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1st Field Artillery Brigade in the Great War

MIKAN No. 3522153

Artillery batteries, whether heavy or light, composed of sections, each having two guns. 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery reduced to four guns each in December 1914 but returned to six guns each in March 1917.

MIKAN No. 3522153
Officers of 48th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery with one of their guns. June 1918. MIKAN No. 3522153

Four batteries in each artillery brigade. Most batteries did not have war diaries; accounts of their activities recorded in the diary of their brigade.

Demographics – 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

834 Officers and Men in the 1st Field Artillery Brigade Nominal Roll.

  • 404 Canadian
  • 296 British
  • 56 Scottish
  • 18 American
  • 27 Irish
  • 11 Welsh
  • 8 India
  • 1 Russia – Gunner Joshua Zivian 40738
  • 1 Prussia – Sgt Stanley Vaughn 40904
  • 1 Newfoundland – Driver William E Travers 40720
  • 1 Dutch – Gunner William Vosdingh 40508
  • 1 Madagascar – Gunner William Alex Wilson 40519
  • 1 British West Indies – Gunner Frank W Allwood
  • 1 Bermuda Staff-Sgt Charles K Smith 40080
  • 1 Japan – Lt Arthur H Bick
  • 1 Portugal – Gunner M A Gomes 40530
  • 1 Natal, S.A. – Gunner William Marshall Compton 40154
  • 1 Switzerland – Gunner Alphonse Bochatey 40126
  • 1 Sweden – Gunner Isaac Lund 40205
  • 1 Australia – Gunner William Edward Harwood 40188

Officers – 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

Brigade Staff

  • Lt.-Colonel Morrison, E. W. B. 1st Regt.
  • Lt.-Colonel Dodds, Wm. O. Holden 1st Regt
  • Major McCrae, John R. C. A.
  • Paymaster Kelly, Lawrence St. G Kelly
  • Lieutenant Cosgrave, L. Moore R. M. C.
  • Captain Dixon, E. M. 102nd Regt
  • Lieutenant Benson, Victor C. F. A.

Lt Col E W B Morrison in command of the 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery; John McCrae gave him his medical exam.

"Gen. Morrison, G.O.C. Artillery and Railway and Staff. Battle of Passchendaele. November, 1917. Front row (left to right): Capt. H.D. Fripp, Lt-Col A.G.L. McNaughton, Brig-Gen E.W.B. Morrison CMG DSO, Mjor Alan Francis Brooke DSO, Major L.V.M. Cosgrave DSO Back row (left to right): Lt. L.P. Napier, Captain H.L. Ftherstonhaugh,MC, Captain G. Tyndale-Lea MC Colonel Cosgrave was official signatory for Canada at thesurrender of Japan on board U.S.S. Missouri on 2 September 1945." MIKAN No. 3404843
“Gen. Morrison, G.O.C. Artillery and Railway and Staff. Battle of Passchendaele. November, 1917. Front row (left to right): Capt. H.D. Fripp, Lt-Col A.G.L. McNaughton, Brig-Gen E.W.B. Morrison CMG DSO, Mjor Alan Francis Brooke DSO, Major L.V.M. Cosgrave DSO. Back row (left to right): Lt. L.P. Napier, Captain H.L. Ftherstonhaugh,MC, Captain G. Tyndale-Lea MC
Colonel Cosgrave official signatory for Canada at the surrender of Japan on board U.S.S. Missouri on 2 September 1945.” MIKAN No. 3404843

1st Battery, 1st Brigade

  • Major Sharman, Charles H. L C.F.A.
  • Captain Goodeve, L. C. R. M. C.
  • Captain Alderson, F. H. C.F.A.
  • Lieutenant Bick, Arthur H. 23rd C.F.A.
  • Lieutenant Thackray, Robert F C. F. A.
  • Lieutenant Stern, P 5th Regt.
  • 40091 Sergt -Major Lewis, Alfred Geo. B R. C. H. A.
  • 40092 Q. M. Sergeant. Schelletter, Chas 2nd C. F. A.

