15 th Field Artillery Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery 1975

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1 15 th Field Artillery Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery 1975

2 Organization Unit 15 th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Sub-units 31 st Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery 68 th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery Band of the 15 th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Captain-General Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Her Majesty The Queen Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Brigadier-General E.M.D. Leslie, DSO, CD Senior Regular ner Brigadier-General R.G.J. Heitshu, CD Director of Artillery Colonel J.A. Cotter, CD MESSAGE FROM THE COLONEL COMMANDANT 1 From The Canadian ner 1975 I am delighted to have the opportunity to wish all comrades of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and their loved ones all the best in Because the ner case was well presented by the Director and his devoted staff, many of our most serious problems were resolved last year. Having achieved so much that is so essential in 1975, it is now incumbent upon all of us to honour the support of the Chief of Defence Staff by making sure his plans are implemented with maximum efficiency and economy in My message for 1976 is simple. Having been given the tools, our task for 1976 is to get on with it and make sure the job is well done. FOREWORD BY THE DIRECTOR OF ARTILLERY 2 From The Canadian ner 1975 As your Director I appreciate the opportunity to insert a few personal comments into this edition of the Canadian gunner. Firstly, on behalf of all ranks of the Royal regiment I offer sincere congratulations to the Shilo ners and in particular to 3 RCHA for their labours and dedication to this most worthwhile enterprise. The past several years have witnessed another evolution in the history of the Canadian ners. We have survived a very serious curtailment of our resources, to surface again with renewed strength, vigour and imposing challenges. In the past few months our regular regiments have been given much-needed transfusions, air defence and locating have become realities and our Militia units have been given a new lease on life to 2

3 which they are responding magnificently. Accompanying this expansion are a myriad of tasks and commitments that are new to some and a rekindling of memories for others. As we examine in detail new establishments, trades structures, career implications and the multitude of equipment options available to us let us also consider in due depth not only our aim but also the means of obtaining it. Throughout all these steps and the prerequisite training we must simultaneously continue to support the other combat arms at a level heretofore considered unattainable. If we do not achieve a higher level professionalism, we will have failed. The challenge is ours. I and my staff will do everything possible to assist you in your endeavours. However, it is the results achieved in the field that will be used as the yardstick. Only through the dedication to the varied tasks at hand by each and every member of the Royal regiment can we attain the desired standards. There is the challenge, I know that we will not be found wanting. Good shooting. 3

4 Nominal Roll 15th Field Artillery Regiment RCA Command Team Commanding Officer: Lieutenant-Colonel WT Wickett CD Regimental Sergeant Major: Chief Warrant Officer Brian Philip Cormier CD Second in Command: Regimental Headquarters Honorary Colonel: Colonel GF Blyth CD Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel: Lieutenant-Colonel JC Griffiths CD Adjutant: Chief Clerk: Regular Support Staff Officer: Captain DB Harrison Regular Support Staff Warrant: Warrant Officer Fred H Rossi 4

5 Regimental Quartermaster: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant: 31 Battery Battery Commander (BC): Battery Sergeant Major (BSM): Battery Captain (BK): Position Officer (GPO): Battery Recce Officer: Troop Sergeant Major: Detachment Commander (No 1): Detachment Commander (No 1): Detachment Commander (No 1): 5

6 68 Battery Battery Commander (BC): Battery Sergeant Major (BSM): 6

7 Battery Captain (BK): Position Officer (GPO): Battery Recce Officer: Troop Sergeant Major: Detachment Commander (No 1): Detachment Commander (No 1): Detachment Commander (No 1): 7

8 The Band of the 15 th Field Artillery Regiment Bandmaster: Chief Warrant Officer Peter Erwin CD Drum Major: Trumpeter: Drummer: Trombonist: Trumpeter: Drummer: Trombonist: 8

9 Promotions ** 9

10 Appointments ** 10

11 Awards Most Efficient Recruit 15 th Field Regiment Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery This award is presented to the most efficient recruit from the start of the training period in September of the previous year. This year s winner of the trophy is: Private (Recruit) H.T. Harsch. ner Douglas Corsor Jr. Memorial Trophy The ner Douglas Corsor Jr. memorial trophy was created by his close friends in the Regiment, ner Noel RR Dykes, ner Joseph C. Gauthier, ner R. Gerard, ner H. Harsch and ner V. Hughes after his untimely death in a vehicle accident the previous year. It is presented to the ner that most exemplifies the best characteristics of being a ner. In this year s inaugural award, it is presented to ner Douglas Corsor Junior. 11

