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class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Expeditionary_Force" title="Canadian Expeditionary Force">Canadian Expeditionary Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">Armoured</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Razing_of_Friesoythe" title="Razing of Friesoythe">Razing of Friesoythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt" title="Battle of the Scheldt">Battle of the Scheldt</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Watson_(general)" title="David Watson (general)">David Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Frank_Page" title="Lionel Frank Page">Lionel Frank Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._F._Worthington" title="F. F. Worthington">F. F. Worthington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kitching" title="George Kitching">George Kitching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Wickwire_Foster" title="Harry Wickwire Foster">Harry Wickwire Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Vokes" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Vokes">Chris Vokes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>4th Canadian Division</b> is a formation of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a>. The division was first created as a formation of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Corps" title="Canadian Corps">Canadian Corps</a> during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> the division was reactivated as the <b>4th Canadian Infantry Division</b> in 1941 and then converted to armour and redesignated as the <b>4th Canadian (Armoured) Division</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in 1916 the division adopted a distinctive green-coloured formation patch as its insignia. In 2013 it was announced that Land Force Central Area would be redesignated 4th Canadian Division.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is currently responsible for Canadian Army operations in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian province">Canadian province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> and is headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Denison_Armoury" title="Denison Armoury">Denison Armoury</a> in Toronto.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_LFCA-JTFC_Web_Site_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official_LFCA-JTFC_Web_Site-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 4th Canadian Division was formed in <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Britain</a> in April 1916 from several existing units and others scheduled to arrive shortly thereafter. Under the command of <a href="/wiki/Major-general" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general">Major-general</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Watson_(general)" title="David Watson (general)">David Watson</a>, the Division embarked for France in August of that year where they served both in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> in France and in <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> until <a href="/wiki/Armistice_Day" title="Armistice Day">Armistice Day</a>. The 4th Canadian Division was a part of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Corps" title="Canadian Corps">Canadian Corps</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge" title="Battle of Vimy Ridge">Battle of Vimy Ridge</a>, which attacked and defeated the Germans, driving them from the ridge. As a result, the Canadians became known as masters of offensive warfare and an elite fighting force.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge" title="Battle of Vimy Ridge">Battle of Vimy Ridge</a> in April 1917, the 4th Canadian Division was given the job of capturing <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hill_145&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hill 145 (page does not exist)">Hill 145</a>, the highest and most important feature of <a href="/wiki/Vimy_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Vimy Ridge">Vimy Ridge</a>. However, when they attempted to capture the hill, they were hampered by fire from the "Pimple", which was the other prominent height at Vimy Ridge. To capture Hill 145, forces which were supposed to attack the Pimple were redeployed and captured Hill 145. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Infantry_units">Infantry units</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Infantry units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/10th_Canadian_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Canadian Brigade">10th Canadian Brigade</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/44th_Battalion_(Manitoba),_CEF" title="44th Battalion (Manitoba), CEF">44th (Manitoba) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918. (Re-designated New Brunswick in August 1918);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Battalion,_CEF" class="mw-redirect" title="46th Battalion, CEF">46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Westminster_Regiment" title="Royal Westminster Regiment">47th (British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918. (Re-designated West Ontario in February 1918);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Battalion,_CEF" class="mw-redirect" title="50th Battalion, CEF">50th (Calgary) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918.</li></ul> <p><b>11th Canadian Brigade:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/54th_Battalion_(Kootenay),_CEF" title="54th Battalion (Kootenay), CEF">54th (Kootenay) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Battalion,_CEF" class="mw-redirect" title="75th Battalion, CEF">75th (Mississauga) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_Battalion,_CEF" class="mw-redirect" title="87th Battalion, CEF">87th (Canadian Grenadier Guards) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. June 1916 – 11 November 1918 (transferred from 12th Canadian Brigade);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/102nd_Battalion,_CEF" title="102nd Battalion, CEF">102nd (North British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918.