Canadian Officers’ Training Corps
The Canadian Officers’ Training Corps (COTC) was, from 1912 to 1968. Canada’s university officer training program was fashioned after the University Officers’ Training Corps (UOTC) in the United Kingdom. In World War Two the Canadian Army was able to produce quality officers because of the high standards of the COTC.
Canadian Women’s Army Corps –(CWAC)
The CWAC was officially established on August 13, 1941 and by war’s end, it had some 21,000 members. Initially, CWAC members’ duties were quite traditional. They worked as cooks, cleaners, tailors and medical assistants. However, these duties expanded to include more traditionally male jobs such as driving trucks and ambulances, and working as mechanics and radar operators. While most CWACs served in Canada, three companies of female soldiers were posted overseas in 1943.
RCEME
The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) came into being officially on 15 May 1944, with the fusion of various elements from the Royal Canadian Engineers, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps following the model of the British Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The RCOC can trace its roots to the Canadian Stores Department. Formed in 1871, the Canadian Stores Department was a civil department of the Canadian Government. This civil service was charged with control of forts, ammunition, stores, buildings and an ordnance depot left by the departing British Military. On 1 July 1903 the responsibilities of the Canadian Stores Department were transferred to the Ordnance Stores Corps. In 1907 it was renamed the Canadian Ordnance Corps (COC). In 1919, King George V authorized the “Royal” designation.
Royal Canadian Signals
Major Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers established a militia (Non-Permanent Active Militia) component of signallers under the designation “Signalling Corps” on 24 October 1903, making it the first independent signal corps in the British Empire. It was redesignated “The Canadian Signal Corps” on 4 June 1913. On 15 June 1921, King George V, bestowed on the permanent force component the title “The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals” and on the militia component on 29 April 1936. The “Royal Canadian Corps of Signals” was finally aligned on 22 March 1948.

Flashes, Shoulder
These “Canada” flashes were worn on the shoulders of WW2 battle dress uniforms.