15 th Field Artillery Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery 1970

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1 15 th Field Artillery Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery 1970

2 Organization Unit 15 th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Sub-units 85 th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery 158 th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery 209 th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery Band of the 15 th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Organizational Changes 1 Apr th Field Battery sent to Supplementary Order of Battle 1 Apr th Field Battery sent to Supplementary Order of Battle 1 Apr th Field Battery redesignated 68 th Field Battery Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Captain-General Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Her Majesty The Queen Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Major-General H.A. Sparling, CBE, DSO, CD Senior Regular ner Major-General D.A.G. Waldock, CD Chief of Artillery Colonel D.W. Francis, CD MESSAGE FROM THE COLONEL COMMANDANT 1 As we approach the end of another year in the long history of our Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery I welcome this opportunity to address a few words to all of you who serve the guns. The many adjustments in the configuration of both the Militia and Regular components of our regiment which have been dictated by the current Forces structure have been carried out during the year with dignity and despatch. While it is natural that we regret the loss of a number of units in both components, we must now look to the future and fulfill with spirit and skill our continuing duties in the defence requirements of our country. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has always been in the forefront in playing its essential part and will continue to do so. Of the many events which have taken place within our Regiment in recent months two call for special note. The first took place in Vancouver when the 15th Field Artillery Regiment celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Vancouver ners. The second was the formation of the Peterborough Artillery Association to keep alive the spirit of the disbanded 50th Field Artillery Regiment so that it will be ready to foster an active regiment whenever the call may come. The Regiment extends its best wishes to the 15th Field Artillery Regiment as it embarks on its next half century, and to the 2

3 Peterborough Artillery Association in its determination to continue the role of good ners and citizens. Turning to 1971, an event of major significance in the fortune of Canada requires to be acknowledged when on October 20th the 100th anniversary of the birth of the first of Canada s Regular Armed Forces will occur. On that date in 1871 A Battery and B Battery of Garrison Artillery and Schools of nery came into being in Kingston and Quebec City with a total authorized strength of 10 officers and 285 other ranks. Our Regiment, and perhaps others, will recognize this historic event. Finally, a word of appreciation is due from the Regiment to the Editors and staff of The Canadian ner and to all who contribute to its content. The Canadian ner is an outstanding contribution to the well being of our Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. We must ensure it will continue to flourish. 3

4 Nominal Roll 15th Field Artillery Regiment RCA Command Team Commanding Officer: Lieutenant-Colonel BA Clemons CD Regimental Sergeant Major: Chief Warrant Officer Raymond Guttridge CD Second in Command: Regimental Headquarters Honorary Colonel: Brigadier A E McB Bell-Irving OBE ED Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel: Lieutenant-Colonel WS Jackson CD Adjutant: Chief Clerk: Regimental Quartermaster: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant: 4

5 85 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

6 158 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): 6

7 209 Battery Battery Commander (BC): Battery Sergeant Major (BSM): Battery Captain (BK): Position Officer (GPO): 7

8 Battery Recce Officer: Troop Sergeant Major: Detachment Commander (No 1): Detachment Commander (No 1): Detachment Commander (No 1): 8

9 The Band of the 15 th Field Artillery Regiment Director of Music: Drum Major: Trumpeter: Drummer: Trombonist: Trumpeter: Drummer: Trombonist: 9

10 Promotions ** 10

11 Appointments Lieutenant-Colonel GF Blyth CD appointed Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel 11

12 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) D.B. Callaghan. 12

13 Members deployed on Operations ** 13

14 Members Extra-Regimentally Employed ** 14

15 New Members 12 Nov 1970 Private (R) Leon Jensen enrolled 15

16 Members Qualifications ** 16

17 Exercises The regimental rifle team owned a collection of shooting jackets with these beautiful crests. Not sure if they were made in 1970, however, placing this photo here until more information comes available. 17