</li></ul> <p><b>12th Canadian Brigade:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/38th_Battalion,_CEF" class="mw-redirect" title="38th Battalion, CEF">38th (Ottawa) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. June 1916 – 11 November 1918;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Battalion,_CEF" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Battalion, CEF">51st (Edmonton) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 13 November 1916 (Became the 51st Garrison Battalion);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Battalion_(Seaforth_Highlanders_of_Canada),_CEF" title="72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF">72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Battalion_(Royal_Highlanders_of_Canada),_CEF" title="73rd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF">73rd (Royal Highlanders) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 19 April 1917 (disbanded);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Battalion,_CEF" class="mw-redirect" title="78th Battalion, CEF">78th (Winnipeg Grenadier) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – 11 November 1918;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Battalion_(Nova_Scotia_Highlanders),_CEF" title="85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders), CEF">85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1917 – 11 November 1918;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_Battalion,_CEF" class="mw-redirect" title="87th Battalion, CEF">87th (Canadian Grenadier) Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. April 1916 – June 1916. (transferred to 11th Canadian Brigade).</li></ul> <p><b>Pioneers:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/67th_Battalion_(Western_Scots),_CEF" title="67th Battalion (Western Scots), CEF">67th (Western Scot) Pioneer Battalion Canadian Infantry</a>. 1 September 1916 – 11 November 1918;</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battles_and_Engagements_on_the_Western_Front">Battles and Engagements on the Western Front</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Battles and Engagements on the Western Front"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>1916:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Le_Transloy" title="Battle of Le Transloy">Battle of Le Transloy</a> – 1–17 October</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ancre_Heights" title="Battle of the Ancre Heights">Battle of the Ancre Heights</a> – 17 October – 11 November, (capture of the <a href="/wiki/Regina_Trench" class="mw-redirect" title="Regina Trench">Regina Trench</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ancre" title="Battle of the Ancre">Battle of the Ancre</a> – 13–18 November</li></ul> <p><b>1917:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge" title="Battle of Vimy Ridge">Battle of Vimy Ridge</a> – 9–14 April</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affairs_South_of_the_Souchez_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Affairs South of the Souchez River (page does not exist)">Affairs South of the Souchez River</a> – 3–25 June</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Avion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Capture of Avion (page does not exist)">Capture of Avion</a> – 26–29 June</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_70" title="Battle of Hill 70">Battle of Hill 70</a> – 15–25 August</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Second Battle of Passchendaele">Second Battle of Passchendaele</a> – 26 October – 10 November</li></ul> <p><b>1918:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)" title="Battle of Amiens (1918)">Battle of Amiens</a> – 9–11 August</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Actions_round_Damery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Actions round Damery (page does not exist)">Actions round Damery</a> – 15–17 August</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drocourt-Qu%C3%A9ant" class="mw-redirect" title="Drocourt-Quéant">Battle of Drocourt-Quéant</a> – 2–3 September</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Canal_du_Nord" title="Battle of the Canal du Nord">Battle of the Canal du Nord</a> 27 September – 1 October</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Valenciennes_(1918)" title="Battle of Valenciennes (1918)">Battle of Valenciennes</a> 1–2 November 1–2, (capture of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont_Houy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mont Houy (page does not exist)">Mont Houy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passage_of_the_Grande_Honnelle" title="Passage of the Grande Honnelle">Passage of the Grande Honnelle</a> – 5–7 November</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="4th_Canadian_(Armoured)_Division"><span id="4th_Canadian_.28Armoured.29_Division"></span>4th Canadian (Armoured) Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>4th Canadian (Armoured) Division</b> was created during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> by the conversion of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division at the beginning of 1942 in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. The division proceeded overseas in 1942, with its two main <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoys</a> reaching the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> in August and October. </p><p>The division spent almost two years training in the United Kingdom before <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">crossing to Normandy</a> in July 1944. In the United Kingdom, it participated in war games together with the <a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(Poland)" title="1st Armoured Division (Poland)">Polish 1st Armoured Division</a>, and later fought in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>; both divisions followed very close paths. The division participated in the later stages of the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Falaise_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Falaise Pocket">Falaise Pocket</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine">advance from Normandy</a> and spent almost two months engaged at the <a href="/wiki/Breskens_Pocket" title="Breskens Pocket">Breskens Pocket</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pheasant" title="Operation Pheasant">Operation Pheasant</a>. It wintered in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">final advance across northern Germany</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Formation">Formation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1944–1945 </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/4th_Canadian_Armoured_Brigade" title="4th Canadian Armoured Brigade">4th Canadian Armoured Brigade</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/21st_Armoured_Regiment_(The_Governor_General%27s_Foot_Guards)" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)">21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Armoured_Regiment_(The_Canadian_Grenadier_Guards)" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)">22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Armoured_Regiment_(The_British_Columbia_Regiment_(Duke_of_Connaught%27s_Own))" class="mw-redirect" title="28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own))">28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own))</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lake_Superior_Regiment_(Motor)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)">The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)</a></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_Canadian_Division_1940-1946.