Ross Keller, Honorary Battery Commander Yorke Island, is in working in Vancouver over the summer and dropped off some photos for the website. Thanks Ross!
A half dozen of the Vancouver Artillery Association members took advantage of a not so rainy Wednesday afternoon and toured the Fort at Point Grey. The seismic stabilization project at the Museum of Anthropology continues and has exposes some of the #3 Gun emplacement as the excavations are dug out in order to add additional strength to the structure. Cooperation from the Museum provided us the opportunity of exploring the ammunition tunnels and traverse the length from #1 Gun to #3 Gun. Quite the adventure as we examined each of the ammunition hoists in the three ammunition storage areas. More pictures hopefully to follow. The Museum has received an excellent collection of letters written by Geoffrey Frank Mott as he served with the Canadian Field Artillery during the First World War. Geoff also included some photographs and postcards from his time overseas. We'll be sharing the items on this page as we digitize them. A big shout out to Jon Johnson for the excellent job of packing and sending them over. Added Gunner Thomas Lloyd Faulkner to our list of Fallen. Thomas enrolled with 58th Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, RCA in 1939 before volunteering for overseas duty. He then served with the 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment and the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment. He was killed in action in Italy on 25 September 1944 and is interred in the Cesena War Cemetery. Lest we forget. Former Member - Lieutenant (Navy) Ben Van Slyke CD
Lieutenant (Navy) Ben Van Slyke CD takes command of the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy, Well done, Ben! |
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