Canadian Military Engineer Branch
Appointments
| Appointment | Name |
| Colonel-in-Chief | Her Majesty The Queen |
| Colonel Commandant | Vacant |
| CME Chief Engineer | MGen D.J.R.S. Benjamin, CMM, CD |
| CME Branch Advisor | Col W.R. Moore, CD |
| CME Branch Adjutant | Capt J.R.J. Landry, CD |
| CME Branch Chief Warrant Officer | CWO P.M.P. Clot, CD |
| Senior Serving Engineer | MGen D.J.R.S. Benjamin, CMM, CD |
| Combat Engineering Representative | Col R.N.H. Dickson, CD |
| Construction Engineering Representative | Col R.C. Baker, CD |
| Geomatics Imagery Representative | LCol M.L. Cairns, CD |
| Firefighting Representative | LCol J.S.P. Bouffard, CD |
| CME Navy Representative | LCol J.J.S. Lepage, CD |
| Her Majesty The Queen, Colonel In Chief |
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| Royalty traditionally holds the Colonel-in-Chief appointment and this individual acts as a patron. The first Colonel-in-Chief chosen for a Canadian unit may have been the Duchess of Connaught for the 199th Battalion in April 1917. King George VI became the Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Engineers and the Royal Engineers on 18 February 1938. Queen Elizabeth II then became Colonel-in-Chief when she succeeded to the throne and held this appointment until the disbandment of the RCE on 1 February 1968. She accepted the new appointment of Colonel-in-Chief of the CME on 11 June 1977, her Silver Jubilee. This was a particular honour since it was the only appointment accepted on that occasion. |
| Colonel Commandant |
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Currently Vacant
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| This honourary appointment has a normal tenure of three years and is bestowed upon a retired senior officer who has served with distinction. The first Colonel Commandant in the Canadian Army was appointed for the Artillery in January 1925 and in December 1947 each corps of the Canadian Army was permitted to have a Colonel Commandant. Appointees must have held the rank of colonel or higher and, although Colonels Commandant may have held higher rank, they assume the insignia of colonel with pride. The title of Colonel is symbolic, being the highest rank within the historic regimental system and thus the senior position having direct contact with junior ranks. the Military Engineers' first Colonel Commandant was Brigadier J. L. Melville, CBE, MC, ED, CD who was appointed in 1948 when the appointment was referred to as "Honourary Colonel Commandant." |
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Colonel Roger K. St.John, OMM, CD (Ret.) Major-General John E. Woods, CD (Ret.) Brigadier-General T. H. M. Silva, CD Brigadier-General A. C. Brown, CMM, CD
Major-General J. A. Stewart, CD Major-General N. S. Freeman, CD Colonel E. A. Ballantyne, CD Colonel M. C. Sutherland-Brown, DSO, CD
Major-General G. H. Spencer, OBE, CD
Colonel R. J. Carson, CD Brigadier J. L. Melville, CBE, MC, ED,
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