15th Field Brigade
Canadian Artillery
1928
Canadian Artillery
1928
as at 16 April 2018
Sub-units
31st Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
68th Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
85th Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
Attached – 5th Medium Battery, Canadian Artillery
Detached: 58th Field Battery CA-Victoria; attached to 5th (British Columbia) Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery
31st Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
68th Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
85th Field Battery, Canadian Artillery
Attached – 5th Medium Battery, Canadian Artillery
Detached: 58th Field Battery CA-Victoria; attached to 5th (British Columbia) Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery
Key Appointments
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Christmas Card list 1928
The attached document lists the officers enroled in the 15th Field Brigade CA. These include: Regimental Staff Lieutenant-Colonel W.A. Townsley MC Medical Officer brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W.T. Lockhart Veterinary Officer Captain T.R.R. Hoggan See more ... |
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Guns in Action
Ernest Thrussell provided this picture of the Brigade at practice camp in 1928. By the look of the terrain and the foliage, I would suggest that it was taken at Camp Sarcee. |
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Unit Training
The training exercise under the command of Major J.G. Chutter, MC on the week-end of June 9th, 1928 must have been a first for the Non Permanent Artillery. Excerpts from Major Chutter's report relate some facts of this experiment.
On Thursday evening we practised the hitching of 18 pdr. guns to motor trucks, so that on Saturday afternoon there should be no delay. We left the Horse Show building, our Armoury, at 3 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, 38 all ranks, 4 18-pdr. guns, 4 International trucks and 5 motor cars.
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The training exercise under the command of Major J.G. Chutter, MC on the week-end of June 9th, 1928 must have been a first for the Non Permanent Artillery. Excerpts from Major Chutter's report relate some facts of this experiment.
On Thursday evening we practised the hitching of 18 pdr. guns to motor trucks, so that on Saturday afternoon there should be no delay. We left the Horse Show building, our Armoury, at 3 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, 38 all ranks, 4 18-pdr. guns, 4 International trucks and 5 motor cars.
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Vancouver Armoury Association
The Vancouver Armoury Association Limited met in August 1928 with the intent, "to erect and construct an Armoury and Drill Hall in the area known as Greater Vancouver, to purchase, lease, take in exchange or otherwise acquire lands...to sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of to His Majesty the King...any of the buildings or structures erected thereon". To hide the cost of new armoury construction this private organization would plan and build the structure and then have the government lease it and later take ownership. The founders were William Allen Townsley (Commanding Officer), J.G. Chutter (Battery Commander), Richard Thomas Perry (Architect and future Commanding Officer), Cyril Gainsborough Beeston (future Commanding Officer), H.R. Bray (Brigade Officer), and Brigadier General Victor Odlum.
Vancouver Defended, page 58, Peter Moogk
The Vancouver Armoury Association Limited met in August 1928 with the intent, "to erect and construct an Armoury and Drill Hall in the area known as Greater Vancouver, to purchase, lease, take in exchange or otherwise acquire lands...to sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of to His Majesty the King...any of the buildings or structures erected thereon". To hide the cost of new armoury construction this private organization would plan and build the structure and then have the government lease it and later take ownership. The founders were William Allen Townsley (Commanding Officer), J.G. Chutter (Battery Commander), Richard Thomas Perry (Architect and future Commanding Officer), Cyril Gainsborough Beeston (future Commanding Officer), H.R. Bray (Brigade Officer), and Brigadier General Victor Odlum.
Vancouver Defended, page 58, Peter Moogk
Royal Canadian School of Artillery
Edward (Ted) D. J. Edmonds trained at the Royal Canadian School of Artillery in Borden, Ontario during the summer of 1928. The accommodation was somewhat spartan that year. See more...
Edward (Ted) D. J. Edmonds trained at the Royal Canadian School of Artillery in Borden, Ontario during the summer of 1928. The accommodation was somewhat spartan that year. See more...
Training Exercise - Langley
The 5th Medium Battery trained with the Irish Fusiliers in Langley. The photos capture Lt Col WDS Rorison, CO Irish Fusiliers and Lieutenant AE McB Bell-Irving with Major Gordon Chutter.
The 5th Medium Battery trained with the Irish Fusiliers in Langley. The photos capture Lt Col WDS Rorison, CO Irish Fusiliers and Lieutenant AE McB Bell-Irving with Major Gordon Chutter.
Part 2 Qualifying Course
The next series of photos by Edward (Ted) D. J. Edmonds imclude ones (18-22) that were marked, "Royal Canadian School of Artillery, Fort Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Pt. 2 Qualifying Course, 1928". We're not sure if EK Jackson, Kennedy, Reg Town or Hodgins were members of the 15th Brigade or if they were from other artillery units in Canada. We're also not sure what a Part 2 Qualifying Course consisted of.
The next series of photos by Edward (Ted) D. J. Edmonds imclude ones (18-22) that were marked, "Royal Canadian School of Artillery, Fort Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Pt. 2 Qualifying Course, 1928". We're not sure if EK Jackson, Kennedy, Reg Town or Hodgins were members of the 15th Brigade or if they were from other artillery units in Canada. We're also not sure what a Part 2 Qualifying Course consisted of.
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Local Training
More photos from Edward (Ted) Edmonds appear to show training in the local area. No dates are specified but it appears to be prior to Ted being commissioned. I've placed them in 1928 until such time as additional information is found. |
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Obituaries
Gunner Sidney George Healey passed away 27 May 1928. Gunner Healey was born 9 August 1897 in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan. He served 3 months in 19th Company, Canadian Army Service Corps and was a law clerk in Vancouver, BC. He attested in the 68th Overseas Depot Field Battery on 8 May 1916, assigned regimental #338886 and transferred to the 62nd Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery before embarking for England on 11 September 1916. On 29 March 1919 he proceeded to Canada 29 Mar 1919 and was discharged 11 April 1919. Gunner Healey died 27 May 1928 from epilepsy at Essondale, BC and is interred at Mountain View cemetery.
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