12 Members deployed on Operations ** 12

13 Members Extra-Regimentally Employed Former Member now in the Regular Force ner Colin V Norris member of 1 Airborne Battery, RCA. 13

14 Members Qualifications Qualification Level 4 (QL4) Artillery Driver Wheeled Course Spring 1975 Instructor Sergeant Mike Meehan Student s ner Noel RR Dykes Qualification Level 4 (QL4) Artillery Basic Arty Communications Winter 1975 Instructor Student s ner Noel RR Dykes 14

15 Exercises 22 Mar 1975 Range Exercise 7-8 Jun 1975 Blair Competition, Chilliwack, BC Sgt Leon Jensen 22 Jun 5 Jul 1975 Milcon 75, Fort Lewis, WA Signals Sergeant Sergeant Leon Jensen Massed Bands concentration 1 st of July Sunset Ceremony with invited guests Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Walter Stuart Owen and a crowd of about 5,000 Americans. 4 th of July performance included 1812 Overture Oct 1975 Unit Live Firing, Fort Lewis, WA Signals Sergeant Sergeant Leon Jensen Detachment Commander Sergeant Brian H Hill Detachment 2 Bombardier Claude Elezam Detachment 3 ner Noel Dykes Detachment 4 Bombardier Lorne Gilmour 15

16 1 Nov 1975 Range Exercise 16

17 Ceremonies ** 17

18 Band Performances ** 18

19 Community Events 15TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT R0YAL REGIMENT 0F CANADIAN ARTILLERY BESSBOROUGH ARMOURY 2025 WEST 11TH AVENUE VANCOUVER, BC V6J 2C7 PHONE: FOR INFORMATION VISIT R00M 134 (RECRUITING OFFICE) WEDNESDAY EVENING 7:45-10:00 BAND PRACTISE THURSDAY EVENINGS 7:30-10:00 SATURDAY MORNING 9:00-12:00 Front Cover: Our cap Badge and our two Mottos THANKS (for taking time out to read me) Within these few pages we hope to introduce and tell you just a little about ourselves and what we do. We are an organization which needs you but we also feel you need us too. WHO ARE WE? Well, officially we are known as The Fifteenth Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, but to many we are simply referred to as the ners. ARE WE SOMETHING NEW? No sir, we can trace ourselves back some 257 years to the British ners and over 118 years in Canada. The 15th ners have 53 years behind them here in Vancouver. So you see we must be something special to have lasted this long. WHY HAVE WE LASTED SO LONG? First and foremost we have a purpose in life and that is to aid in the maintaining of our Canadian way of life. Secondly the Comradeship, activities, and travel opportunities offered give each one of us an unforgettably rewarding experience. WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU? 1. A position in a Regiment of Artillery where many trades and responsibilities are required to fire, maintain and move our guns. Our prime weapon at present is the 105mm Howitzer which will fire a 33 lb projectile 12,205 yards (11,000 meters or approximately 7 miles). 2. Special training such as -artillerymen, Technicians, Communicators, Drivers, Junior Non Commission 0fficers, Senior Non Commission Officers, Officers. There are opportunities for all to climb the ladder of responsibility. Several of our recent Commanding Officers have started at the very position you are now in, that of an interested potential ner. 19

20 3. Travel - our training as individuals and as a Regiment has Taken us to such places as: Canadian Forces Base - Chilliwack Canadian Forces Base - Esquimalt - Vancouver Island Nanaimo - Vancouver Island Roger s Pass, Canadian Rockies Wainwright, Alberta Canadian Forces Base, Shilo, Manitoba Camp Petawawa, Ontario Kingston, Ontario Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick Resolute, Cornwallis Island, North West Territories Jamaica, West Indies Fort Lewis, Washington, U.S.A. Lahr, Germany - Canadian Forces Base Menden Germany - with The Royal Artillery 4. Band We are the only Military Brass and Reed Band in Vancouver. The band not only excells as a Military Band but also plays on many occasions as a Concert Band. Their role as a band finds they playing at Formal parades, charity concerts, veterans hospital, dinners, formal and informal social functions. They have played in the P.N.E. Parade, Seattle Worlds Fair, Centennial Tattoo, Seattle Military Tattoo and many other events. 5. Comradeship in the field and in our Messes (Clubs). The Messes are open certain nights of the week and other special occasions. There is a mess for the Band, ners, Senior Non Commission officers, and the Officers. Each Mess holds a number of enjoyable social functions throughout the year. 6. Service to our Country as part of a vital defence unit. Assistance in many non Military areas of service such as flood control civil defence, avalanche control. 7. Pay We did not put pay at the end because it was the least important but then again we do not look upon it as our most important benefit to belonging to the 15th Field. The daily rates of pay at present are as follows. Rank Pay level Part Day Full Day Private (on joining) Basic Private (basic training completed) Private (qualified Artilleryman Corporal Basic Corporal Corporal Corporal Sergeant Warrant Officer Master Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer For extended service and for call out to active duty, the pay rates are considerably increased. 1. Drop over to Bessborough Armoury at 2025 W 11th Avenue anytime on the days mentioned on the inside cover and talk over the possibilities. 20