2nd Battery, 1st Brigade

  • Major MacLaren, Chas. Henry 8th Bgde C. F. A.
  • Captain White, Donald A R. M. C.
  • Lieut Helmer, Alexis H O. T. C.
  • Lieut Godwin, Charles Richard M. R. M. C.
  • Lieut Matthews, Harold Shetton… R. M. C.
  • Lieut Blue, Walter Edward R. M. C.
  • 40509 Gunner Walshe, Francis P, McLeod, Alta
The Canadian Corps Commander inspects the 8th Canadian Siege Battery, a Canadian Heavy Artilley Brigade, 1 November 1918. MIKAN No. 3405410
The Canadian Corps Commander inspects the 8th Canadian Siege Battery, a Canadian Heavy Artilley Brigade, 1 November 1918. MIKAN No. 3405410

3rd Battery, 1st Brigade

  • Major Britton, Russell H C. F. A.
  • Captain Stewart, James Crossley R. M. C.
  • Lieutenant Gillies, Allan R R. M. C.
  • Lieutenant Shaw, Windell B C. G. A.
  • Lieutenant Taylor, Howard C. F. A.
  • Lieutenant Smith, Wm. Fielding 14th Regt
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Ammunition_column_mules_each_carrying_without_rider_eight_18_pounder_artillery

Ammunition Column, 1st Brigade

  • Captain Durkee, A. A 11th Artillery Brigade
  • Lieutenant Whitley, H. I. C 33rd Regt
  • Lieutenant Boville, Kenneth Herbert 5th Regt C. G. A.
  • 40899 Sergeant -Major. Chitty, Lewis M S. A.

England – 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

The Brigade disembarked from the SS SAXONIA at DEVONPORT on 17 October 1914. HQ with a few horses established at WEST DOWN NORTH CAMP. The three batteries arrived a few hours later without incident. Weather fine and clear.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Canadian Artillery loading a field gun.
Gunners are inserting a shell into the breech of a 18 pdr. field gun during training.
MIKAN 3405842

A detachment under Captain Pickles arrived two days later aboard SS SICILIAN. No casualties. On 20 October 1914 the camp inspected by General Alderson. At 2 pm the Articles of War read out to the entire Brigade.

First Casualty – 1st Field Artillery Brigade

First casualty reported with the death of Driver George Read 40248, 25 October 1914. Son of James and Jane Griffiths. Buried at Bulford Church Cemetery. The wettest season in decades has caused disease to move through the camp.

General Alderson inspected the camp again on 29 October 1914. The condition of the horses criticized by the commanding officer of the CEF.

3404408 M-541E Canadian Artillery Training in England, Witley Camp. Training their horses
3404408 M-541E Canadian Artillery Training in England, Witley Camp. Training their horses

Rained heavily in camp on 30/31 October 1914, impossible to hold mounted parade. Horse lines so bad necessary to move same. Weather so bad on 2 November 1914, guns had to be moved to a new park.

(World War I – 1914 – 1918) Lord Kitchener visiting the Manor Court Hospital, Folkestone, [England]

Troops reviewed by King and Queen, Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener on 4 November 1914. Mud so deep the next day, guns had to be moved to a park on hillside to the south.

A court martial held on Gnr Joseph Percy Breiter 40060, HQ Staff, 23 November 1914.

  • Found guilty of desertion for 112 days and theft.
  • Gunner Breiter would participate in the Russian Expedition following the Armistice.

A court martial held on Dvr Rufus James Gogo 40090, HQ Staff, 25 November 1914.

  • Drunk on Duty and sentenced to 28 Days FP No. 1 16-10-1915.
  • FGCM 19-11-1915 Convicted of Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. Sentenced to 12 months Hard Labour. Released on 12-12-1915 under Suspension of Sentences Act.
  • Discharged from CEF in Montreal on 16-6-19.

France – 1st Field Artillery Brigade

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery at sea 9/10 February 1915.

