as at 22 November 2018
The Canadian Forces Decoration is awarded to officers, and to the men and women of the Canadian Forces who have completed twelve years of service. The medal is awarded to all ranks, who must have a good record of conduct during the final eight years of claimed service. The medal is awarded to the Regular Forces, Reserve forces and to Officers to the Cadet Instructors List (CIL). Service in the regular and reserve of auxiliary forces of the British Commonwealth of Nations will be counted towards the medal if the final five years have been with the Canadian Forces and no other long service, good conduct or efficiency medal has been awarded for the same service. The medal may be awarded to persons in possession of any long service, good conduct or efficiency decoration or medal clasps, provided that the individual has completed the full qualifying periods of service for each award and that no service qualifying towards one award is permitted to count towards any other. The service need not be continuous. This award supersedes all other awards for members joining the Canadian Forces after 01 September 1939.
A bar shall be awarded for every subsequent period of ten years of qualifying service. The tombac bar is 0.25 inches (6mm) high, has the Canadian coat of arms in the centre surmounted by a crown, and is gold in colour. The bar for this medal is called a clasp.
It is a decagon (ten-sided, representing the ten provinces) shaped medal, 1.4375 inches across the flats, with raised busts. The King George VI medal is .800 fine silver, finished in silver gilt. The Queen Elizabeth II medal is tombac (a copper-zinc alloy). Both medals are gilt (gold) in colour with the Queen Elizabeth II medal being brighter than King George VI.
Obverse: The uncrowned coinage head of King George VI, facing left, with the inscription: GEORGIVS VI D : G : BRITT : OMN : REX FID : DEF : around the edge or the uncrowned coinage head of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, with the inscription around the edge: ELIZABETH II DEI · GRATIA REGINA · CANADA · with the word CANADA being at the bottom.On the reverse there is a crown, three maple leaves and an eagle representing the navy, army and air force from top to bottom. The word SERVICE is on a scroll at the base and a fleur-de-lis is on each side of the crown. The Royal Cypher is superimposed on the centre of the King George VI medal, but is omitted from the Queen Elizabeth II medal. The King George VI medal has a solid bar with CANADA on it and this is attached by scroll arms welded to the top of the medal. This proved to be a poor mounting as the welds broke off many of the early medals. The Queen Elizabeth II medal does not have the solid bar. Thus the ribbon passes through a narrow bar between the scroll arms. A small maple leaf is at the base of the scroll arms.The ribbon is gules (red), 1.5 inches (39 mm) wide, with three equally spaced argent (silver) stripes and a single argent stitch on each edge. In more understandable language, orange-red with three white stripes and a single white stitch on each edge. A silver rosette is worn on the ribbon in undress for each bar awarded.
Initiated on 15 December 1949, and first awarded on 01 September 1951, the medal replaced all other long service awards for those joining the Canadian Forces after 01 September 1939 and is still current.
On the King George VI - Name and rank are engraved on the reverse of the solid bar while on the Queen Elizabeth II - Name and rank are stamped on bottom edge.
Beginning with the first Canadian born Governor-General, the Right Honourable Vincent MASSEY, CC CH GCJ CD, each Canadian Governor-General has been awarded a CD on taking office. This tradition continues because the Governor-General is ex-officio, Commander in Chief of the Canadian Forces.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/orders-decorations
A bar shall be awarded for every subsequent period of ten years of qualifying service. The tombac bar is 0.25 inches (6mm) high, has the Canadian coat of arms in the centre surmounted by a crown, and is gold in colour. The bar for this medal is called a clasp.
It is a decagon (ten-sided, representing the ten provinces) shaped medal, 1.4375 inches across the flats, with raised busts. The King George VI medal is .800 fine silver, finished in silver gilt. The Queen Elizabeth II medal is tombac (a copper-zinc alloy). Both medals are gilt (gold) in colour with the Queen Elizabeth II medal being brighter than King George VI.
