Canadian Army Overseas - Signals composition as of 15 January 1944

Below is the Signals related portion of the Canadian Army Overseas as of 15 January 1944. Organization is under normal conditions and does not capture Order of Battle or other departures from normal command. Unit serial numbers are captured in parentheses and units/formations operating in the Mediteranian Theatre of Operations are denoted with an 'x'. Organization names appearing in the reference have been amended to the name authorized in General Orders or CMHQ Orders as applicable as of the effective date of the organization.

1st Canadian Infantry Division

• 1st Canadian Divisional Signals (26/1)

2nd Canadian Infantry Division

• 2nd Canadian Divisional Signals (176/1)

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

• 3rd Canadian Divisional Signals (726/1)

4th Canadian Armoured Division

• 4th Canadian (Armoured) Divisional Signals (1926/1)

5th Canadian Armoured Division

• x 5th Canadian (Armoured) Divisional Signals (573/1)

1st Canadian Armoured Brigade

• x 1st Armoured Brigade Signals (577/1)

2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade

• 2nd Armoured Brigade Signals (965/1)

1st Canadian Corps Troops

• x 1st Corps Signals
• x Headquarters 1st Corps Signals (88/1)
• x Headquarters Company 1st Corps Signals (1541/1)
  • x No. 1 Canadian Administration Section (606/1)
  • x No. 1 Technical Maintenance Section (98/1)
• x Headquarters of No. 1 Company, 1st Corps Signals (89/1)
  • x No. 1 Line Section (90/1)
  • x No. 2 Line Section (91/1)
  • x No. 3 Line Section (222/1)
  • x No. 1 Line Maintenance Section (97/1)
• x Headquarters of No. 2 Company, 1st Corps Signals (92/1)
  • x 1st Corps Advanced Headquarters Wireless Section (95/1)
  • x 1st Corps Rear Headquarters Wireless Section (224/1)
  • x No. 1 Operating Section (93/1)
  • x No. 2 Operating Section (94/1)
  • x No. 3 Operating Section (94/1)
  • x No. 1 D.R. Section (Corps Signals) (96/1)
  • x No. 2 D.R. Section (Corps Signals) (601/1)
  • x No. 1 Cipher Section (1543/1)
• x Headquarters of No. 3 Company, 1st Corps Signals (99/1)
  • x No. 1 Headquarters Corps Royal Canadian Engineers Signal Section (1546/1)
  • x 1st Armoured Car Regiment Signal Troop (1594/1)
  • x No. 1 Headquarters Corps Artillery Signals Section (1545/1)
  • x 7th Anti-Tank Regiment Signal Detachment (101/1)
  • x 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Signal Detachment (102/1)

2nd Canadian Corps Troops

• 2nd Corps Signals (994/1)
• Headquarters, 2nd Corps Signals (994A/1)
• Headquarters Company, 2nd Corps Signals (1542/1)
  • No. 3 Administrative Section (995/1)
  • No. 3 Technical Maintenance Section (1590/1)
• Headquarters, No. 1 (Construction) Company, 2nd Corps Signals (994B/1)
  • No. 4 Line Section (Corps Signals) (602/1)
  • No. 5 Line Section (998/1)
  • No. 6 Line Section (999/1)
  • No. 3 Line Maintenance Section (1002/1)
• Headquarters, No. 2 (Operating) Company, 2nd Corps Signals (994C/1)
  • 2nd Corps Advanced Headquarters Wireless Section (1007/1)
  • 2nd Corps Rear Headquarters Wireless Section (1008/1)
  • No. 4 Operating Section (Corps Signals) (832/1)
  • No. 5 Operating Section (1004/1)
  • No. 6 Operating Section (1005/1)
  • No. 5 Despatch Rider Section (1011/1)
  • No. 6 Despatch Rider Section (1587/1)
  • No. 2 Cipher Section (1544/1)
• Headquarters, No. 3 (R.C.A.) Company, 2nd Corps Signals (944D/1)
  • No. 2 Headquarters Corps Royal Canadian Engineers Signal Section (1547/1)
  • 18th Armoured Car Regiment Signal Troop (1595/1)
  • 2nd Headquarters Section Carrier Pigeon (1549A/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 9 Pigeon Detachment (1549B/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 10 Pigeon Detachment (1549C/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 11 Pigeon Detachment (1549D/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 12 Pigeon Detachment (1549E/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 13 Pigeon Detachment (1549F/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 14 Pigeon Detachment (1549G/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 2 Headquarters Corps Artillery Signals Section (1013/1)
  • 6th Anti-Tank Regiment, Signals Detachment (1550/1)
  • 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Signal Section (1186/1)

