Albert Head
The following photos are logged into the Museum Accession Book as 40 Slides - 43 MAA Regt at Albert Head VI '71'. I'm not sure what the VI indicates nor what the '71' entails. They've been placed in the 1956 yearbook due to Graham Blyth having Lieutenant-Colonel rank and being the Commanding Officer at that time. Check out the other pictures here. Group photo has just been placed in the 1963 Yearbook. There are some questions attached: Is this 158 Battery or 210 Battery? Is that Dag Gruban standing at #12? Can you identify any other members? 158 Battery or 210 Battery
Top Row - 1,2,3,4, 4th Row - 5,6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 3rd Row - 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 2122, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,30, 31 2nd Row - 32, 33, 34, 35, Maj Ernest Pellant, MWO George Chow, 38, 39 Front Row - 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 Finally managed to track down the first names of two of our Honoraries - Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Fred B Brown and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Ronald Graham as well as some biographical information. Quite the interesting pair. They were both Honorary Lieutenant-Colonels of 15th Field Artillery Regiment at the same time for a couple of years. Also managed to identify HLCol Graham in one of our photos. Now we just need to find him in a photo while he is in uniform!
The Centurion tank arrives for the museum collection. Check out the other photos in the 1984 Yearbook.
Albert Head
The Regiment holds a practice camp firing into the ocean from Albert Head. Note the C2 variant of the howitzer. The entire 1950s have been updated to the new style. That includes the pages for the 15th, the 43rd and the 102nd. There's style a lot of pictures to be included on the pages but they may take some time as the identification of when they were taken is not always complete. In the meantime, take a tour through the 50s and see if all the link buttons work, that the pictures correspond to the correct unit and that names haven't been incorrectly used.
The Officers and Senior NCOs of 43rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft are gathered to commemorate the funeral of King George VI. Note the black armbands in this photo placed in the 1952 yearbook. There are also two YouTube videos of the funeral procession in London.
The 68th Depot Battery, Canadian Field Artillery was responsible for the recruiting of artillery personnel from Vancouver during the First World War . The 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 15th 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th overseas draft group photos have now been uploaded as well as some group photos of the 85th Battery from the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force. Can you find your grandfather or great grandfather in any of the photos on the Group Photos page?
15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery at Hastings Park, 3 July 1919
The City of Vancouver Archives has the photo tagged as 1919, however the Brigade wasn't formed until 1920. Your task is to help me identify the members in the photograph. I have two of them, only 69 more to go. Rear Row - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 5th Row - 16, 17, 18, 19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 4th Row - 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 3rd Row - 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, WO1 Charles Minter, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 2nd Row - 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 1st Row - 67, 68, LtCol Frederick Coghlan, 70, 71, 72 Group Photo of the 17th and 18th Overseas Drafts taken on 31st March 1918. Now if we only had the list of names to go with the photo.
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