1,900 names! That's how many members of the 15th Field Regiment and its predecessors have now been entered into the nominal roll. Are you a relative of any one of them? Drop me a line and help us fill in some of the missing information. [email protected]
Aalten, JC; Andresen, VS;Arthur, John Ross; Aubin, Donald George; Bailey, Alfred Wayne; Barber, JD; Baxter, Raymond Alexander; Brewer, Frederick; Cagney, AC; Campbell, D; Carmichael, Archibald; Chapman, Karl; Chappell, Ron Clarence; Cogswell, James William; Collins, PR; Cool, Benjamin George; Cooper, William Wesley; Cronkhite, William Albert; Davies, George Barrett; Gage, Edward Stephen; Gingell, Leonard E; Greenwood, GRW; Hansen, VWH; Hebert, JP; Heldon, F; Holmes, Charles Brian; Howard, William Henry; Howe, John; Huggard, MB; Kennedy, John William; Lackey, Robert; Larsen, SE; Lindsay, Bernard C; Lindsay, Lorne R; Mankin, Frank; Mapleten, DH; Mason, FB; Mayrs Frank Black; McArthur, Patrick Arthur; McCorquodale, GA; McDonald, GS; McDonald, WA; McGee, Max; McGonigal, James Deen; McGonigal, Samuel Keith; McKay, Gordon Campbell; McKnight, Kenneth Gordon; Merx, Christian Henry; Mohan, TH; Montgomery, BJ; Musgrove, Kenneth A; Ormandy, Raymond; Pentecost, RMS; Phillips, RS; Reid, John Charles; Renny, Joshua Thomson; Richardson, H; Robinson, DDS; Sterling John; Stout, Terrence David; Tatroff, DP; Thompson, John; Walcott, David Brace; Walters, DJ; Walters, Henry; Wilson, Robert William Thomas; Wortley, Jim Buchanan

From Albert Head to Vernon. It was a busy summer that year with the Regiment travelling from the Pacific Ocean to the BC Interior. Check out the other photos in the 1961 Yearbook.

While going through Part II orders, I came across an entry for Bombardier Riddle who was struck off strength due to his enlistment in Special Force. A few internet searches and some research in The Gunners of Canada and I put together the rest of the story.
Rest in Peace Gunner Riddle
Riddle, Jack Fraser; Taken on strength with 85 Battery 15th Coast Regiment RCA on 27 Nov 1947, appointed Lance Bombardier on 16 Sep 1948, appointed Acting Bombardier on 6 Oct 1949, struck off strength on 21 Sep 1950 on enlistment in Special Force, deceased 5 Oct 1951 while serving as a Forward Observation Officer communicator with 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, buried at United Nations Military Cemetery Busan Korea.

Regimental Parade and inspection by the Master Gunner of St. Jame's Park in 1962. There are several questions that need to be answered.
1. Why is the Regiment parading with fixed bayonets?
2. Why are the scabbards still on the bayonets?
3. Why does one picture of the Herald Trumpeters show them wearing Busbies?
​4. What time did the parade take place?

Another batch of pictures from 1975. Saint Barbara's Day dinner, Soldiers' Christmas Dinner, Chilliwack Exercise, Fort Lewis parade. It was a very busy year! Check out the 1975 yearbook for more photos.

Even more names for the nominal roll from 1949 Part II Orders. I find the history contained in these personnel records fascinating as it provides a glimpse into the lives of many of our Veterans that served during the Second World War or enrolled in the years afterwards. As well as the new names, there have been countless updates to the existing entries. Check out the updates to Warrant Officer Class I Trappitt....Did he go on to become the Regimental Sergeant Major for the 102nd Coast Regiment RCA?
New additions
Andersen, George Peter; Bell, Gordon Thomas; Brown, Ronald Pat; Cackette, Frederick Charles; Ceristensen, Martin Led; Chippendale, James Henry; Davison, Walter Clayton; Duncan, Robert Lawrence; Findlay, William Royal; Haffner, Frank Joseph; MacDonald, William Grant; Melissen, John; Miller, Henry Cecil; Montgomery, Arthur Edward Stanley; Pedlingham, Leonard Charles; Richardson, Edward; Robertson, Frank Albert; Sawley, Dudley; Sherman, John William; Tomlinson, David Keighley; Whittles, JE

A few more photos in the 1976 Yearbook Officers' Mess Dinner, Chilliwack Rifle Ex, Ft Lewis Artillery Ex and the RCAA conference in Ottawa. Check it out!

More names were added to the nominal roll bringing our grand total to 1,800 members of the Regiment on line. Are any of the following relatives of yours? Do you have any photos of them during their years of service? Drop us a line and we can bring their history up to date. 
Brittain, Francis David Gerald; Brocke, Willard Norman; Burton, Thomas Alfred; Carswell, Robert Henry; Crozier, EV; Duncan, James Allen Stanley; Edmison, Jack Norman; Kingshott, Ronald Henry; MacDonald, Willard Kenneth; Martin, Henry George; McGee, Donald James; Oliver, John Howard; Patterson, William Andrew; Purvey, Richard; Russell, Peter Garfield; Russell, TG; Volouche, Thomas Christian
Why is this important? We have dozens of group photos and we don't know the names of any of the people in them! Somewhere out there was a Gunner smart enough to write all the names down. Is it hidden in your family scrapbook in the attic?

Photos from a dinner with our American Gunner cousins, The Regimental Soldiers' Christmas Dinner and some more photos from the Freedom of the City Parade. Check out the 1977 Yearbook.

It was a very busy year and I've added some additional photos from the Soldiers Christmas Dinner and the New Year's Day Levee. Take a look at the 1978 Yearbook and let me know if I've missed your name in one of the photos!