15th Field Brigade
Canadian Artillery
1932
Canadian Artillery
1932
as at 15 December 2016
Organization
Unit
15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
Sub-units
31st Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
68th Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
85th Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
Attached – 5th Medium Battery, Canadian Artillery
Detached: 58th Field Battery CA-Victoria; attached to 5th (British Columbia) Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery
Unit
15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
Sub-units
31st Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
68th Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
85th Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
Attached – 5th Medium Battery, Canadian Artillery
Detached: 58th Field Battery CA-Victoria; attached to 5th (British Columbia) Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery
Command Team
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Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thomas Perry VD |
Regimental Sergeant Major Warrant Officer Class 1 Herbert Hankins MM |
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Promotions and Appointments
William Wasbrough Foster DSO VD appointed Honorary Colonel. Colonel Foster was a former member of the 2nd Battalion Canadian Garrison Artillery. He was born in Bristol, England on 1 October 1876 and immigrated to Canada in 1894. In a 1913 by-election, Foster was elected Conservative member for The Islands in the British Columbia legislature. In November 1914, he joined the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. After distinguishing himself at the Somme and Vimy Ridge, he was promoted to command the 52nd Battalion in August 1917. Aside from a temporary post to command the 9th Infantry Brigade in September 1918, Foster remained with the 52nd until the end of the war. He received two DSO Bars, was twice wounded and was five times mentioned in dispatches. He was a member of the Vancouver City Police.
William Wasbrough Foster DSO VD appointed Honorary Colonel. Colonel Foster was a former member of the 2nd Battalion Canadian Garrison Artillery. He was born in Bristol, England on 1 October 1876 and immigrated to Canada in 1894. In a 1913 by-election, Foster was elected Conservative member for The Islands in the British Columbia legislature. In November 1914, he joined the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. After distinguishing himself at the Somme and Vimy Ridge, he was promoted to command the 52nd Battalion in August 1917. Aside from a temporary post to command the 9th Infantry Brigade in September 1918, Foster remained with the 52nd until the end of the war. He received two DSO Bars, was twice wounded and was five times mentioned in dispatches. He was a member of the Vancouver City Police.
Armoury Construction
Ground is broken for the new Armoury. Property was purchased on West 11th Avenue and construction began in September, 1932. By November the building is well on it's way.
Ground is broken for the new Armoury. Property was purchased on West 11th Avenue and construction began in September, 1932. By November the building is well on it's way.
J.S. Matthews' photograph, taken in 1932, shows the plaque commemorating the location of the wooden drill shed of the British Columbia Garrison Artillery.
Item : Mil N2 - [Drill shed plaque]
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/drill-shed-plaque
Item : Mil N2 - [Drill shed plaque]
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/drill-shed-plaque
Lists
The following pages contain additional information relating to the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
Honours and Awards
Trophies
Commanding Officers and Regimental Sergeants Major
Honoraries
Battery Commanders and Battery Sergeants Major
Band Appointments
Nominal Roll
Guns of the Regiment
Memorial Page
The following pages contain additional information relating to the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
Honours and Awards
Trophies
Commanding Officers and Regimental Sergeants Major
Honoraries
Battery Commanders and Battery Sergeants Major
Band Appointments
Nominal Roll
Guns of the Regiment
Memorial Page
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