5th Canadian Siege Battery
Canadian Garrison Artillery
​1917

as at 2 July 2020

Organized as 165th (Canadian) Siege Battery at Horsham in June 1915 
Arrived in France 21 September 1916.
Redesignated 5th Canadian Siege Battery on 29 January 1917.
Attached to 1st Canadian Heavy Artillery Group, then, in January 1917, to 2nd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery.
Demobilized at Vancouver in May 1919.
Disbanded by General Order 191 of 1 November 1920.

War Diaries - January to March 1917
War Diaries -April to June 1917
War Diaries - July to September 1917
War Diaries - October to December 1917

Lieutenant Frank Randolph May M.C.
​The Gazette from Montreal, carried an article on the awarding of the Military Cross to Lieutenant May.

Uniform
The uniform worn by Bombardier Harold Poyser. The metallic 5 on the epaulette for the battery designation followed by CGA for Canadian Garrison Artillery. On the sleeve is the rectangular red patch indicating the 2nd  Brigade over the Canadian Corps Heavy Artillery (CCHA) with the Lance Bombardier chevron underneath and the three service stripes at the bottom. The lapel features the Universal Grenade despite the fact that the Canadian Artillery adopted a more stylized grenade with Canada underneath in 1907. This uniform is owned by the Bowden Pioneer Museum, Alberta. A similar one would be an excellent addition to the 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum and Archives and all members are encouraged to contact me ASAP if they were to locate one that was available.

The 5th Canadian Siege Battery, CGA, CEF is proudly perpetuated by the Gunners of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment RCA in Vancouver, B.C

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