102nd Coast Regiment
The Royal Canadian Artillery
1950
as at 10 April 2018
Key Appointments
In the news
The Vancouver Sun compiles a list of Reserve unit activities that includes the 102nd Coast Regiment putting in a week of training with the 5th Coast Regiment under the guidance of the Canadian Artillery School staff on Vancouver Island. "Plenty of firing was done".
Unit Training
The Vancouver Sun featured a story on the 102nd Coast Regiment RCA. Lieutenant-Colonel C.A. Manson, Warrant Officer II John Kirkpatrick, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Ed Lloyd, Gunners Ken Dallas and John Singleton, and Ed Dodge are shown working on the new $250,000 equipment. The unit strength is reported as being 60 with another 560 in training by next year.
Sailboat mishap
The names are rather familiar in the attached news article. Would this have been the topic of discussion in the Officers' Mess later?
Officers' Mess
Social Events
It appears that the CO is rather adamant on his officers attending the social events, "The Officers Commanding expects that all Officers and their ladies will attend this function."  While undated, the last note is from the CO regarding the New Years Day Levee, "the reception in our Mess on New Years Day is a Parade."
Mess Constitution
​The document is undated but we do know that the 102nd Coast Regiment was formed on 29 September 1949 and amalgamated with 43rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RCA on 31 December 1954. The document is also untitled and I would suggest that it is the “Standing Orders” for the Officers’ Mess. Interesting parts include, “a member of the Mess in good standing for three years or more will receive a silver cigarette box suitably engraved on retirement”,  “no ladies name shall be mentioned and the topics of religion or politics shall never be discussed in the mess”, “to say grace which will be done while everyone is seated”  and “a bugler will call the officers mess call or the Ingledow battery will be fired.”
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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