First Canadian Army Troops

• First Canadian Army Signals
• Headquarters Signals (1156A/1)
• No. 2 Technical Maintenance Section (996/1)
• No. 3 Signal Park (1589/1)
• Headquarters No. 1 Company First Canadian Army Signals
  • No. 7 Line Section (1000/1)
  • No. 8 Line Section (1001/1)
  • No. 9 Line Section (1593/1)
  • No. 1 Construction Section (1586/1)
  • No. 2 Construction Section (1759/1)
  • No. 2 Line Maintenance Section (Corps Signals) (831/1)
• Headquarters No. 2 Company First Canadian Army Signals
  • No. 1 Telegraph Operating Section (1580/1)
  • No. 3 Telegraph Operating Section (1582/1)
  • No. 3 Despatch Rider Section (613/1)
  • No. 7 Despatch Rider Section (1588/1)
• 1st Headquarters Section Carrier Pigeon (1548/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 1 Pigeon Detachment (1548B/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 2 Pigeon Detachment (1548C/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 3 Pigeon Detachment (1548D/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 4 Pigeon Detachment (1548E/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 5 Pigeon Detachment (1548F/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 6 Pigeon Detachment (1548G/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
• 3rd Headquarters Section Carrier Pigeon (1760/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 7 Pigeon Detachment (1548H/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 8 Pigeon Detachment (1548J/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • 15th Pigeon Detachment (1761/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • 16th Pigeon Detachment (1762/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
  • No. 3 Cipher Section (1591/1)
  • No. 7 Cipher Section (1648/1)
• Headquarters No. 3 Company First Canadian Army Signals
  • No. 2 Telegraph Operating Section (1581/1)
  • No. 4 Telegraph Operating Section (1583/1)
  • No. 4 Dispatch Rider Section (1010/1)
  • No. 4 Cipher Section (1592/1)
  • 12th Medium Wireless Section (A) (1009/1)
  • 13th Medium Wireless Section (A) (1584/1)
  • 14th Medium Wireless Section (A) (1585/1)
  • 15th Medium Wireless Section (A) (1757/1)
• Headquarters No. 4 Company First Canadian Army Signals
  • x 11th Army Field Regiment Signal Section (226/1)
  • 19th Field Regiment Signal Section (225/1)
  • x No. 1 Medium Regiment Signal Section (103/1)
  • x 2nd Medium Regiment Signal Section (853/1)
  • 3rd Medium Regiment Signal Section (1055/1)
  • 4th Medium Regiment Signal Section (1056/1)
  • x 5th Medium Regiment Signal Section (535/1)
  • 7th Medium Regiment Signal Section (226A/1)
  • x No. 1 H.Q. Corps Medium Artillery Signal Section (100/1)
  • Headquarters, No. 2 Artillery Group Signal Section (1579/1)
• First Air Support Control Signal Section (476/1)
• 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Headquarters Signals (135/1)
• No. 16 Anti-Aircraft Operations Room Signal Section (1747/1)
• 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Signal Section (104/1)
• 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Signal Section (445/1)
• 11th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Signal Detachment (1171/1)
• 32nd Reconnaissance Regiment Signal Troop (1750/1) (Surplus to proposed composition)
• 25th Canadian Tank Delivery Regiment Signal Section (1672/1)
  • x 1st Canadian Tank Delivery Squadron Signal Detachment (1673/1)
  • 2nd Canadian Tank Delivery Squadron Signal Detachment (1674/1)
  • x 3rd Canadian Tank Delivery Squadron Signal Detachment (1675/1)
  • 4th Canadian Tank Delivery Squadron Signal Detachment (1676/1)
• 1st Wireless Security Section (1853/1)
• First Army Cipher Pool Section (1854/1)

GHQ Troops and Line of Communication Units

• Headquarters, No. 1 Line of Communication Signals (1632/1)
• Headquarters, No. 1 Company, No. 1 Line of Communication Signals
• Headquarters, No. 2 Company, No. 1 Line of Communication Signals
• Headquarters, No. 3 Company, No. 1 Line of Communication Signals
• No. 4 Technical Maintenance Section (1633/1)
• No. 5 Technical Maintenance Section (1634/1)
• No. 3 Construction Section (1770/1)
• No. 4 Construction Section (1771/1)
• No. 5 Construction Section (1772/1)
• No. 6 Construction Section (1773/1)
• No. 7 Construction Section (1774/1)
• No. 8 Construction Section (1775/1)
• No. 4 Line Maintenance Section (1649/1)
• No. 5 Line Maintenance Section (1650/1)
• No. 5 Telegraph Operating Section (1635/1)
• No. 6 Telegraph Operating Section (1636/1)
• No. 7 Telegraph Operating Section (1637/1)
• No. 8 Telegraph Operating Section (1638/1)
• No. 9 Telegraph Operating Section (1639/1)
• No. 10 Telegraph Operating Section (1640/1)
• No. 8 Despatch Rider Section (1641/1)
• No. 9 Despatch Rider Section (1642/1)
• No. 10 Despatch Rider Section (1643/1)
• No. 11 Despatch Rider Section (1644/1)
• 16th Medium Wireless Section (A) (1653/1)
• 17th Medium Wireless Section (A) (1654/1)
• No. 1 Telephone Switchboard Operating Section (1651/1)
• No. 2 Telephone Switchboard Operating Section (1652/1)
• No. 5 Cipher Section (1646/1)
• No. 6 Cipher Section (1647/1)
• Headquarters, No. 1 Railway Telegraph Company (1537/1)
• No. 1 Railway Line Maintenance Section (1538/1)
• No. 1 Railway Telegraph Operating Section (1539/1)
• x No. 1 Special Wireless Section, "Type B" (95A/1)
• No. 2 Special Wireless Section (Type "B") (1188/1)
• No. 3 Special Wireless Section (Type "A") (1749/1)

CMHQ and CMHQ Units

• CMHQ Troops
  • No. 1 Signal Company (Canadian Military Headquarters) (608/1)

• Canadian Reinforcement Units
  • No. 1 Canadian Signals Reinforcement Unit (1133/1)
  • Canadian Reinforcement Units Signal Section (886/1)

Units formed on a temporary basis

• Increment to 3 Canadian Signal Park (182/1)
• Increment to 1 Canadian Signal Reinforcement Unit (RDF Installation and Inspection Section) (202/1)