Obverse: The uncrowned coinage head of King George VI, facing left, with the inscription: GEORGIVS VI D : G : BRITT : OMN : REX FID : DEF : around the edge or the uncrowned coinage head of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, with the inscription around the edge: ELIZABETH II DEI · GRATIA REGINA · CANADA · with the word CANADA being at the bottom.On the reverse there is a crown, three maple leaves and an eagle representing the navy, army and air force from top to bottom. The word SERVICE is on a scroll at the base and a fleur-de-lis is on each side of the crown. The Royal Cypher is superimposed on the centre of the King George VI medal, but is omitted from the Queen Elizabeth II medal. The King George VI medal has a solid bar with CANADA on it and this is attached by scroll arms welded to the top of the medal. This proved to be a poor mounting as the welds broke off many of the early medals. The Queen Elizabeth II medal does not have the solid bar. Thus the ribbon passes through a narrow bar between the scroll arms. A small maple leaf is at the base of the scroll arms.The ribbon is gules (red), 1.5 inches (39 mm) wide, with three equally spaced argent (silver) stripes and a single argent stitch on each edge. In more understandable language, orange-red with three white stripes and a single white stitch on each edge. A silver rosette is worn on the ribbon in undress for each bar awarded.
Initiated on 15 December 1949, and first awarded on 01 September 1951, the medal replaced all other long service awards for those joining the Canadian Forces after 01 September 1939 and is still current.
On the King George VI - Name and rank are engraved on the reverse of the solid bar while on the Queen Elizabeth II - Name and rank are stamped on bottom edge.
Beginning with the first Canadian born Governor-General, the Right Honourable Vincent MASSEY, CC CH GCJ CD, each Canadian Governor-General has been awarded a CD on taking office. This tradition continues because the Governor-General is ex-officio, Commander in Chief of the Canadian Forces.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/orders-decorations
Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)
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Honorary Colonel Aeneas E. Mc. Bell-Irving OBE ED CD
1951 Major Mervyn James Gordon CD 1951 Lieutenant-Colonel John Dexter Overholt CD 1952 Major Walter Douglas Elsdon GM CD 1952 Lieutenant-Colonel Allan Morton McGavin CD 1953 Major William (Bill) Sydney Jackson CD 1953 Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth M. Beckett CD 1954 Captain RM Casement CD 1954 Warrant Officer Class II Auguste Bebel Clarke CD 1954 Warrant Officer Class II Earl E.J. Rutledge CD 1954 Acting Warrant Officer Class II John Sherman CD 1955 Captain Franklin Keith Brown CD 1955 Captain DH Mapleton CD 1955 Warrant Officer Class II John A.S. Munro CD 1955 Acting Staff Sergeant Robert Warren Taylor CD 1956 Captain Edward Joseph D. Edmonds ED CD 1956 Honorary Colonel William C. Woodward ED CD 1957 Captain EG Patchell CD 1957 Sergeant Gordon E. Wright CD 1958 Warrant Officer I James William Bathurst CD 1958 Acting Brigadier R.T. DuMoulin ED CD 1958 Captain Edward R Hoskinson CD 1958 Captain JR Lansdell CD 1958 