Canadian
Intelligence Corps
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Preceded by: The Corps of Guides |
Replaced by: Security and
Intelligence Branch of the Canadian
Forces
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The Canadian
Intelligence Corps was an administrative corps overseeing
Canadian intelligence units from 1942 up to the time of
Unification.
Lineage
The Corps of Guides was formed as a corps of the Militia in 1903
and served until absorbed by The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
in 1929.
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Canadian
Intelligence Corps created 29 October 1942
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Redesignated
The Canadian Intelligence Corps 22 March 1948
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Title superseded 18
April 1955, officially redesignated Canadian Intelligence Corps
17 February 1964
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Merged with Canadian
Provost Corps and equivalent services of Royal Canadian Navy and Royal
Canadian Air Force to form the Security and Intelligence Branch
of the Canadian Armed Forces as part of Unification on 1 February 1968
Function
To provide
overseas and domestic formations with intelligence section,
field security sections, and other units for intelligence and
security duties.
Traditions
Regimental March: Silver and Green
Motto: Action From Knowledge
Uniforms
Coloured Field
Service Cap
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The corps
adopted a Coloured Field Service Cap during the Second
World War; all ranks wore a cap in "Melton Green No. 4"
with silver piping. |
Berets
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The corps
adopted a coloured beret after the Korean War, in
midnight blue with a large green flash. The flash was
not popular and was replaced in about 1956 with a dark
blue forage cap with green cap band. |
Rank Insignia
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In 1940,
coloured backings were adopted throughout the Canadian
Army for officers' rank insignia. The corps adopted a
green backing colour, and retained that colour until
Unification, changing to a St. Edward's Crown after the
ascension of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne.
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Insignia
Cap Badge
The cap badge is
described officially as:
Within a
wreath of maple leaves surmounted by the crown, the true and
magnetic north points entwined in a scroll inscribed "ACTION
FROM KNOWLEDGE"; below, a scroll inscribed "CANADIAN
INTELLIGENCE CORPS".1
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Mazeas:
S.27. |
White
metal, Tudor Crown, approved by General Order 187/1944.
Worn until 1952. |
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Thompson:
Q13. |
White
metal, St. Edward's Crown, 1952-Unification.
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Thompson:
Q13a. |
Chromed,
St. Edward's Crown, 1952-Unification. |
Thompson:
Q13b. |
Silver,
St. Edward's Crown, 1952-Unification. |
Collar Badges
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Collar
Badges were in white metal or silver, non-mirrored. Bill
Ellis collection. |
Metal Shoulder
Titles
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Metal
Shoulder Titles were in white metal, or silver for
officers, measuring 3-8" high and 1-5/16" wide according
to Thompson. |
Buttons
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Thompson
lists three sizes of corps button in either white metal
or silver. Smylie (Reference Number C-23) gives the
dates of use as 1947-1964. |
Cloth Shoulder
Titles
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It is not
believed that a Slip-on Shoulder Title was produced for
the CIC; the standard Battle Dress flash was white on
dark green (example at left by Bill Ellis). |
Notes
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The Regiments and Corps of the
Canadian Army (Queen's Printer, Ottawa, ON, 1964)
p.35