Arrived St Nazaire, France on 11 February 1915.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
An English artist, Edgar Bundy was commissioned to commemorate the landing of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade at St. Nazaire, France, in February 1915.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery at Meteren, 14 February 1915.

Armentieres, 18 February 1915.

Ruins of houses on the road to Steenwerck from Bailleul and Armentieres. © IWM HU 138380

Bois-Grenier, 22 February 1915.

On 22 February 1915, positions reconnoitered as far as Bois-Grenier. Gun placements begun to the north and east. Five days later, the brigade prepares to move south of Fleurbaix.

Troops of 'B' Company, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) preparing for a gas attack in Bois-Grenier sector, 20th May 1915. The first gas attack took place on 22nd April.
Troops of ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) preparing for a gas attack in Bois-Grenier sector, 20th May 1915. The first gas attack took place on 22nd April.

Gun positions of the 22nd Brigade, RFA taken over on 1 March 1915. HQ 1/2 mile SE of Fleurbaix, 1st Battery 300 yards SW of HQ, 2nd Battery right of road, and left section L and immediately S of HQ. 3rd Battery north of road, 200 yards NE of Fleurbaix.

Meteren, 24 February 1915.

THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, MARCH-JULY 1918 (Q 11750) A Regimental Sergeant Major of 11th Battalion, Royal Scots hands out Mills bombs to a raiding party at Meteren. This raid was abandoned just when the party was ready to start owing to the leader being killed. Photograph taken on 12 July 1918.

Fleurbaix

Fleurbaix, 1 March 1915.

One gun of 4th Battery 2000 yards SE of HQ in close support of Infantry lines. Remainder 4th Battery Les Manoirs, 2000 yards NW of Sailly in reserve. Enemy tranches registered by 1st and 2nd Batteries on the morning of 2 March 1915.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Fleurbaix. 2nd Cdn Inf. Brigade H.Q. MIKAN No. 3192997

On 1 April 1915, the 1st Brigade pulls out of Fleurbaix, and redeploys in the Ypres salient.

Pt. Mortier, 2 April 1915. Oudezeele, 7 April 1915.

Poperinghe

Poperinghe, 18 April 1915.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
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Eight batteries move into position at Poperinghe on 20 April 2015, barely in time for the Second Battle of Ypres.

Right section of the 2nd Battery (Sgt Francis P Walshe) march to take over position of the 5th and 8th Batteries, RFA.

Yser Canal

Yser Canal, 23 April 1915.

Artillery supply column crossing a pontoon bridge over the Yser Canal near Boesinghe. 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Artillery supply column crossing a pontoon bridge over the Yser Canal near Boesinghe

At 3:30 am on 23 April 2015, the brigade into action on the Yser Canal, 2 miles N of Ypres.

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Panel 10. WATSON CHARLES 26 24/04/1915 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 3rd Bty. 1st Bde. ‘40727’ YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL SON OF CHARLES AND MARJORY C. C. WATSON, OF 284, KING ST. EAST, GANANOQUE, ONTARIO.

Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery

III. A. 42. MUNN 20 26/04/1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42028’ HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY SON OF MR. AND MRS. MUNN, OF DUMFRIES ARMS HOTEL, CUMNOCK.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
III. A. 42. MUNN 26 04 1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42028’ HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
5 April 2017, CEFRG.ca

Hagle Dump Cemetery

III. D. 6. BOONE 27/04/1915 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42082’ HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
III. D. 6. BOONE 27 04 1915 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42082’ HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY
16 April 2018, CEFRG,ca

Potizje Chateau Wood Cemetery

A. 1. RIVERS PERCY JOHN 21 27/04/1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40486’ POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY SON OF HENRY AND CATHERINE RIVERS, OF 749, MARKET ST., VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
A. 1. RIVERS PERCY JOHN 21 27 04 1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40486’ POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY SON OF HENRY AND CATHERINE RIVERS, OF 749, MARKET ST., VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA.
22 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

VIII. B. 7. MURRAY FREDERICK JOHN 20 28/04/1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40688’ BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY SON OF JANE MURRAY, OF 39, ORDNANCE ST., KINGSTON, ONTARIO. NATIVE OF DOVER, ENGLAND.