21 2. You should be years of age, but check with us as these regulations change from time to time. You must have your 17th birthday in year you join. OUR HISTORY The 15th Field Artillery regiment has an official history spanning over half a century of service to Canada, but the roots of this proud Regiment run far more deeply into the early history of Vancouver and British Columbia. In 1885, there was a ner J Hall, living in the Village of Granville, as it was then called, whose devotion to the Royal Regiment led him trek through twelve miles of forest to parade with the 1st Battery British Columbia Garrison Artillery in New Westminster. He lived to see Vancouver grow into a city, and was still living in 1920 when the 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery was authorized. It consisted of three batteries of field artillery, the 31st, the 68th and the 85th, with the 5th Siege Battery attached. It is of interest to note that the 68th Battery served in North Russia in the Murmansk/Archangel area during this period, under the famed British general, Sir Edmund Ironside. Fighting in the most impossible conditions, in deep snow, with temperatures in 40 below zero, the Canadian ners acquitted themselves gallantly and earned the praise of General Ironside, himself an artilleryman, who wrote: The Canadian Artillery, by the action of its drivers and ners, had worthily upheld the traditions of British ners. In 1925, the 15th Brigade, CFA, was redsignated as the 15th Field Brigade, Canadian Artillery, although still consisting of the above mentioned Batteries. Through the long years of peace and into the depression years, the spirit of the early gunners endured and was rewarded in 1935 when the title "Royal was granted to the Canadian Artillery, bringing with it the responsibility of living up to hundreds of years of British Artillery Traditions. In 1938, the Brigade was disbanded for the purpose of reorganization and reformed as the 15th Coast Brigade, RCA and further redesignated later that year as the 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, RCA. With the threat of war the Regiment was called to man the coast guns on 26 Aug 1939 which was 2 weeks before war was officially declared. During the war Vancouver s ners manned the coastal guns and searchlight batteries in such familiar places as Stanley Park, Point Atkinson, Stevenston, Point Grey, U.B.C. and even beneath the Lions Gate Bridge, while 85 Battery manned remote Yorke Island. In 1939, the 68th Battery and the 5th Battery were converted from heavy and mediurn batteries, respectively, to the 9th and 11th Anti-Aircraft batteries, RCA, and allocated to the1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA. During World War II, the ners occupying Bessborough Armoury were the 39th Fd Regt RCA and the 11th AA REGT RCA which trained as reserve units throughout the duration of World War II. Although as a unit the-regiment did not serve overseas during the Second World War, many Officers and men served with other Canadian Artillery Regiments, returning in 1945/46 to rejoin the newly redesignated 15th Coast Regiment, RCA, which then consisted of the 31st, the 85th and the 159th Coast Batteries RCA. The 159th Battery was redesignated 158th Coast Battery in late 1946 and the Regiment itself was again reorganized as the 15th Field Regiment, RCA, in The 102nd Coast Regiment in Vancouver was raised in 1949 and. disbanded in October 1954 and amalgamated with the 43 Heavy AA Regt. The 43 heavy AA was later redesignated as the 43 Medium AA Regt, and in 1959 when the requirement for Anti-Aircraft Artillery ceased, this fine regiment was amalgamated with the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, whom then became, once again, the only gunner unit in the Vancouver area. 21