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/4th_Canadian_Division_1940-1946.svg/200px-4th_Canadian_Division_1940-1946.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/4th_Canadian_Division_1940-1946.svg/300px-4th_Canadian_Division_1940-1946.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/4th_Canadian_Division_1940-1946.svg/400px-4th_Canadian_Division_1940-1946.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1470" data-file-height="1063" /></a><figcaption>Formation sign used to identify vehicles of the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division.</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/10th_Canadian_Infantry_Brigade" title="10th Canadian Infantry Brigade">10th Canadian Infantry Brigade</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10th_Independent_Machine_Gun_Company_(The_New_Brunswick_Rangers)" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers)">10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers)</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lincoln_and_Welland_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lincoln and Welland Regiment">The Lincoln and Welland Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Algonquin_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Algonquin Regiment">The Algonquin Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders_of_Canada_(Princess_Louise%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)">The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)</a></li> <li>10 Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (<a href="/wiki/The_Lorne_Scots_(Peel,_Dufferin_and_Halton_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)">Lorne Scots</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Other units</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/29th_Armoured_Reconnaissance_Regiment_(The_South_Alberta_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)">29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)</a></li> <li>"D" Squadron, <a href="/wiki/25th_Armoured_Delivery_Regiment_(The_Elgin_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="25th Armoured Delivery Regiment (The Elgin Regiment)">25th Armoured Delivery Regiment (The Elgin Regiment)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Armoured Corps">Canadian Armoured Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=15th_Field_Regiment_(4th_Canadian_Division)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="15th Field Regiment (4th Canadian Division) (page does not exist)">15th Field Regiment, RCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Field_Regiment,_RCA" title="23rd Field Regiment, RCA">23rd Field Regiment, RCA</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Anti-tank_Regiment,_RCA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Anti-tank Regiment, RCA (page does not exist)">5th Anti-tank Regiment, RCA</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_Light_Anti-aircraft_Regiment,_RCA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RCA (page does not exist)">8th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RCA</a></li> <li>4th Canadian Armoured Division Engineers <ul><li>8th Field Squadron, RCE</li> <li>9th Field Squadron, RCE</li> <li>6th Field Park Squadron, RCE</li> <li>4th Canadian Armoured Division Bridge Troop, RCE</li> <li>No. 46 Light Aid Detachment, RCEME</li></ul></li> <li>4th Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Canadian Corps of Signals">R.C. Sigs</a></li> <li>No. 4 Defence and Employment Platoon (<a href="/wiki/The_Lorne_Scots_(Peel,_Dufferin_and_Halton_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)">Lorne Scots</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_(Vancouver)_Field_Ambulance" title="12 (Vancouver) Field Ambulance">12 Light Field Ambulance, RCAMC</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 8 Provost Company, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Provost_Corps" title="Canadian Provost Corps">Canadian Provost Corps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commanding_officers">Commanding officers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Commanding officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date</th> <th>General officer commanding<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>10 June 1941 – 24 December 1941</td> <td>Major General <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Frank_Page" title="Lionel Frank Page">L.F. Page</a>, DSO </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 February 1942 – 29 February 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/F._F._Worthington" title="F. F. Worthington">Major General F.F. Worthington, CB, MC, MM</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 March 1944 – 21 August 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Kitching" title="George Kitching">Major General George Kitching, DSO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 August 1944 – 30 November 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Wickwire_Foster" title="Harry Wickwire Foster">Major General Harry W. Foster, CBE, DSO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1944 – 5 June 1945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Vokes" title="Christopher Vokes">Major General Chris Vokes, CBE, DSO</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="David_Vivian_Currie_VC">David Vivian Currie VC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: David Vivian Currie VC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/David_Vivian_Currie" title="David Vivian Currie">David Vivian Currie</a> VC was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> for his actions in command of