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Battery Commanders
31st Batteries
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31st Battery, 9th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
1916                 Major  Frederick Alonzo Peacock
1917                 Major  Frederick Alonzo Peacock
​1918 
31st Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1920 to 1924 Major William Allen Townsley MC
1924 to 1925 Major Richard Thomas Perry
31st Field Battery, 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
1925 to 1930 Major Richard Thomas Perry
​1930 to 1938 Major James Edward Piercy
31st Heavy Battery, 15th Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery

31st Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery, CASF
1938 to 1939 Maj A. LeR MacInnes
1939 to 1940 Major Ken W. Hicks
31st Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery, NPAM
1940 to 1941   Major HH Wallace
1941                  Major Allan Morton McGavin
31st Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1942 to 1946
31st Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1946 to 1947
1948               Major John Royden Morris

31st Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1948               Major Norman Richard McLeod
1957               Major Gordon Maurice Platt

1958               Major JM Oughton
1960
31st Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960
1961
1962               Major T.D. Eckford

1967 to 1968 Major D.W. Lennox
1969               Major William (Bill) T. Wickett
1976 to 1977 Major Barrie Hamilton
1978               Captain Martin Casey
1980 to 1984 Major Ian Newby CD
1986 to 1988 Major Charles I Young  
1990               Major John Brownlee-Baker            
1992                Captain Peter Faliszewski               
1994 to 1995  Major Leon Jensen                     
1997 to 2006 Captain Kent Wickens
​2006 to 2014              
2014                Major Nick Watts
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​Battery Commanders

58th, 158th, and 159th
​Batteries
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Picture
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Battery Commander
58th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
1918                Major N.P. Macleod
58th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
detached to 5th Regiment, Canadian Artillery 1920 to 1925
58th Field Battery, 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
​detached to 5th (B.C.) Coast Battery, Canadian Artillery 1926 to 1938
58th Heavy Battery, 15th Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery
58th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery, CASF

1938 to 1939 Major Charles Kenneth Rosebrugh
1939 to 1940 Captain Robert Theodore Dumoulin
58th Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery, NPAM
1944                Major J.C. Oswald
58th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery, CASF
1944                Major H.W. Selbie

159th Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
158th Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery

1946
1947
1948
158th Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1948
1949
                Captain William (Bill) Sydney Jackson
1950 to 1954  Major William (Bill) Sydney Jackson
1955
1956
1957
                Major Kenneth Melbourne Bonnett
1958
1959
 1960
158th Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960 to 1966
1967                Major D.W. Lennox
​1967 to 1969 Major Gary J. Bailey

Placed on Supplementary Order of Battle 1 April 1970
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​Battery Commanders

68th, 9th, and 209th
​Batteries
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68th Battery, 16th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, North Russia Expeditionary Force
1918 to 1919 Major Walter Court Hyde, DSO
68th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1920 to 1925 Major H.L. McPherson MC
68th Field Battery, 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
1925 to 1926 Major H.L. McPherson MC
1926 to 1934 Major Cyril Gainsborough Beeston
1934 to 1938 Major Percy Curran Tees MM
68th Heavy Battery, 15th Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery
68th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1938 to 1939 Major Percy Curran Tees MM
9th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
The Royal Canadian Artillery
1939 to 1939 Major E.J.D Edmonds
​209th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
​1946 to 1948
​209th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
​1948 to 1959
​209th Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
​1959 to 1960 Major Merv Gordon
209th Field Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960 to 1961 Major Merv Gordon 
1962               Captain Lionel Cook
1963 to 1970
68th Field Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1970 to 1973
1973 to 1976 Major Stu McDonald
1976 to 1978 Major Bob Mugford
1978 to 1982
​1983                Major John Jessop
​1984 to 1986 Major Bob Mugford
1988                 Major John Brownlee-Baker  
1990                 Captain Leon Jensen      
1991                  Captain Dean Drysdale
1999                  Major Dean Drysdale
2000 to 2002 Captain Brent Purcell