22 The unit, was then organized into five batteries the 31st, 85th, 158th, 209 and Battery was relocated for training in Ladner and operated successfully in the Surrey-Delta area from 1961 to By 1966, the 210th Battery had been disbanded and 5 (BC) Fd Battery in Victoria had come under command. In 1968, this Battery was returned to independent status, leaving the most recent reorganization on 1st April 1970, which reduced the unit to two batteries 31 and 209. Later 209 Bty was renumbered as 68 Bty which was one of the original Battery numbers in As we enter into our second fifty years, we can take pride in the record of service to Canada and British Columbia, but as Winston Churchill once said: This is not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning. 17Apr 75 22

23 Equipment News ** 23

24 The Officers Mess ** 24

25 The Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess The Brigadier DuMoulin Trophy This trophy is awarded to the most efficient member of the Sergeants Mess as determined by the displayed rating system. This year s winner is Sergeant Richard J Van Slyke. 25

26 Ladies Dining In Night 26

27 The Junior Ranks Club 27

28 Regimental Museum ** 28

29 Royal Canadian Artillery Association 3 Annual Meeting The 1975 annual meeting of the RCAA was held at CFB Valcartier during 25 to 27 September. It marked the Association s first meeting at Valcartier, and LCol Pete Bouvette and his officers ensured that our stay was indeed memorable. We were most fortunate in having an excellent representation of regular force gunners. These included: Cols Cotter, Calnan, Wellsman, Doucet and Beudry; LCols Ward, Hurley, Stothers and Bouvette; Majs Thompson, Kennedy and greenizan. BGen Heitshu and Maj Walton were unfortunately hung up at the last minute and therefore unable to join us. Those present, however, took very active and constructive roles in all the proceedings. The magnus opus of the meeting was the production of a very timely and serious position paper. This paper was forwarded immediately following the meeting to the office of the Prime Minister, the MND, the CDS and all members of the Commons Committee on defence. For the benefit of those gunners who are not in receipt of the RCAA Annual Report, but who do receive the Canadian ner, we are pleased to publish that paper here for you. The essence of this argument is that Canada, after a prolonged erosion of its ground combat forces, is in danger. Ground combat forces stand as the ultimate guarantee of our nation s sovereignty and, indeed, of our national integrity: to honour our international commitments, to guarantee the life and property of our citizens, to ensure that public order is maintained, and to safeguard the liberties inherent in our democratic process. Canada spends almost three billion dollars on defence; and yet would be hard-pressed to find 13,000 fighting troops to answer an emergency. In 1965 we had 25,000 trained combat soldiers; today we have 13,000. In 1965 there were 38,000 civilian employees of the Department of National defence; today there are 34,000. In ten years our combat capability has declined by almost fifty per cent. We have too much tail and too few teeth. What, then, is the answer? Either the Defence budget must be sharply increased or existing resources better applied. There is a solution. We urge that the priorities of National defence be reassessed and resources reapplied to expand our ground combat forces regular and reserve. 29

30 Only with a department stripped of non-essentials, geared for operational capability, and reinforced by an enlarged combat reserves can Canada achieve the defence capability for which Canadians are paying almost three billion dollars. The meeting closed in the customary manner with a mess dinner on Friday evening, followed by the presentation of Competition awards. MGen Sparling, the past Colonel Commandant, was happily in attendance as a guest of the RCAA. Col Sherwin presented MGen Sparling a framed print entitled A Hot Night in the Batteries as a token of gratitude for all the support he had rendered the RCAA during his term as Colonel commandant. LCol Brian S. MacDonald took the Chair as president for the coming year, and in this capacity he will guide the RCAA through its centennial year. At this writing, sales of the ner History have gone exceedingly well. So well, in fact, that there are no more copies of Vol I left. There is still a fairly good supply of Vol II available which may be ordered through the Secretary, RCAA. For those persons interested, please note the secretary s new mailing address: 1647 Belcourt Blvd, Orleans, Ontario, K1C 1M3. 30