a battle group of tanks from <a href="/wiki/The_South_Alberta_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The South Alberta Regiment">The South Alberta Regiment</a>, artillery, and infantry of the <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada">Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada</a> at <a href="/wiki/St._Lambert-sur-Dives" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Lambert-sur-Dives">St. Lambert-sur-Dives</a>, during the final actions to close the <a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Falaise Gap</a>. This was the only Victoria Cross awarded to a <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> soldier during the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Normandy campaign</a> (from 6 June 1944 to the end of August 1944), and the only VC ever awarded to a member of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Armoured Corps">Royal Canadian Armoured Corps</a>. </p><p>The then 32-year-old Currie was a Major in The South Alberta Regiment. During the Battle of Falaise, Normandy, between 18–20 August 1944, Currie was in command of a small mixed force of tanks, self-propelled anti-tank guns and infantry which had been ordered to cut off one of the Germans' main escape routes. </p><p>After Currie led the attack on the village of St. Lambert-sur-Dives and consolidated a position halfway inside it, he repulsed repeated enemy attacks over the next day and a half. Despite heavy casualties, Major Currie's command destroyed seven enemy tanks, twelve <a href="/wiki/88_mm_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="88 mm gun">88 mm guns</a> and 40 vehicles, which led to the deaths of 300 German soldiers, 500 wounded and 1,100 captured. The remnants of two German armies were denied an escape route. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division_flamethrower_demonstration_across_canal_Balgerhoeke_Belgium_October_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Members of the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division demonstrating the use of flame throwers across a canal, Maldegem, October 1944."><img alt="Members of the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division demonstrating the use of flame throwers across a canal, Maldegem, October 1944." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division_flamethrower_demonstration_across_canal_Balgerhoeke_Belgium_October_1944.jpg/120px-4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division_flamethrower_demonstration_across_canal_Balgerhoeke_Belgium_October_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division_flamethrower_demonstration_across_canal_Balgerhoeke_Belgium_October_1944.jpg/180px-4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division_flamethrower_demonstration_across_canal_Balgerhoeke_Belgium_October_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division_flamethrower_demonstration_across_canal_Balgerhoeke_Belgium_October_1944.jpg/240px-4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division_flamethrower_demonstration_across_canal_Balgerhoeke_Belgium_October_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2380" data-file-height="1745" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Members of the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division demonstrating the use of <a href="/wiki/Flame_thrower" class="mw-redirect" title="Flame thrower">flame throwers</a> across a canal, <a href="/wiki/Maldegem" title="Maldegem">Maldegem</a>, October 1944.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armoured_cars_in_the_Belgian-Dutch_border_town_of_Putte.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte – 11 October 1944"><img alt="Armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte – 11 October 1944" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Armoured_cars_in_the_Belgian-Dutch_border_town_of_Putte.jpg/120px-Armoured_cars_in_the_Belgian-Dutch_border_town_of_Putte.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Armoured_cars_in_the_Belgian-Dutch_border_town_of_Putte.jpg/180px-Armoured_cars_in_the_Belgian-Dutch_border_town_of_Putte.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Armoured_cars_in_the_Belgian-Dutch_border_town_of_Putte.jpg/240px-Armoured_cars_in_the_Belgian-Dutch_border_town_of_Putte.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="455" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte – 11 October 1944</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Major_david_currie_vc.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Major David V. Currie (with pistol), accepting the surrender of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, 19 August 1944. This photo captures the actions that led to him being awarded the Victoria Cross"><img alt="Major David V. Currie (with pistol), accepting the surrender of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, 19 August 1944. This photo captures the actions that led to him being awarded the Victoria Cross" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Major_david_currie_vc.jpg/120px-Major_david_currie_vc.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Major_david_currie_vc.jpg/180px-Major_david_currie_vc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Major_david_currie_vc.jpg/240px-Major_david_currie_vc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Major <a href="/wiki/David_Vivian_Currie" title="David Vivian Currie">David V. Currie</a> (with pistol), accepting the surrender of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, 19 August 1944. This photo captures the actions that led to him being awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadians_in_Bergen_op_Zoom.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Canadians enter Bergen-op-Zoom, early November 1944"><img alt="Canadians enter Bergen-op-Zoom, early November 1944" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Canadians_in_Bergen_op_Zoom.jpg/120px-Canadians_in_Bergen_op_Zoom.