Major General Charles Sumner Lund Hertzberg CB, MC, VD (12 June 1886 – 10 January 1944) was a prominent engineer and senior commander in the Canadian Army during the Second World War.

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath, and died at age 57 after contracting smallpox on a special assignment in India.

Hertzberg was educated at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario, between 1899 and 1901 before earning an engineering degree at University of Toronto in 1905.

Before heading overseas to fight in the First World War, Hertzberg worked as a consulting engineer a career he continued post-war.

[4] His sons (Major, Canadian Army) Peter Alexander and (Commander, RCN) John Sumner were born in 1921 and 1924 respectively.

He suffered a severe chest wounded at Vimy Ridge in 1917 and was awarded the Military Cross in January of that year.

[3][4][5] He managed to make his way back into action in October 1918 at Vladivostok, where he fought with the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force as a major, with the title of Senior Engineering Officer.

[3][4] In the interwar years Hertzberg remained active in the volunteer militia, (he was never a career soldier).He commanded the Second Field Company and later the No.

From 1939 to 1943 Hertzberg was the senior engineering officer for the Canadian Army overseas, forced into relinquishing his command by mandatory age limits.

It is presented annually to the Reserve Engineer unit that successfully completes a stand-alone project of significant training and/or civilian or military community relations value.