The Royal Canadian Artillery
​Vancouver, BC
​1943
as at 12 April 2020
15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade
The Royal Canadian Artillery
​Canadian Active Service Force
More info to follow.
39th (Reserve) Field Regiment
The Royal Canadian Artillery
​Non-Permanent Active Militia
More info to follow.
1st (Reserve) Anti-Aircraft Regiment
The Royal Canadian Artillery
Active Service
The numerous Bofors positions established around Vancouver harbour and the neighbouring airfields were replaced in mid-1943 by sixteen sites for 3.7-inch, heavy anti-aircraft guns. When these guns were fired the concussion caused windows to rattle throughout the city. The air defence batteries were manned by the 28th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery.
Vancouver Defended, Peter Moogk pg 83
Photos- Vancouver Archives
Other Artillery Units in Vancouver
201st, 202nd, and 203rd Batteries; 39th (Reserve) Field Regiment, R.C.A. formed 1 April 1942 became 201st, 202nd, and 203rd Batteries; 11th (Reserve) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.C.A. on 13 Nov. 1943. Vancouver Archives provided the following photos of their social “Smoker” held in 1943.
Wedding
The groom Lieut Angus MacDougall Tierney, the best man Lieut G.J. Manson and two of the Ushers, Lieut J. Homan and Lieut K. Foote., were all members of the R.C.A. Unfortunately, the newspaper did not mention which units.
Lieutenant Qualifying Course
15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade: Lieutenants Angus Tierney, John Foote, W.J. Burnett
Enroled later in 11th (Reserve) Anti-Aircraft Regiment: Lieutenant G.P. Lyons
Overseas
Major George Cowan
Major Cowan was fortunate to have been granted a furlogh after three years overseas.
Notifications
In the world of the future there will be smart phones and emails to advise our loved ones when we're returning. In 1943 there were letters, telegrams and friends along the way. I'm sure Mrs Thrussel was ecstatic to receive the good news.
Obituary
Flying Officer Lionel Edmond Charles Gagnon, a former Sergeant in the 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery died in a flight training accident at Bagotville, Quebec on 16 February 1943. He was piloting a Hurricane which was in a mid air collision with a second Hurricane during a practice dogfight. Both aircraft were destroyed and both pilots were killed.
​He was survived by his wife, Mavis Cecile Gagnon and Mother, Rose de Lima Gagnon, of Vancouver. 
Colonel Harry Lyall Macpherson, On Saturday, October 16th 1943, in hospital, Colonel Harry Lyall McPherson (Deputy Director of Prisoners of War), a former officer of 15th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery, aged 59 years, husband of the late Virginia Macpherson. Military funeral from the Parlors of George H. Rogers Ltd., 172 Elgin St., on Monday October 18 at 2.30 p.m. Internment Beechwood cemetery. Vancouver papers please copy.
The Ottawa Evening Journal October 16th 1943
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
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