18 Ceremonies ** 18

19 Band Performances ** 19

20 Community Events ** 20

21 Equipment News 81mm MORTAR-ARTILLERY WEAPON 2 By Captain J.C. Stewart In order to protect myself from insults and damnation, this article must be qualified. Official policy will not be reflected in this article nor will staff duties concerning the format of military papers. It should, however, further confuse the Great IG s in the sky as to why the Airborne Battery, RCA is equipped with the 81mm Mortar. Hopefully, future GPO and TLs completing their Cherry Jump, finding themselves alone with six mortars on a troop frontage of six hundred meters, will benefit from this brief report. To ensure all ners that we are still ners and firmly believe so, I will mention that the 1 AB Bty, RCA is equipped with six L5, 105mm Pack Howitzers and twelve L1A6 81mm Mortars and will only deploy with one or the other. The original concept of the CAR was one of simplicity and speed; sophisticated equipment would be too bulky. The CAR is an initial reaction force to secure an airhead and be relieved in seventy-two hours by a Combat Group. Hence when Airborne ners were approved, the 81mm Mortar was adopted because of its ease in mobility and the knowledge that when a light gun became available the CAR would receive it. The 81mm Mortar has been retained to provide an indirect fire capability for long range foot-borne operations. Aide Memoire Radio Set CPRC26 21

22 The RS CPRC 26 is a lightweight radio telephone for very short range communication. It is a manpack set and weighs 10 Lbs 8 ozs. It is a low powered, dry battery operated, crystal controlled, transmitterreceiver for FM voice communication in a 50 to 54.2 Mhz range of the VHF band. The set operates on any of six preset channels. It has a range of from one to two miles depending on the antenna used. 22

23 The Officers Mess ** 23

24 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 Warrant Officer LD Taylor. 24

25 The Junior Ranks Club ** 25

26 Regimental Museum ** 26

27 Regular Force 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery On 3 June st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery relocates from Deilinghofen to Lahr in Germany. 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery On 26 June nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery held its farewell parade in Gagetown, NB as it is restructured in Petawawa, ON leaving E Battery behind to support the Combat Arms School. 3rd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 3 The year 1970 was the 100th Anniversary of the Keystone Province (Manitoba for the unknowledgeable) joining the Confederation and the celebrations lasted a full 365 days. And yet midst, in spite of, or somewhat due to these circumstances, the year proved to be a very productive and novel experience for the officers and men of 3 RCHA. Apart from the normal tasks and exercises conducted by the Regiment, the first year in the Decade of the Seventies also witnessed a change in establishment from a 4-gun to a 3-gun troop, the implementation of the old two-plotter-in-the-battery-command- Post system, the long anticipated regimental move from the Selkirk Lines, CFB Winnipeg to the Home of Canadian ners CFB Shilo, and the formation of a third battery designated HOTEL. 4th Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 16 Jul 70 4th Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery is disbanded. School of Artillery The Canadian Forces School of Artillery in Shilo, MB is amalgamated with the Combat Arms School set up in Gagetown, NB. 1 Surface to Surface Missile Regiment RCA On 1 June Surface to Surface Missile Regiment RCA is disbanded. 1 Drone Troop RCA On 1 June Drone Troop RCA is disbanded. 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group On 1 July 1970, 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (4 CMBG) was redesignated 4 Canadian Mechanized Battle Group (4 CMBG). 27

28 Obituaries ** 28

29 Lists Commanding Officers 4 Unit Date of Appointment 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 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 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 G.F. Blyth, CD 1 Apr May 1972 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

30 Directors of Music Drum Majors 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 30

31 SGT JB DAVY SGT JR FORSYTH 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 The Brigadier DuMoulin Trophy Warrant Officer LD Taylor Warrant Officer II PH Smith CD 1969 Sergeant DGW Hall Warrant Officer II WD Cooper CD 1968 Warrant Officer Al M Yelland Warrant Officer II AB Sweet 1967 Sergeant Hilton AI Warrant Officer II AB Clarke CD&C Sergeant Peter M Erwin Warrant Officer II RJ Nichols Warrant Officer II PA Dwillies 31

32 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 1960 Staff Sergeant Jimmy Walker 20 August 1941 ner Wallace Brunt 32

33 References 1 The Canadian ner 1970, Volume 6, December Partial essay from The Canadian ner 1970, Volume 6, December The Canadian ner 1970, Volume 6, December 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 33