31 Obituaries ** 31

32 Lists Commanding Officers 4 Unit Date of Appointment Lieutenant-Colonel William (Bill) T. Wickett, CD 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1973 Lieutenant-Colonel G.J. Bailey, CD 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1972 Lieutenant-Colonel B.A. Clemons, CD 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1969 Lieutenant-Colonel G.M. Platt, EM, CD 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1965 Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Elsdon, GM, CD 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1962 Lieutenant-Colonel F.C. Garrett, CD 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1958 Lieutenant-Colonel W.S. Jackson, CD 15th Field Regiment, RCA 1955 Lieutenant-Colonel K.M Beckett, CD 15th Field Regiment, RCA 1951 Lieutenant-Colonel E.A. Royce, ED 15th Field Regiment, RCA 1948 Lieutenant-Colonel R.T. DuMoulin, ED, CD 15th Coast Regiment, RCA 1946 Lieutenant-Colonel C.K. Rosebrugh, ED 15th (Vancouver) Coast Regiment, RCA 1943 Lieutenant-Colonel F.C. Underhill 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, RCA 1940 Lieutenant-Colonel G.Y.L. Crossley, ED 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, RCA 1938 Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Beeston, ED 15th Field Brigade, RCA 1934 Lieutenant-Colonel R.T. Perry, VD 15th Field Brigade, CA 1930 Lieutenant-Colonel W.A. Townsley, MC 15th Field Brigade, CA 1924 Lieutenant-Colonel F.T. Coghlan, DSO 15th Brigade, CFA 1920 Regimental Sergeants Major 5 Unit Date of Appointment Chief Warrant Officer Brian P. Cormier, CD 15 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1972 Chief Warrant Officer Raymond Guttridge, CD 15 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1969 Warrant Officer 1 Patrick H. Smith, CD 15 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1 Aug 1966 Warrant Officer 1 David R. Penman, CD 15 th Field Regiment, RCA 29 Mar 1955 Acting/Warrant Officer 1 Douglas D Collins 15 th Field Regiment, RCA 1 Jan 1953 Warrant Officer 1 Ernest H. Richardson, CD 15 th Field Regiment, RCA 24 Sep 1949 Warrant Officer 1 Charles H.P. Trappitt, MBE 15th (Vancouver) Coast Regiment, RCA 28 Jan 1947 Warrant Officer 1 Robert J. Watson, EM 15th (Vancouver) Coast Regiment, RCA 1 Oct 1939 Warrant Officer 1 Willard J. Purdy, EM 15th Field Brigade, RCA 1 Feb 1933 Warrant Officer 1 Herbert Hankins, MM 15th Field Brigade, CA 23 May 1930 Warrant Officer 1 Sverre Sorenson, MC 15th Field Brigade, CA 1924 Warrant Officer 1 Charles E. Minter 15th Brigade, CFA 9 Jul 1921 Honorary Colonels 6 Date of Appointment Honorary Colonel G.F. Blyth, CD 11 May 1972 Dec 1982 Honorary Colonel A.M. McGavin, CD 27 Apr Honorary Colonel T. Ingledow, CD Honorary Colonel (Brig ret) A.E. McB. Bell-Irving, OBE, ED Honorary Colonel W.C. Woodward, ED 17 Dec Dec 1957 Honorary Colonel W.W. Foster, DSO, VD 1 Nov Apr 1938 Honorary Lieutenant-Colonels 7 Date of Appointment Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel J.C. Griffiths, CD 16 Sep Sep 1980 Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel G.F. Blyth, CD 1 Apr May