2014                 Major Ian Watt 
2015 to 2017   Major Andrew Grieve    
2017                 Major Ian Watt
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​Battery Commanders

85th ​Batteries
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85th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Siberian Expeditionary Force
1918 to 1919 Major Douglas Hinch Storms MC

85th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1920 to 1925 Major David Neil Hossie DSO
85th Field Battery, 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
1925 to 1927 Captain Harry Randle Bray
1927 to 1933 Major Harry Randle Bray
1933 to 1938 Major Albert Watts Puttick
85th Heavy Battery, 15th Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery

1938               Major Albert Watts Puttick
1938 to 1939 Major W.R.R. Bradley
85th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery, CASF
1939               Major F W Guernsey
1939                Captain R H Jorgenson
1939 to 1941  Major James Edward Piercy

85th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery, NPAM
1940 t0 1941  Major A J Cowan, MC
​85th Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1941                 Major A A Ransom
1942                 Major A G Rix
1942 to 1943   Major D F Thomas
1943                  Captain Frank Clayton Whitehead
1943                  Major D F Thomas
1943                  Major R Hunter
1943 to 1944   Captain P Ellis
1944 to 1945   Captain E H Oswell
1945                  Major A G Macdougall
1946

85th Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1946
1947                
Major Kenneth Macfarlane Beckett
1948                Major Kenneth Macfarlane Beckett
85th Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1948                Major Kenneth Macfarlane Beckett
1949                Major Robert Bernard Spray
1950
1951
1952
1952
1954
1955
1956
1957
                Major David Michael Mills Goldie
1958
1959
1960

85th Field Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960
1961
                Major David Michael Mills Goldie
1962 to 1967
1967 to 1968 Major R. Victor Stevenson
​1968 to 1970

Placed on Supplementary Order of Battle 1 April 1970
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​​Battery Commanders
5th, 11th and 211th ​Batteries
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Picture
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5th Siege Battery
1917                  
1920 to 1923  Major Frederic Clare Underhill
1923  to 1925 Major Joseph Gordon Chutter
5th Medium Battery
1925 to 1929 Major Joseph Gordon Chutter
1929 to 1931 Major T. Todrick
1931 to 1933 Major C.T. Batten
1933 to 1935 Major H.H. Wallace
1935 to 1939
11th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
1939 to 1939 Major F.W. Guernsey
​1939 to 1946
211th
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
1946 to 1948

​211th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
​1948 to 1957
1958 Captain William (Bill) W Blackhall
​1959
Disbanded 15 October 1959
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​Battery Commanders

10th and 210th ​Batteries
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10th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
1939 to 1939 Captain N.F. Smith
1939 to 1946
210th 
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
1946 to 1948

​210th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
​1948 to 1957
1958 Captain James Clark Griffiths  CD
1959

​210th Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
​1959 to 1960
210th Field Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960 to 1961
1962               Major Ernest Roy Pellant CD
​1963 to 1965
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Placed on Supplementary Order of Battle 31 January 1965
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​Battery Sergeants Major

31st ​Batteries
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31st Battery, 9th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
1916 to 1918  
31st Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1920 to 1925
31st Field Battery, 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
1925 to 1938
31st Heavy Battery, 15th Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery

31st Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1938 to 1939
1940               Acting Battery Sergeant Major Herbert William Southey

31st Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1942               Battery Sergeant Major George Spanks
1943 to 1946

31st Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1946                Warrant Officer Class II F Woodhouse
​1947 to 1948

31st Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1948 to 1960
31st Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960 to 1962
1962                Warrant Officer Class II Stan V Thompson MM CD
1963 to 1982
1983                 Master Warrant Officer Bill Amos CD
1984                 Master Warrant Officer Leon Jensen CD
1984 to 1987

