CMCEN
Canadian Military Communications and Electronics Network
Date and Time:
23/10/2021 11:00 - 23/10/2099 - 12:00
Event Location:
Cataraqui Cemetery, 927 Purdy's Mill Rd, Kingston, ON, K7M3N1, CA
Description
Major Carruthers served with the Canadian Mounted Rifles in the South African War and returned home to Kingston in 1902. Upon his repatriation, he leveraged his battlefield experience and lobbied for a separate and distinct corps of signallers within the Canadian Army. He achieved this, and on 24 October 1903, the Canadian Signalling Corps (CSC) was created; the first independent signal service within the British Empire.
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