Panel 10. WARD 29/04/1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40274’ YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

A. 5. ROSS JAMES LEO JOSEPH 19 30/04/1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40488’ POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY SON OF JAMES N. AND MARGARET ROSS, OF 1, EMILY ST., BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO.

Canal Bank, Ypres, 1 May 1915

Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1915 Lieutenants’ Hague and Helmer left their position to check on a Canadian Battery who had positioned themselves on the bank of the Yser Canal near St. Julien close to the France-Belgium border. They had only gone a few yards when a six inch, high explosive canon shell burst. Lieutenant Helmer killed instantly.

Panel 10. HELMER ALEXIS HANNUM 22 02/05/1915 Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL SON OF ELIZABETH I. HELMER, OF 122, GILMOUR ST., OTTAWA, AND THE LATE BRIG. GEN. R. A. HELMER.

Sergeant Alexis Hannum Helmer in 1912, as he graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston. Image courtesy of the Royal Military College of Canada
Sergeant Alexis Hannum Helmer in 1912, as he graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston. Image courtesy of the Royal Military College of Canada

The death and burial of Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer later described by Bombardier Cyrl L C Allinson 40051. Allinson serving under Lieutenant L Moore Cosgrave in the 1st Field Battery Battery. Gunner Francis Patrick Walshe serving under Lt Helmer in the 2nd Battery. Gunner F P Walshe likely not at the funeral for Helmer. Although, perhaps this occasion, or many others, what eventually inspired Sergeant Walshe to own and operate a funeral home during his later years in Alberta.

As soon as the strafing stops, a couple of his men go to the burying ground and dig the grave. The others go around the area, picking up as many of the pieces as they can find to put into sand bags, which are then laid into an army blanket in the form of a body.

A small group gathered together and John McCrae recites part of the burial service, which we all are familiar with: “I am the resurrection, and the life.” John McCrae was terribly moved. Alex Helmer had been one of his close friends. Shortly after that, he went and sat on the ambulance, looking at the grave and then writing the original version of In Flanders Fields. – Bombardier Cyril L C Allinson

John McCrae and other Cadets Loading Canons
John McCrae and other Cadets Loading Canons

Helmer could have been buried beside Driver David Evans at Essex Farm Cemetery, but more likely just outside the present cemetery to the north. His remains blown to bits for the second time not long after his burial.

Essex Farm Cemetery

I. A. 27. EVANS DAVID 03/05/1915 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42109’ ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
I. A. 27. EVANS DAVID 03051915 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42109’ ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
24 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

St. Sever Cemetery

A. 9. 22. O’TOOLE 08/05/1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42561’ ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

Hop Store Cemetery

Plot I. Row E. Grave 20. LAMPLOUGH LEONARD ALDERSON 21 09/05/1915 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bty. 1st Bde. ‘40106’ HOP STORE CEMETERY SON OF FRED L. AND SARAH WILKINS LAMPLOUGH, OF 190, WAVERLEY ST., OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Plot I. Row E. Grave 20. LAMPLOUGH LEONARD ALDERSON 21 09 05 1915 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bty. 1st Bde. ‘40106’ HOP STORE CEMETERY
23 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

Steenwerck, 10 May 1915.

© IWM HU 138370 Steenwerck station
© IWM HU 138370 Steenwerck station

Le Bizet from 15 May 1915.

Hinges from 21 May 1915.

La Bassee

La Bassee from 24 May 1915.

Hinges Military Cemetery

A. 23. FOWNES ISAAC JAMES 37 28/05/1915 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40409’ HINGES MILITARY CEMETERY HUSBAND OF MARY ANN FOWNES, OF 30, PEMBERTON RD., COSELEY, BILSTON, STAFFS., ENGLAND.

Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner

Windy Corner showing Givenchy Brewery and the Canal bank. 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Windy Corner showing Givenchy Brewery and the Canal bank. MIKAN No 3329322

V. E. 4. MINDENHALL 01/06/1915 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40104’ GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
V. E. 4. MINDENHALL 01 06 1915 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40104’ GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
22 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

Festubert

1st Field Artillery Brigade at Festubert from 1 June 1915.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Festubert. 2nd Cdn. Inf. Brigade. H.Q. in Rue de L’Epinette. April & May 1919. MIKAN No 3404055

La Bassee from 9 June 1915

BAMFORD WILLIAM 29 15/06/1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde ‘42085’ VIMY MEMORIAL SON OF MRS. AGNES BAMFORD, OF 6, CORNICE RD., STONYCROFT; HUSBAND OF MARY BAMFORD, OF 82, TIVERTON ST., WAVERTREE, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

vimy-ridge-from-souchez-valley

McDONALD THOMAS 48 15/06/1915 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42169’ VIMY MEMORIAL SON OF THE LATE JAMES AND MARY MCDONALD. 21 YEARS SERVICE IN THE BRITISH ARMY.

Ploegsteert

Ploegsteert from 28 June 1915,

MGen Sir EWB Morrison KCMG, CB, DSO promoted to Brigadier-General and assumed the appointment of Brigadier-General Royal Artillery, 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery on 13 September 1915.  On 2 October, he assumed the same appointment with the newly arrived 2nd Canadian Divisional Artillery. 

1917-November 3219264 O-2224 Brig. Gen. E.W.B. Morrison was General Officer Commanding the Royal Artillery, the Canadian Corps at this time.
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1917-November 3219264 O-2224 Brig. Gen. E.W.B. Morrison was General Officer Commanding the Royal Artillery, the Canadian Corps at this time.

Belgian Chateau from 26 April 1916

Reninghelst New Military Cemetery

I. E. 14. GODWIN JOHN LOCKHART 26 08/07/1916 Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF FREDERICK RICHARD AND ANNA B. LOCKHART GODWIN, OF OTTAWA. Belgium

RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, 23 April 2015, cefrg.ca

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

VIII. C. 25. FOX 14/07/1916 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42487’ LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

I. G. 19. HILTON HARRY 26 24/07/1916 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘303668’ RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF WILLIAM HILTON, OF 37, NETLEY RD., BRENTFORD, ENGLAND; HUSBAND OF C. HILTON, OF 9, SEDLEY ST., ANFIELD, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. Belgium

VIII. A. 137. ARNOLD FREDERICK STANLEY 26 25/07/1916 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘C/40124’ BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

I. A. 21. COBHAM ARTHUR GLENDON 31 30/07/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Heavy Bty. ‘43975’ DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ SON OF GEORGE AND ADA COBHAM, OF 97, GERMAIN ST. WEST, SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
I. A. 21. COBHAM ARTHUR GLENDON 31 30 07 1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Heavy Bty. ‘43975’ DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
29 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

Etaples Military Cemetery

IX. B. 15. HUNTER WILLIAM LAUNCELOT 37 01/08/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Heavy Bty. ‘43998’ ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF ROBERT AND SARAH HUNTER, OF ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK.

Arras Flying Memorial

PEARCE CHARLES RAPLEY 24/08/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘23042’ ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL

Somme

In mid-August the Brigade relieved in the line, moved into training and began moving towards the Somme on 25 August 1916.

Heavy Howitzer in Action. This photograph shows a BL 60 pounder heavy field gun firing. Possibly Sgt. Francis P. Walshe on day and location he was wounded. 3 September 1916. MIKAN No. 3395179
Heavy Howitzer in Action. This photograph shows a BL 60 pounder heavy field gun firing. Possibly Sgt. Francis P. Walshe on day and location he was wounded. 3 September 1916. MIKAN No. 3395179 O-721

On 3 September 1916, in the 2nd Battery, Sgt Francis Patrick Walshe’s gun had a premature wounding himself, and five other men.

