 for Major-General Guy Roderick Turner. A Civil Engineer, he enlisted as a private in the First World War in September 1914 and later that year transferred to the 1st Division Engineers and was promoted to Sergeant. In 1915, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal serving as Company Sergeant Major of 3rd Field Company and was commissioned in the field later that year. Subsequently, he was awarded the Military Cross, the bar to the MC and mentioned several times in despatches. He was twice seriously wounded. Following the war, he accepted a commission in the Permanent Force. During the Second World War, he was the personal representative of General A.G.L. McNaughton on the chiefs of staff of Allied Supreme Command and was one of the organizers of the Canadian Army overseas during the Second World War.

Corporal Claude Albert Radley, who served with 18 Field Company Royal Canadian Engineers during the Second World War, is the author of the poem “Salute to the Engineers.” A framed copy of this poem, along with picture of Cpl Radley and some biographical notes is displayed in the CME Museum and salutes Cpl Radley for his valued contribution to the Engineer heritage.

Major-General Charles Sumner Lund Hertzberg served with the Canadian Engineers in the First World War and became the first Chief Engineer of the 1st Canadian Army during the Second World War. Major-General Hertzberg was remembered by a CFSME award based on his personal sword that is given to the top student of Engineer Officer Phase II training. This award was retired in 2000 as a consequence of the restructuring of the Army Phase Training but the award remains at CFSME and is displayed in the CME museum.

The main building of the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering in CFB Gagetown is named in honour of Coulson Norman Mitchell who is the only Canadian Engineer to have been awarded the Victoria Cross. As a captain with 4th Canadian Engineer Battalion during the First World War, on the night 8/9 October 1918 during the Canadian attack north of Cambrai, he lead an engineer party that disarmed and removed the explosives from the main bridge across the Escaut Canal in the face of the enemy and under fire.

This is the original memorial dedicated to the British Soldiers who served in Fredericton. It was erected by members of the York Sunbury Historical Society in 1934. The cairn is dedicated to members of the British Fredericton Garrison buried in the cemetery, many with unmarked graves. There were 24 different British infantry regiments served in Fredericton and contributed greatly to the development of the town.

A new memorial was unveiled on August 13, 1985.

The First World War monument, an obelisk carved of light-coloured granite, was erected in 1925. This land was donated in 1924 to the former town of Marysville by Canadian Cottons, corporate owners of the cotton mill that was the main industry of the town. The town has since become part of the City of Fredericton.