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Canadians_in_Bergen_op_Zoom.jpg/180px-Canadians_in_Bergen_op_Zoom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Canadians_in_Bergen_op_Zoom.jpg/240px-Canadians_in_Bergen_op_Zoom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="438" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Canadians enter <a href="/wiki/Bergen-op-Zoom" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergen-op-Zoom">Bergen-op-Zoom</a>, early November 1944</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moerbrugge_(Oostkamp)_-_Monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="War Memorial in Moerbrugge"><img alt="War Memorial in Moerbrugge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Moerbrugge_%28Oostkamp%29_-_Monument.jpg/120px-Moerbrugge_%28Oostkamp%29_-_Monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Moerbrugge_%28Oostkamp%29_-_Monument.jpg/180px-Moerbrugge_%28Oostkamp%29_-_Monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Moerbrugge_%28Oostkamp%29_-_Monument.jpg/240px-Moerbrugge_%28Oostkamp%29_-_Monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2300" data-file-height="2300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">War Memorial in <a href="/wiki/Moerbrugge" title="Moerbrugge">Moerbrugge</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moerbrugge_-_Bordje_aan_monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plaque on the World War II Memorial in Moerbrugge"><img alt="Plaque on the World War II Memorial in Moerbrugge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Moerbrugge_-_Bordje_aan_monument.jpg/120px-Moerbrugge_-_Bordje_aan_monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Moerbrugge_-_Bordje_aan_monument.jpg/180px-Moerbrugge_-_Bordje_aan_monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Moerbrugge_-_Bordje_aan_monument.jpg/240px-Moerbrugge_-_Bordje_aan_monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2953" data-file-height="2215" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Plaque on the World War II Memorial in Moerbrugge</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Land_Force_Central_Area_and_2013_reactivation">Land Force Central Area and 2013 reactivation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Land Force Central Area and 2013 reactivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The LFCA was created on 1 September 1991, taking command of what was previously Central Militia Area and the Regular Force Army units and formations in Ontario from the northern Lakehead region to the border with Quebec. At that point in time, the six subordinate militia districts were reorganized into four: Northern Ontario District, London District, Toronto District, and Ottawa District each one garrisoned by a brigade of militia troops and a small number of regular support staff.<sup id="cite_ref-Domestic_Military_Organization_1900-1999_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Domestic_Military_Organization_1900-1999-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that decade, in 1997, the four reserve force districts were again reorganized into three brigade groups. </p><p>At the time of its creation in the early-1990s, it was housed on the grounds of the former base and subsequently moved ca 1993 to the Place Nouveau office tower at <a href="/wiki/Yonge_Street" title="Yonge Street">Yonge Street</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Finch_Avenue" title="Finch Avenue">Finch Avenue</a>; this was controversial as the offices of the area commander, Major-General Brian Vernon, were lavishly renovated, attracting political criticism and attention from the <a href="/wiki/Auditor_General_of_Canada" title="Auditor General of Canada">Auditor General of Canada</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2013, the LFCA was renamed the "4th Canadian Division". With this change of name, the formation was also granted the identifying patch and historical lineage of the division that fought in the two world wars.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_day_organization">Present day organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Present day organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_Canadian_Army" title="Structure of the Canadian Army">Structure of the Canadian Army</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_Canadian_Division_Structure.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/4th_Canadian_Division_Structure.png/400px-4th_Canadian_Division_Structure.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="428" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/4th_Canadian_Division_Structure.png/600px-4th_Canadian_Division_Structure.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/4th_Canadian_Division_Structure.png/800px-4th_Canadian_Division_Structure.png 2x" data-file-width="1362" data-file-height="1457" /></a><figcaption>4th Canadian Division organization in 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>The division is headquartered in Toronto and covers the province of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>. </p> <ul><li><b>4th Canadian Division</b>, in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2_Canadian_Mechanized_Brigade_Group" title="2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group">2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Petawawa" title="Garrison Petawawa">CFB Petawawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31_Canadian_Brigade_Group" title="31 Canadian Brigade Group">31 Canadian Brigade Group</a>, in <a href="/wiki/London,_Ontario" title="London, Ontario">London</a> (covering <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Ontario" title="Southwestern Ontario">Southwestern Ontario</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/32_Canadian_Brigade_Group" title="32 Canadian Brigade Group">32 Canadian Brigade Group</a>, in Toronto (covering the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Horseshoe" title="Golden Horseshoe">Golden Horseshoe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Ontario" title="Central Ontario">Central Ontario</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/33_Canadian_Brigade_Group" title="33 Canadian Brigade Group">33 Canadian Brigade Group</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a> (covering <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Ontario" title="Eastern Ontario">Eastern Ontario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Ontario" title="Northeastern Ontario">Northeastern Ontario</a>)</li> <li>4th Canadian Division Headquarters, in Toronto</li> <li>4th Canadian Division Support Group, at CFB Petawawa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Military_Police_Regiment" title="2 Military Police Regiment">2 Military Police Regiment</a>, in Toronto</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Intelligence_Company" title="2 Intelligence Company">2 Intelligence Company</a> (Reserve), in Toronto</li> <li>3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, at <a href="/wiki/CFB_Borden" title="CFB Borden">CFB Borden</a></li> <li>4th