Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps

{{Short description|Former administrative corps of the Royal Canadian Army}}

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The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps (RCAPC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army with its own cap badge, and other insignia and traditions.The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's Printer, 1964) It was established in 1906 as the Canadian Army Pay Corps. It was responsible for administering all financial matters.{{Cite web |title=The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps |url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/corpsbranches/paycorps.htm |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}}{{Cite web |date=2007-11-20 |title=Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/corps/RCAPC.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120034035/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/corps/RCAPC.htm |archive-date=2007-11-20 |access-date=2022-07-01 }}

The Canadian Army Pay Corps began officially operating on 1 July 1907. It was redesignated the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps on 1 Nov 1920. In 1967 the corps was amalgamated with other units into the Logistics Branch of the newly formed Canadian Forces.http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/page-587-eng.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303042118/http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/page-587-eng.asp|date=3 March 2012}} Canadian Military Life After South Africa{{cite web |title=Glossary |url=http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/html/glossary/default-en.asp?letter=R&t=&page=3 |work=Canadian Military History Gateway |publisher=Department of National Defence |accessdate=2008-05-12}}{{dead link|date=April 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite web |url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/canadianarmy.htm |title=Canadian Army |work=canadiansoldiers.com |accessdate=2008-05-12 }}

Unification

When the Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force were merged in 1968 to form the Canadian Forces, the administrative Corps of the Army were deactivated and merged with their Naval and Air Force counterparts to form the Canadian Forces' personnel branches

defined in Canadian Forces Administrative Orders (CFAOs) as "...cohesive professional groups...based on similarity of military roles, customs and traditions." CFAO 2-10)[https://web.archive.org/web/20060206095126/http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/002-10_e.asp]

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |title=The Pay Services of the Canadian Army Overseas in the War of 1939-1945 |url=https://archive.org/details/payservicesofcan0000lond |url-access=registration |last=Londerville |first=J.D. |year=1950 |publisher=The Runge Press |location=Ottawa |pages=315 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm}}

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