15th Brigade
Canadian Field Artillery
1922
Canadian Field Artillery
1922
as at 25 April 2018
Sub-units
31st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery
68th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery
85th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery
Attached – 5th Siege Battery, Canadian Artillery
Detached: 58th Battery CFA-Victoria; attached to 5th (British Columbia) Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery
31st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery
68th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery
85th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery
Attached – 5th Siege Battery, Canadian Artillery
Detached: 58th Battery CFA-Victoria; attached to 5th (British Columbia) Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery
Key Appointments
Organizational Changes
68th Battery CFA-North Vancouver; relocalized at Vancouver on March 1st, 1922
85th Battery CFA-New Westminster; and relocalized at Vancouver on March 7st, 1922
68th Battery CFA-North Vancouver; relocalized at Vancouver on March 1st, 1922
85th Battery CFA-New Westminster; and relocalized at Vancouver on March 7st, 1922
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Militia List Part I December 1922
The attached document lists the officers enroled in the 15th Brigade and some of their qualifications. These include: Regimental Staff Lieutenant-Colonel F.T. Coghlan DSO Adjutant Captain J.G. Chutter MC Medical Officer Captain J.W. Woodley MC Veterinary Officer Captain T.R.R. Hoggan 31st Battery Major W.A. Townsley MC Captain C.G. Beeston Lieutenant J.E. Piercey Lieutenant J.C. Byrn 58th Battery (see 5th Regiment C.A.) 68th Battery Major H.L. McPherson Captain R.T. Perry Captain F.C. Whitehead MC 85th Battery Maj D.N. Hossie MC Captain H.R. Bray Lieutenant F.R. Stuart Ammunition Column Captain W.W. Soden-Irwin Lieutenant L.F. Nicholson Corps Reserve Captain A.L. Wilson MC Captain A.J. Cowan MC Lieutenant H. Sherwood Lieutenant H. McL. Ferguson Lieutenant L.M. Leo Lieutenant R.C. Farrow Lieutenant N. Hess MC 5th Siege Battery attached Major F.C. Underhill Captain J.T. Underhill Lieutenant W.C. Woodward Lieutenant T. Todrick Lieutenant J.W. MacDougall Lieutenant A.E. Mc B. Bell-Irving |
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Captain Frank Clayton Whitehead was awarded the Military Cross while serving with the 21st Battery, 4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery in 1919. His citation reads,"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 2nd September, 1918, near Mount Dury, when detailed to go forward with the infantry in charge of a party to man and bring captured guns into action. He found three guns, and commenced firing over open sights at an enemy battery, silencing two guns. Shortly afterwards an enemy battery obtained a direct hit on one of his guns. His dash and initiative were a great help to the infantry."
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Training
The Brigade was armed with the 18-pounder gun for the field batteries and the 60-pounder for the 5th Siege Battery. Gun drill and riding took on a more serious outlook following the first camps, and when it came time for the 1922 camp a far different Brigade arrived in Sarcee. Local winter training at the Horse Show Building had been interspersed with indoor baseball for the men and polo for the officers. The first honours to fall upon the Brigade were most impressive when at the 1922 camp the 31st Battery won the Governor General's and Earl of Stradbrook Cups for general efficiency, the Grant Challenge Cup for tactics, the Macdonald Challenge Trophy for gun laying and signalling and the Hurdman Challenge Cup plus a cash prize of $140.00 for the efficiency of personnel competition, a record unequalled in the history of the Artillery Association Competitions! …. At considerable expense the 60 pounders would be loaded on Canadian Pacific Rail flatcars and taken to camp.
Vancouver Defended; Peter Moogk, page 57
The Brigade was armed with the 18-pounder gun for the field batteries and the 60-pounder for the 5th Siege Battery. Gun drill and riding took on a more serious outlook following the first camps, and when it came time for the 1922 camp a far different Brigade arrived in Sarcee. Local winter training at the Horse Show Building had been interspersed with indoor baseball for the men and polo for the officers. The first honours to fall upon the Brigade were most impressive when at the 1922 camp the 31st Battery won the Governor General's and Earl of Stradbrook Cups for general efficiency, the Grant Challenge Cup for tactics, the Macdonald Challenge Trophy for gun laying and signalling and the Hurdman Challenge Cup plus a cash prize of $140.00 for the efficiency of personnel competition, a record unequalled in the history of the Artillery Association Competitions! …. At considerable expense the 60 pounders would be loaded on Canadian Pacific Rail flatcars and taken to camp.
Vancouver Defended; Peter Moogk, page 57
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