Canadian Field Artillery
​Canadian Expeditionary Force
​1918
as at 2 October 2016
31st Battery, 9th Brigade
​Canadian Field Artillery
58th Battery, 14th Brigade
​Canadian Field Artillery
68th Battery, 16 Brigade
Canadian Field Artillery
​North Russia Expeditionary Force
5th Canadian Siege Battery
Canadian Artillery
68th Depot Battery,
Canadian Field Artillery
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Source: City of Vancouver Archives
Celebrating peace 
85 Battalion parade [Columbia at Begbie Street] 1918
That's the title given to this print in the City of Vancouver Archives. clearly an artillery unit, not a Battalion. Could this be 85 Battery prior to their departure to Siberia?
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The O Pip was a monthly publication produced by Sergeant Archi Wills, formerly of 5th Regiment, CGA and 62nd Battery, 15th Brigade, CFA. It had a distribution of over 6,000.
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Obituaries
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Second Lieutenant Arthur William Aird
​Taken on strength 62nd Battery 15th Overseas Brigade Canadian Field Artillery as a Gunner 22 May 1916 and subsequently absorbed by 14th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery on 22 Jan 1917. He was appointed Bombardier 9 Feb 1917 and struck off strength on proceeding for the Royal Flying Corps on 13 Aug 1917. Appointed Second Lieutenant in 209th Squadron Royal Flying Corps in 1918 he died on 23 May 1918, commemorated on the  Arras Flying Services Memorial Nord-Pas-de-Calais France.
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​Bombardier Thomas Henry Dunn
​The death of Sergeant Tom Dunn, formerly one of the best-known young business men of this city, occurred overseas on October 10 after an illness of four days, according to news received in this city, His death will be regretted by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. The late Sergeant Dunn went away with the 68th Battery two years ago and passed through several of the great battles before taken down with illness which caused his death. Before enlisting he was associated in business with Mr. H. Simmons of Granville street. A brother resides in Victoria. See more...
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​Second Lieutenant William Jermy Jephson
Born on July 5, 1886 in Winnipeg, Manitoba to parents John and Christian Jephson. The Jephson’s had four children, William, Helen, Arthur and John. By 1901, the Jephson family had moved to Calgary which was then a part of the N.W.T. As a young man, William would follow in his father’s footsteps, attending law school and becoming a barrister. On April 3, 1916, William Jephson enlisted with the 61st Battery 15th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery and was appointed Brigade Sergeant Major. BSM Jephson arrived in England on September 22, 1916 aboard the SS Cameronia. He would serve with the CFA in England until April 25, 1918, where he was discharged from Canadian service and given a commission with the 175th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. See more...
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Lieutenant Claude Melnot Wilson
The son of C. K. Wilson of Vancouver, B.C., Claude Melnot Wilson served in an artillery regiment before he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in July 1917. He was posted to 29 Squadron on 4 May 1918 and scored 8 victories flying the S.E.5a.  Bold in attack, this officer never hesitates to join in an engagement with the enemy, regardless of their numerical superiority. On 18th August, with four other machines, he attacked a large hostile formation. Five enemy machines were destroyed, Lt. Wilson accounting for one. In all he has four machines and one balloon to his credit. Wilson was killed in action when his aircraft was shot down east of Roulers by a Fokker D.VII.
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