1987                 Warrant Officer James Jacobson
1988  to 1997  Master Warrant Officer James Jacobson
1997 to 2000  Master Warrant Officer John McClelland
2000 to 2002  Master Warrant Officer Don Labossiere
2002 to 2004 Master Warrant Officer Rob Wishnicki    

2004 to 2009 Master Warrant Officer George Dempsey
​2009 to -         Master Warrant Officer Rob Garrett
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​Battery Sergeants Major

58th, 159th and 158th ​Batteries
Picture
Picture
Picture
58th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
1918               
58th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
detached to 5th Regiment, Canadian Artillery 1920 to 1925
58th Field Battery, 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
​detached to 5th (B.C.) Coast Battery, Canadian Artillery 1926 to 1938
58th Heavy Battery, 15th Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery
58th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery

1938 to 1940
1940                Acting Battery Sergeant Major Sydney James Boyte

159th Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
158th Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery

1946
1947
                Warrant Officer Class II Auguste Bebel Clarke.
1948
158th Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1948 to 1960
158th Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960 to 1961
1962                Warrant Officer Class II Sherwood D Mackenzie
1963 to 1970

Placed on Supplementary Order of Battle 1 April 1970
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​Battery Sergeants Major

68th, 9th and 209th ​Batteries
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Picture
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​​68th Battery, 16th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, North Russia Expeditionary Force
1918 to 1919 Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Tomkinson
68th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1920 to 1925 
68th Field Battery, 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
1925 to 1938
68th Heavy Battery, 15th Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery
68th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1938 to 1939 
9th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 
The Royal Canadian Artillery
1939 to 1946
​209th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
​1946 to 1948
​209th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
​1948 to 1957
1958 Captain W J G Blair
1959

​209th Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
​1959 to 1960
209th Field Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960 to 1961
1962               Warrant Officer Class II R.J. Nichols
1963 to 1970

68th Field Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1970 to 1972 Master Warrant Officer Brian Cormier
1972 to 1982
​1983                Master Warrant Officer Ron Paterson CD

1988 to 1990 Master Warrant Officer Mark Jackson
1990 to 1994

1994 to 1995 Master Warrant Officer Jim Ingram
2001 to 2003 Master Warrant Officer Rob Wishnicki
​1995 to 2016
2015 to 2017     Master Warrant Officer Rob Garrett   
2017                   Master Warrant Officer Clyde Roberts
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​Battery Sergeants Major

85th ​Batteries
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85th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Siberian Expeditionary Force
1918 to 1919

85th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1920 to 1925 
85th Field Battery, 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery
1925 to 1938
85th Heavy Battery, 15th Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery

85th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1938
1939               Warrant Officer Class II Ed Lockhart
​1940 to 1946

85th Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
85th Coast Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery

1946                Warrant Officer Class II Eric Ramsden
1947 to 1948

85th Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1948 to 1960
85th Field Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960 to 1962 Warrant Officer Class II W.D. Cooper
1962
1963 to 1969

Placed on Supplementary Order of Battle 1 April 1970
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​Battery Sergeants Major

5th, 11th and 211th ​Batteries
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Picture
Picture
165th Siege Battery
1916 to 1917  Battery Sergeant Major James Kay
5th Siege Battery

1920 to 1925
5th Medium Battery
1925 to 1939
11th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
1939 to 1946
211th 
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
1946 to 1948

​211th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
​1948 to 1959
Disbanded 15 October 1959
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​Battery Sergeants Major

10th and 210th ​Batteries
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Picture
10th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
1939 to 1946
210th 
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
1946 to 1948

​210th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery, 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
​1948 to 1959
​210th Field Battery, 15th Field Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
​1959 to 1960
210th Field Battery, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, The Royal Canadian Artillery
1960 to 1965
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Placed on Supplementary Order of Battle 31 January 1965

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        • 1946 - 15th Coast Regt, RCA
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        • 1947 - 15th Coast Regt, RCA
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        • 1948 - 15th Coast Regt, RCA
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