Bombardier James (Jim) Henry Mancor CD 1958 Major Gordon Maurice Platt CD 1959 Lieutenant Stuart Maitland CD 1959 Captain Faustine Stanley Card CD 1960 Warrant Officer II George Chow CD 1960 Lieutenant Barrie A. Clemons CD 1960 Captain Robert Victor Stevenson CD 1960 Sergeant George Watson CD 1960 Warrant Officer II Jack E West CD 1961 Hon Lieut Colonel Francis R. Graham CD 1963 Staff Sergeant James Hamilton CD 1965 Warrant Officer Clarence Teeple CD 1965 Lieutenant William (Bill) T. Wickett CD 1968 Captain Barrie Hamilton CD 1970 Warrant Officer Brian P. Cormier CD 1971 Sergeant Victor T. Yano CD 1972 Lieutenant Steven RGW Burridge CD 1972 Lieutenant Arthur E Gee CD 1972 Lieutenant Robert (Bob) E. Mugford CD 1972 Lieutenant Ian D. Newby CD 1972 Warrant Officer Michael E. White CD 1972 Warrant Officer Al Yelland CD 1972 Captain Stuart T. McDonald CD 1973 Master Warrant Officer Eric C Tyldesley-Gore CD 1973 Warrant Officer Al Yelland CD 1976 Sergeant David Carter CD 1976 Sergeant James Page CD 1976 Bombardier John Wright CD 1978 Sergeant Joseph Phelan CD 1979 Sergeant Charles Milroy CD 1980 Warrant Officer William Joseph Amos CD 1980 Master Warrant Officer Don Stuart Friedsam CD 1980 Warrant Officer Brian Hailey Hill CD 1980 Master Warrant Officer Richard J Van Slyke CD 1981 Master Warrant Officer Mark John Jackson CD 1981 Warrant Officer Mike Meehan CD 1982 Warrant Officer David Levien CD 1982 Master Warrant Officer Ronald Paterson CD 1982 Warrant Officer Clive Walton CD Don Gatward CD 1983 Master Warrant Officer Leon Jensen CD |
1983 Master Bombardier Keith Laing CD
1984 Sergeant Gary Robert Beaumont CD 1984 Bombardier Glen S. Campbell CD 1984 Captain John T Carter CD 1984 Major John Jessop CD 1984 Captain Leo Kung CD 1985 Officer Cadet Noel Dykes CD 1985 Captain John Hawthorne CD 1986 Corporal Robert J. Sutherland CD 1987 Corporal Carlene Graham CD 1987 Warrant Officer Clifton John CD 1987 Bombardier Ernie Kovacs CD 1988 Sergeant Daniel Bruno CD 1988 Sergeant George Cooke CD 1988 Master Warrant Officer James Jacobson CD 1988 Sergeant Ronald Pajala CD 1988 Warrant Officer Larry Scott CD 1988 Sergeant Brad Shorey CD 1989 Bombardier Stephan Darragh CD 1989 Sergeant Bensom Lum CD 1990 Sergeant Terrance E. Madsen CD 1990 Sergeant John McClelland CD 1990 Sergeant Nona Shorey (Neilson) CD 1990 Major Akfred Woo CD 1991 Lieutenant-Colonel John Brownlee-Baker CD 1991 Sergeant John Otway CD 1991 Sergeant Layne Yoshimaru CD 1992 Sergeant Mike Imada CD 1993 Sergeant Dominic DaAssuncao CD 1993 Major Peter L Faliszewski CD 1994 Sergeant Donato Calogero CD 1994 Bombardier Barry Macleod CD 1994 Captain Ronald Mathews CD 1994 Captain Kent Wickens CD 1995 Master Bombardier Ian Smith CD 1996 Sergeant Drew Bartlett CD 1998 Sergeant Ken Chiu CD 1998 Bombardier Robert Stone CD 1998 Captain Nicholas Watts CD 1999 Warrant Officer Robert G Wishnicki CD 1999 Master Bombardier Oliver Young CD 2000 Master Bombardier Rick Tennant CD 2001 Sergeant Andrea Bond CD 2001 Sergeant Brian Holt CD 2001 Sergeant David Urquhart CD 2002 Lieutenant Donald Lamb CD 2009 Sergeant Terry Lysholm CD 2009 Master Bombardier Terry Zhong CD Captain Conway Hui CD 2011 Bombardier Alison Cole CD 2011 Bombardier Ryan Crawford CD 2011 Bombardier Gennie Dunkley CD 2011 Bombardier Darrell Penner CD 2011 Bombardier Megan Smith CD 2014 Bombardier Junichi Fujii CD 2014 Bombardier Christian Veenstra CD 2015 Master Bombardier Tim Hauser CD 2015 Master Bombardier Kazue Maruyama CD 2015 Master Bombardier Eric Wong CD 2015 Major Ian Watt CD 2017 Bombardier Andrew Nelson CD 2018 Bombardier Cary McCaffery CD 2019 Bombardier Tracy Gu CD 2019 Captain James Koh CD |