Mesnil-Martinsart, The location of the howitzer above.

Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension

II. B. 11. COWAN 04/09/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40629’ MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
II. B. 11. COWAN 04 09 1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40629’
MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
28 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

Ovillers Military Cemetery

XIV. I. 5. LOCKWOOD FRED 22 14/09/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40750’ OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY ADOPTED SON OF ELIZABETH LOCKWOOD, OF ENTERPRISE, ONTARIO.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
XIV. I. 5. LOCKWOOD FRED 22 14 09 1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40750’
OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
17 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

Regina Trench

German Prisoners captured by Canadians in the storming of Regina Trench
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
German Prisoners captured by Canadians in the storming of Regina Trench

Pozieres British Cemetery

IV. K. 29. LEATHERDALE ARNOT THOMAS DALE 20 02/10/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘348289’ POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE SON OF LUKE AND A. J. LEATHERDALE, OF COLDWATER, ONTARIO.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
IV. K. 29. LEATHERDALE ARNOT THOMAS DALE 20 02 10 1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘348289’
POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
27 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

Euston Road Cemetery

I. C. 52. ANDERSON M M 03/10/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Canadian Div. Ammunition Col. ‘301359’ EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
I. C. 52. ANDERSON M M 03 10 1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Canadian Div. Ammunition Col. ‘301359’
EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY
30 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

I. A. 58. MICHELL SYDNEY 32 03/10/1916 Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF HENRY AND PHOEBE MICHELL, OF “EASTBURY,” ROMFORD, ENGLAND.

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

VIII. B. 15. BEAIRSTO WENDELL PHILLIPS BROOKS 23 06/10/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘85120’ WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF PETER MACNUTT AND MARGARET LOUISE BEAIRSTO, OF CHARLOTTETOWN. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

VIII. B. 15. BEAIRSTO WENDELL PHILLIPS BROOKS 23 06 10 1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘85120’
WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
17 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

Pozieres British Cemetery

II. F. 17. CHIPMAN CHARLES CLIFFORD 25 M M 09/10/1916 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 2nd Bty. 1st Bde. ‘40349’ POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE SON OF WILLIAM AND ALMEDA J. CHIPMAN, OF 346, FRANK ST., OTTAWA. ENLISTED 1914.

II. F. 18. FERNIE 09/10/1916 Acting Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40902’ POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

Contay British Cemetery

IV. A. 23. KERRY 10/10/1916 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42001’ CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY MEDAL OF ST. GEORGE (RUSSIA).

B. 16. 30. VALENZA VICTOR MICHELE 24 10/10/1916 Signaller Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘85113’ ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN SON OF MICHELE AND CAROLINE MARK VALENZA, OF MONTREAL, P.Q., CANADA.

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, 20 April 2016, cefrg.ca

Special Memorial. A. 13. MURPHY MARTIN 16/10/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Can. Div. Ammunition Col. ‘300104’ EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

II. O. 2. POTVIN 16/10/1916 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘89411’ EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

II. O. 2. POTVIN 16 10 1916 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘89411’ EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS 30 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

IV. C. 30. ALLAN 30/10/1916 Signaller Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘304060’ CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

XII. B. 6. HANLEY 01/11/1916 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40428’ ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

Courcelette British Cemetery

VIII. B. 3. MANLEY 19 04/11/1916 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘304016’ COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF MR. J. D. AND BLANCHE B. MANLEY, OF PETERBORO’, ONTARIO.

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, 27 April 2015, cefrg.ca

1917

Vimy Area

Tranchee de Mecknes Cemetery

L. 9. STEPHEN CHARLES NORRIE 30 08/01/1917 Acting Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Canadian Div. Ammunition Col. ‘86980’ TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE SON OF GEORGE LEGGAT STEPHEN AND ELSIE ANN CRUICKSHANK STEPHEN; HUSBAND OF AGNES MCINTOSH STEPHEN, OF MOSS-SIDE, FINTRAY, ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND.