Canadian Division Training Centre, in <a href="/wiki/Meaford,_Ontario" title="Meaford, Ontario">Meaford</a></li> <li>Ceremonial Guard, in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFB_Kingston" title="CFB Kingston">Canadian Forces Base Kingston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario" title="Kingston, Ontario">Kingston</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="3rd_Canadian_Ranger_Patrol_Group">3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group</th> <th></th> <th><a href="/wiki/CFB_Borden" title="CFB Borden">CFB Borden</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>3 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group Headquarters</td> <td>Regular Support Staff</td> <td>Borden, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Attawapiskat Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Attawapiskat, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Bearskin Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Bearskin Lake, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Constance Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Constance Lake, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Eabametoong Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Fort Hope, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Fort Albany Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Fort Albany, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Fort Severn Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Fort Severn, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Kasabonika Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Kasabonika Lake, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Kashechewan Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Kashechewan, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Kingfisher Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Kingfisher Lake, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Big Trout Lake, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Lac Seul Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Lac Seul, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Mishkeegogamang Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Mishkeegogamang, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Moose Factory Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Moose Factory, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Muskrat Dam Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Muskrat Dam, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Neskantaga Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Neskantaga, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Peawanuck Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Peawanuck, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Sachigo Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Sachigo Lake, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Sandy Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Sandy Lake, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The North Caribou Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>North Caribou Lake, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Wapekeka Detachment of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Wapekeka, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Webequie Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Webequie, Ontario </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Wunnumin Lake Detachment of the Kingfisher Lake Canadian Ranger Patrol</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rangers" title="Canadian Rangers">Canadian Rangers</a></td> <td>Wunnumin Lake, Ontario </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abbreviations">Abbreviations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Abbreviations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>ASU: Area Support Unit</li> <li>CFB: <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Base">Canadian Forces Base</a></li> <li>RCA: <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Regiment_of_Canadian_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery">The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery</a></li> <li>RCAC: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Armoured Corps">Royal Canadian Armoured Corps</a></li> <li>CFMS: <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Medical_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Medical Service">Canadian Forces Medical Service</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Brigadier-General C.I. Oberwarth, MSM, CD – 2024 – present</li> <li>Brigadier-General J.J. Major, MSM, CD – 2022 – 2024 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Brigadier-General Peter Scott, CD – 2021–2022 <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (October 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Brigadier-General Conrad Mialkowski, MSM 2019–2021</li> <li>Brigadier-General Jocelyn Paul Canadian Forces Organization Orders, MSC, CD – 2018–2019</li> <li>Brigadier-General Stephen Cadden CD – 2016–2018</li> <li>Brigadier-General Lowell Thomas, CD – 2014–2016</li> <li>Brigadier-General <a href="/wiki/Omer_Lavoie" title="Omer Lavoie">Omer Lavoie</a> – 2012–2014</li> <li>Brigadier-General Fred Lewis, MSM, CD – 2010–2012</li> <li>Brigadier-General Jean-Claude Collin, OMM, CD – 2008–2010</li> <li>Brigadier-General John Howard, MSM, CD – 2007–2008</li> <li>Brigadier-General Guy Thibault, CD – 2005–2007</li> <li>Brigadier-General Greg Young, CD – 2005</li> <li>Brigadier-General Marc Lessard, CD – 2003–2005</li> <li>Brigadier-General <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Leslie_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Leslie (general)">Andrew Leslie</a>, OMM, MSM, CD – 2002–2003</li> <li>Brigadier-General Michel Gauthier, CD – 2000–2002</li> <li>Colonel Chris Corrigan, CD – 1999–2000</li> <li>Brigadier-General Walter Holmes, MBE, MSM, CD – 1998–1999</li> <li>Major-General Bryan Stephenson, CD – 1995–1998</li> <li>Major-General Brian Vernon, CD – 1993–1995</li> <li>Major-General Lewis MacKenzie, CD – 1992–1993</li> <li>Major-General Nicholas Hall, CD – 1991–1993</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_Division&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Razing_of_Friesoythe" title="Razing of Friesoythe">Razing of Friesoythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Vokes" title="Christopher Vokes">Christopher Vokes</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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