100 Years Ago Today on 31 May 1917

​One hundred years ago on 31 May 1917
31st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force was a sub-unit of the 9th Canadian Field Artillery Brigade in the 3rd Canadian Division. The 9th Brigade war diary records:
Visibility Good. Enemy artillery quite active during afternoon and evening. At Noon to-day the enemy put a barrage of 5.9’s and 4.1’s on our Trenches in T.7.b and T.8.a to which we heavily retaliated.
The following Decorations have been awarded to men in this Brigade during the past month:-
91616    Sglr.       T.L. Chambers,  31st Battery,
305598  Bdr.        G.S. Brown,        32nd.     ”
91095    Bdr         W.S. Harper,      36th.      ”
301132  Dvr         E.V. Pledge,        36th.      ”
304586  Gr.          J.W.G. Shaw,     33rd.      ”
300390  Bdr.        J. Marshall,         33rd.      ”
348551  Gr.          T.O!Connor,       45th.      ”
348402  Cpl.        H.A. Bessent,     45th.      ”
304365  Gr.          W.H. Bremner,  45th.      ”
348536  Gr.          W. Morgan,       45th.      ”
Handwritten margin note: What did they get – GSCMs?
 
5th Canadian Siege Battery, Canadian Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force war diary records:
There was no shooting today. Lieut. R.A. Fraser proceeded to 10th Brigade Headquarters as Liaison Officer.
 
The 15th Field Artillery Regiment RCA perpetuates the following sub units:
31st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
5th Canadian Siege Battery, Canadian Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
68th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, North Russia Expeditionary Force, was not authorized to be formed until 3 August 1918, and
85th Battery, Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force was not authorized to be formed until 12 July 1918.