No 1 CEAU
Canadian No. 1 C.E.A.U. [Canadian Equipment Assembly Unit] was apparently run by the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps [which in 1944 split and the facility was then run by the Royal Canadian Mechanical and Electrical Engineers] at Camp Bordon in Hampshire. The British 3rd Infantry Brigade had garrisoned Bordon originally, but on leaving for France as part of the B.E.F., the camp was vacant and the Canadian Army moved in to take their place.
Dr Gregg quotes 1,976 assembled at Bordon in 1943 and 6,641 in 1944.
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