​9 Pounder of 6 cwt Mark II for Land Service
​The 9 Pounder has arrived for the RCA Museum in Shilo! Have you got a couple of hours to spare on Wednesday, 2 May at 1000 hrs? We're going to start the uncrating and scope out the tools required to reassemble the 1874 artifact. Wow. Check out the story as it unfolds on this page.....

Came across another group photo of the 68th Battery Canadian Field Artillery. This was the recruiting unit in Vancouver that brought in Gunners and trained them up to a set level before shipping them off to World War I. We only have a clear ID on the O.C, Captain Boorman who's name was included on the photo and I'm pretty sure I have his coordinates correct. There's lots more group photos on this page and we need help identifying all the personnel in those photos. Check out the years that you were a member and make sure we have your name correct, and then check up on your buddy's name as well.

​68th Battery C.F.A. - Vancouver, B.C. May 22nd 1918 - Capt. H.E. Boorman O.C.
Back Row - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11
9th Row -  12,13,14,15, 16,17,18,19,20,21, 22, 23, 24, 25
8th Row - 26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34, 35,36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
7th Row -  42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
6th Row -  65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,
5th Row -  85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104
4th Row - , 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112,113,114,115, 116,117,118,119,120,121
3rd Row - 122, 123, 124, 125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133, 134,135,136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147
2nd Row -  148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173
Front Row - 174, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199
200, 201, 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, Capt Harry Eustace Boorman, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216
217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230

​MASKOVICH, Jean Annette
July 24, 1921 – April 19, 2018
Jean Annette Maskovich predeceased by first husband Harry Colton and second husband Don Maskovich. Jean will be missed by sons Harry and Robert, daughters Colleen and Hazel, stepdaughter Helen, all their families and all her loving friends and their families. The Celebration of Life will be held at Avalon Surrey Funeral Home, 13288 108 Ave, Surrey, BC on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2 p.m. Friends may leave messages of condolence for the family at www.avalonsurrey.com
Jean and Don Maskovich ran the bar and kitchen of the Officers Mess from the early 60s to the mid 80s and catered most of the events that took place in the Armoury during that period.

Put up a couple of photos from 1954 onto the Group Photos page. Recognize anyone that I didn't?

​15th Field Regiment RCA Senior NCOs- 2 June 1954 (or 1953?)
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
9, 10, 11, WO I Douglas Dundas Collins, 13, 14, 15

More pictures have surfaced from the Remembrance Day salute in 1997. I can't quite make out the detachment Commanders on #3 and #4 guns. Can you? Check out the pictures on this page and  send me your answers!

Check out the photos in the 2000 Yearbook from 18 years ago. Is this the way you remember Bessborough Armoury?

Just posted a new photo on the group photo page. But I need some help determining some of the missing names. Take a look and get back to me ASAP!

​Christmas Dinner 2001
​Back Row - Bdr Stephan Oulette, Bdr Lyle Erickson, 3, Gnr Clinten Watrich, Gnr Clinton Godsoe, Gnr Pesci, 7, Bdr Adam Coleman, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Bdr Dan Taylor, Gnr Jack Tai, Pte Liane Louangxay, Gnr Georgi Labadze, MBdr Tony Gee, Bdr Glen Campbell, MBdr Oliver Young, Bdr Frank Jang, Pte John El Baghdady, Bdr Conway Hui, Bdr Chris Schultz, Gnr Tyler Neuman, Pte Terry Zhong, Bdr Conrad Skuce, George Lenis, Andrea Bond CD
Middle Row - Lt Jen McGuire, Lt Don Lamb, Sgt Donato Calogero CD, MBdr Rick Tennant, Gnr Ken Shaw, Bdr Barry McLeod CD, Bdr Craig Burridge,  Gnr Peter Thach, Lani Jakimchuk, Gnr Gillian Thomas, Bdr Doug Butler, 41, Bdr William Martinez, Bdr Roy Mckenzie, Gnr Sacha Haman-Das, MBdr James Perkins, Sgt Jason Street, Sgt Ian Smith, Lt Charissa Campbell
Front Row - WO Chris Comars CD, Lt Doug Gayton CD, MWO Don Labossiere CD,  Capt Kent Wickens CD, HCol William Wickett CD, RSM CWO Mark Jackson CD, CO LCol Dean Drysdale CD, Capt Jean Pierre Dorris CD, HLCol Vic Stevenson CD, Capt Brent Purcell, Sgt Brian Holt CD, Capt Ron Matthews CD, PO Dennis Pistun CD.
Ed. Thanks for the help! We've really found a lot of the names

More great pictures from the 43rd Heavy Ant-Aircraft Regiment RCA. These are from 1954 (or maybe 1955). Check them out in the 1954 yearbook and let me know if you think they should be elsewhere.

Sergeant Bill Wickett sent along these great photographs of an Albert Head live fire exercise in 1958. Actually, that should read Brigadier General William (Bill) T. Wickett.  Quite the career from Anti-Aircraft to Field Artillery and from Gunner to Brigadier-General!