33 Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel W.S. Jackson, CD 1 May Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel A.M. McGavin, CD 8 Jun Jun 1967 Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel F.B. Brown Oct 1959 Oct 1961 Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel F.R. Graham, CD Mar Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Woodward, ED Directors of Music Captain Peter Erwin, CD Drum Majors Chief Warrant Officer Jimmy Hamilton, CD Members of the Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess 8 15 FIELD REGIMENT RCA SERGEANTS MESS FROM LT COL JM REYNOLDS CD RCA 3 JULY 1963 RSM WOI DR PENMAN CD RSM WOI JW BATHURST CD WOI AB SWEET RQMS WO2 JJ ISBISTER CD WO2 DJ CHALLONER BSM WO2 DG CHOW CD WO2 AB CLARKE CD BSM WO2 WO COOPER CD WO2 GF CROSSLEY CD BSM WO2 JL HEDBERG WO2 LE HUNTER CD WO2 SK MACDONALD BSM WO2 SD MACKENZIE WO2 FM MILLER WO2 NR MOHR BSM WO2 RJ NICHOLS WO2 PH SMITH CD WO2 SV THOMPSON MM CD WO2 WAJ WADDEN CD WO2 EG WRIGHT S/SGT PA DWILLIES S/SGT CE FREEBORN S/SGT EL FREEBORN CD S/SGT AJ HAMILTON CD S/SGT TA OWEN S/SGT MV RUTHERFORD S/SGT CK SPRAGUE CD SGT DG ANGELL SGT AW BARRETT SGT ES BIELECH SGT E BRENNER SGT KE BROWN SGT A DIGUISTINI SGT PM ERWIN SGT WDL FIELD SGT G GUTTRIDGE SGT TL HAMPTON SGT GW HATTON CD SGT AS HOE CD SGT CN HUGHES SGT JH MANCOR CD SGT G MAPSON SGT WG MORGAN SGT H PADGETT SGT RA PETERSON SGT E PICHLER SGT BD PRESTON SGT DE REANEY SGT J SALMOND SGT RD SEYMOUR SGT BLS THORN SGT DV UPTON SGT DE WATT SGT GA WILL BSM WO2 EC TYLDESLEY-GORE BSM WO2 JA WILLETT BSM WO2 HJ WINTER BSM S/SGT BP CORMIER S/SGT DWA GRUBAN S/SGT DM MCCLOY S/SGT D PARR-PEARSON CD S/SGT LD TAYLOR S/SGT AM YELLAND SGT DAW DAVIDSON SGT JB DAVY SGT JR FORSYTH SGT LB SMITH SGT RH THOMPSON SGT RH WEBB SGT SK YORKE L/SGT MA EAST SGT RDJ DAVIES SGT G HOLLO SGT KE KASPER SGT R COWAN SGT R MCWHINNIE SGT R MINOSKY SGT GR WOOD SGT RJ VAN SLYKE SGT JR ALLEN SGT WJ AMOS SGT DS FRIEDSAM SGT BD HARMON SGT LS HOLMES SGT MP MEEHAN SGT RT ORR SGT DE STREBE SGT RA WILSON SGT L JENSEN SGT GA WATSON SGT GJ PATTERSON SGT AL SIEMENS SGT GS PALMATARY MWO FH ROSSI WO ME WHITE SGT DK LEVIEN SGT BH HILL SGT JA REVELL SGT JM JACKSON SGT JF PAGE SGT Y THIBERT CD SGT CS WALTON SGT DA WILLING CD SGT JCH WRIGHT SGT RE MCCRACKEN SGT DA JOHNSTON 33

34 SGT CG HARMON SGT DL HARMON SGT AL HILTON SGT J HO SGT EE JOHNSON SGT RE MUGFORD SGT ED NEFF SGT ID NEWBY SGT RS PLATT SGT A ROLLER SGT NK KINCAID SGT DGW HALL ner Douglas Corsor Junior Memorial Trophy ner J.A. Johnston ner Douglas Corsor Junior Most Efficient Recruit 15 th Field Regiment Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Private (Recruit) H.T. Harsch Private (Recruit) B.C. Brooks Private (Recruit) W.A. Hanks Private (Recruit) D. B. Callaghan The Brigadier DuMoulin Trophy Sergeant Richard J Van Slyke 1967 Sergeant Hilton AI 1974 Sergeant WJ (Bill) Amos Sergeant Peter M Erwin 1973 Master Warrant Officer Eric C Tyldesley-Gore Warrant Officer II PA Dwillies 1972 Warrant Officer Clay G Harmon Warrant Officer II PH Smith CD 1971 Sergeant George R Wood Warrant Officer II WD Cooper CD 1970 Warrant Officer LD Taylor Warrant Officer II AB Sweet 1969 Sergeant DGW Hall Warrant Officer II AB Clarke CD&C 1968 Warrant Officer Al M Yelland Warrant Officer II RJ Nichols 34

35 Memorial Page It is with sadness that we reflect on those members of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment RCA that have passed on. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them 8 July 1974 ner Douglas Corsor Jr 1960 Staff Sergeant Jimmy Walker 20 August 1941 ner Wallace Brunt 35

36 References 1 The Canadian ner 1975, Volume 11, December 1975, page iv 2 The Canadian ner 1974, Volume 10, December 1975, page v 3 The Canadian ner 1975, Volume 11, December 1975, page Vancouver s Bessborough Armoury, A History, p 99; R. Victor Stevenson 5 Vancouver s Bessborough Armoury, A History, p 102; R. Victor Stevenson 6 Vancouver s Bessborough Armoury, A History, p 101; R. Victor Stevenson 7 Vancouver s Bessborough Armoury, A History, p 101; R. Victor Stevenson 8 As engraved on trophy 9 As engraved on trophy 10 As engraved on trophy 11 As engraved on trophy 36