Canadian Forces Decoration first clasp (CD1)
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1950 Honorary Colonel James C Stewart
1956 Honorary Colonel William C.Woodward ED CD 1962 Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Douglas Elsdon GM CD 1965 Warrant Officer Clarence Teeple CD 1968 Warrant Officer I James William Bathurst CD 1968 Staff Sergeant James Hamilton CD 1968 Warrant Officer Class II Gordon E Wright CD 1975 Lieutenant-Colonel William (Bill) T. Wickett CD 1978 Major Barrie Hamilton CD 1981 Warrant Officer Victor T. Yano CD 1982 Major Robert (Bob) E. Mugford CD 1982 Major Ian Newby CD 1982 Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart T. McDonald CD 1989 Sergeant Charles Milroy CD 1990 Captain William Joseph Amos CD 1990 Captain Richard J Van Slyke CD 1991 Master Warrant Officer Mark John Jackson CD 1992 Master Warrant Officer David Levien CD 1992 Captain Ronald Paterson CD 1992 Warrant Officer Clive Walton CD 1993 Major Leon Jensen CD 1993 Sergeant Keith Laing CD |
1994 Lieutenant-Colonel John Jessop CD
1996 Captain Noel RR Dykes CD 1999 Warrant Officer Benson Lum CD 2000 Major Alfred Woo CD 2004 Sergeant Donato Calogero CD 2007 Honorary Colonel John S. Brownlee-Baker CD 2009 Captain Doug Gayton CD 2009 Sergeant Oliver Young CD 2009 Chief Warrant Officer Robert G. Wishnicki CD 2009 Bombardier Rob Stone CD 2011 Sergeant Susan Penner CD 2012 Captain Pierre Lajoie CD 2012 Captain Don Lamb CD 2012 Bombardier William Martinez CD 2012 Major Nicholas Watts CD 2014 Bombardier Jason Overy CD 2015 Bombardier Malcolm Sings CD 2015 Bombardier Brian Smith CD 2019 Captain Conway Hui CD 2019 Bombardier Tiffany Drew CD |
Canadian Forces Decoration second clasp (CD2)
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1978 Sergeant Gordon E. Wright CD
1983 Chief Warrant Officer Eric C. Tyldesley-Gore CD 1988 Sergeant David Carter CD 1988 Chief Warrant Officer James Hamilton CD 1991 Chief Warrant Officer Victor T. Yano CD 1992 Brigadier-General Stuart T. McDonald CD 1996 Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Bill W. T. Wickett CD 2000 Captain Richard Van Slyke MMM CD |
2003 Lieutenant-Colonel Leon Jensen CD
2005 Captain Noel RR Dykes, CD 2007 Warrant Officer Ken Surges CD 2011 Sergeant Patti Kostuk CD 2014 Sergeant Donato Calogero CD 2019 Captain Rob Wishnicki CD 2019 Bombardier Rob Stone CD |
Canadian Forces Decoration third clasp (CD3)
Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Stevenson CD
1993 Captain Eric Tyldesley-Gore CD
2012 Honorary Colonel Stuart T. McDonald CMM CD
2010 Captain Richard J. Van Slyke MMM CD
2019 Master Warrant Officer Ken Surges CD
1993 Captain Eric Tyldesley-Gore CD
2012 Honorary Colonel Stuart T. McDonald CMM CD
2010 Captain Richard J. Van Slyke MMM CD
2019 Master Warrant Officer Ken Surges CD
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