Canadian Field Artillery
​Canadian Expeditionary Force
​1917

as at 16 December 2021

​Artillery batteries, whether heavy or light, were composed of sections, each having two guns. Batteries were reduced to four guns each in December 1914 but returned to six guns each in March 1917. There were four batteries in each artillery brigade. Most batteries did not have war diaries; accounts of their activities were recorded in the diary of their brigade.
​Guide to Sources Relating to Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 

31st Battery, 8th Brigade
​Canadian Field Artillery

Organized in June 1915 under the command of Major F. A. Peacock.
Authorization published in General Order 103a of 15 August 1915.
Mobilized at Hamilton.
Recruited in the Hamilton district.
Left Saint John 5 February 1916 aboard METAGAMA.
Arrived in England 14 February 1916
Arrived in France 14 July 1916. 8th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Divisional Artillery: transferred to 9th Brigade in May 1917. Demobilized at Hamilton in March 1919.
Disbanded by General Order 191 of 1 November 1920.
Perpetuated by 31st (Vancouver) Field Battery.
Guide to Sources Relating to Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 

5th Canadian Siege Battery
​Canadian Garrison Artillery

Background Information
Organized as 165th (Canadian) Siege Battery at Horsham in June 1915 under the command of Major G. M. Maxwell.
Formed from personnel of Canadian Siege Artillery Depot at Horsham, mainly from 97th, 131st, 98th and 107th Canadian Siege Batteries.
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.
Perpetuated by 5th Medium Battery, Vancouver.
Guide to Sources Relating to Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/005/f2/005-1142.29.001-e.pdf

Obituaries

​Driver Archibald Fenton Eaton
Gnr. Eaton Dead
Young Victorian Serving With Artillery in England Succumbs to Illness at Aldershot
Gnr. Archibald Fenton Eaton, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Eaton, of 3047 Washington Avenue, who was recently reported dangerously ill, has succumbed to measles and pneumonia at the Aldershot Isolation Hospital, according to notification received by the parents yesterday. 
Gnr. Eaton is one of four brothers and was only 18 years of age. He was a native of Somenos and educated in Victoria, where he had many friends among the younger element. He joined the 15th Brigade, C.F.A. under Col. A. T. Ogilvie, last Spring, and went overseas with that unit. He had been stationed at Witley Camp prior to being sent to hospital. He was employed by the B.C. Electric Railway before enlisting. See more...

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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