6 Engineer Squadron 6 Engineer Squadron is a Primary Reserve Canadian Military Engineer unit of the Canadian Forces . 6 Engineer Squadron is part of the 39 Canadian Brigade Group ( 39 CBG ) , headquarters for all Primary Reserve units in British Columbia . 6 Engineer Squadron is a sub unit of 39 Combat Engineer Regiment . 6 Engineer Squadron is headquarterd at the Lieutenant Colonel James Pemberton Fell Armoury in North Vancouver , British Columbia . On 3 May 2008 , 6 Engineer Squadron , 44 Engineer Squadron in Trail , British Columbia and 54 Engineer Squadron in Chilliwack , British Columbia , joined together to form 39 Combat Engineer Regiment ( 39 CER ) . 6 Field Engineer Squadron became 6 Engineer Squadron within 39 CER . Mission . 6 Engineer Squadron ' s mission as a Canadian Military Engineering ( CME ) unit is to provide operational engineer support for the other units of 39 CBG , during domestic operations and provide individual augmenttees for overseas operations of the Canadian Forces . The unit is responsible for the construction of bridges and installations , demolition of obstacles , clearance of booby traps , mines and unexploded ordnance and general engineer support . History . 6 Engineer Squadron was authorized by General Order on 18 February 1911 as the 6th Field Company Canadian Engineers . During the First World War the company remained in Canada where its primary function was to establish and operate an engineer training centre . The first draft left North Vancouver on 26 August 1914 and contained many of the original unit members , including the unit ' s first commanding officer , Major James Pemberton Fell . Over the next four years the unit trained , and dispatched for overseas service 3670 soldiers . Of the original unit members and graduates of their training programs 210 died on active duty . The majority of these men saw service on the Western Front , but a small contingent of 34 was also sent to Siberia in 1918 . The unit also provided numerous work parties constructing military structures and defences in British Columbia as well as providing the crews for the searchlights in Esquimalt Harbour . On 30 December 1918 , at the end of the First World War , the unit was temporarily disbanded . The unit was reorganized on 30 July 1921 . In the mid - 1930s the unit was renamed the 6th Field Company Royal Canadian Engineers . It was mobilized on 1 September 1939 and initially tasked with a number of military construction projects in British Columbia . In August 1940 , the unit was sent to Camp Debert in Nova Scotia where it joined the other engineer units of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division ( 3rd CID ) in constructing the camp . Once the camp was complete they were joined by the rest of the divisional troops . In the spring of 1941 they sailed for England where they spent the rest of 1941 building more camps and the next two years on assault training and on field exercises . On 6 June 1944 the unit landed with the 3rd CID as part of Operation Overlord , the Allied invasion of German occupied Europe . Their 2nd platoon landed in the first wave and sustained over 50 % casualties . The Company remained in support of the 3rd CID for the rest of the war seeing action during the clearing of the Channel ports , the Battle of the Scheldt , the Rhine Crossings and the final Liberation of Holland . The majority of this work consisted of the construction of bailey bridges and the clearance of mines and boobytraps . On 4 May 1945 the unit was preparing for an attack on the town of Aurlich when they received the ceasefire order ending the war . By this time 30 unit members had been killed due to enemy action . Elements of the unit remained in Europe for nearly a year , rebuilding and repairing roads and bridges damaged or destroyed during the war , with the last of their troops leaving Germany on 21 April 1946 . The Company returned to its armoury in North Vancouver and was redesignated as 6th Field Squadron Royal Canadian Engineers in 1946 and became part of the 7th Field Engineer Regiment ( 7FER ) . In the 1960s , 7 FER was disbanded and 6 Field Squadron became an independent unit once more and its name was changed to 6 Field Engineer Squadron . Starting in 1969 the unit began supplying individual augmentees to NATO and the UN . Unit members have since served in Egypt , Israel , Germany , Syria , Jordan , Lebanon , Croatia , Bosnia and Afghanistan . During the summer of 2008 eight unit members were on active duty in Afghanistan . 6th Field Engineer Squadron Museum . The mission of the Museum is to collect , preserve , research and photograph material relating to the history of the 6 Engineer Squadron , its former members and its site , and , through the appropriate display of such items , to convey this history to the currently serving members , the broader Canadian Forces community and the public . The Museum is affiliated with : CMA , CHIN , OMMC and Virtual Museum of Canada . Cadet Units . There are four Royal Canadian Army Cadets units across British Columbia which are affiliated to the 6 Engineer Squadron . Cadets are not soldiers ; they are part of an organization dedicated to developing citizenship and leadership among young men and women aged 12 to 18 years of age with a military flavour , and are not required to join the Canadian Forces . Cadet units affiliated to the 6 Engineer Squadron receive support and also are entitled to wear traditional regimental accourtments on their uniforms .