L. 9. STEPHEN CHARLES NORRIE 30 08 01 1917 Acting Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Canadian Div. Ammunition Col. ‘86980’ TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY
21 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension

I. F. 63. LAW CLIFFORD JOHNSON 22 27/02/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘339853’ BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NEPHEW OF R. HERMISTON, OF GRIMSBY BEACH, ONTARIO.

For Kenneth Forbes, then in the British Army, the call to become a war artist in 1918 was unexpected, but perhaps not unwelcome. He had been wounded and gassed. “I had been in the front line trenches for over two years and had just been promoted to second-in-command of the 32nd Machine Gun Co. which includes the rank of Captain, when I received an order to report to Col. Barry… he informed me that I was to report to the Canadian War Memorials, London and be transferred to the Canadian Army.” Canadian Artillery in Action reconstructs an incident on July 16, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. Suffering under an intense barrage that resulted in many casualties, the Canadian gunners nevertheless stayed at their posts.

I. F. 29. MINER GEORGE DENISON 02/02/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘349180’ BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF WILLIAM W. AND ORPHA ADA LEET MINER. BORN AT GRANBY, P.Q., CANADA.

Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension

I. H. 13. MARTINEAU 14/03/1917 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘89920’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. H. 14. ARMSTRONG JACK 21 15/03/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘409419’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

MIKAN No. 3403852
A Canadian artilleryman carrying shells over bad ground in recently captured village This soldier is carrying 18 pounder ammunition in carrying pouches. MIKAN No. 3403852

XXII. B. 2. NAILON LOUIS 21 21/03/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Heavy Bty. ‘85990’ ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt

II. C. 26. REA STUART HENRY 32 28/03/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 3rd Bty. 1st Bde. ‘40586’ HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT

II. C. 26. REA STUART HENRY 32 28 03 1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 3rd Bty. 1st Bde. ‘40586’
HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT
19 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

Villers Station Cemetery

VII. F. 28. BROWN GEORGE THOMAS 37 28/03/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘322865’ VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS

Vimy

Ste Catherine British Cemetery

M. 4. ANDREWS 03/04/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42274’ STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 28. ASHMAN HAROLD THOMAS 22 25/04/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bty. 1st Bde. ‘333885’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF THOMAS J. AND EMMA A. ASHMAN, OF 520, GROSVENOR ST., LONDON, ONTARIO.

Gunner Arthur George Hann CVWM
21 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

M. 5. HANN ARTHUR GEORGE 03/04/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42145’ STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY

Corporal Willie John Andrews CVWM
21 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

M. 3. COLMER CHARLES HAROLD 21 03/04/1917 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42462’ STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ANN COLMER, OF 124, RIELLE AVENUE, VERDUN, QUEBEC. NATIVE OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

Bombardier Charles Harold Colmer CVWM
21 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

Nine Elms Military Cemetery

I. D. 39. SCOTT 09/04/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘158681’ NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY, THELUS

Bois-Carre British Cemetery

II. E. 13. BYRON 25 22/04/1917 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘348772’ BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY, THELUS SON OF MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH BYRON; HUSBAND OF MRS. MAUDE M. BYRON, OF 17, LETT ST., OTTAWA. NATIVE OF KINGSTON, ONTARIO.

II. E. 13. BYRON 25 22 04 1917 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘348772’ BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY
20 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

II. D. 57. BREHAUT RICHARD DUNCAN 25 24/04/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bty. 1st Bde. ‘40130’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF JOHN ROBERT AND MARGARET BREHAUT, OF CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

II. G. 12. MacMILLAN DONALD MacCALMAN 22 25/04/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40225’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF ARCHIBALD AND JESSIE MACMILLAN, OF 219, NEPEAN ST., OTTAWA, CANADA. NATIVE OF SCOTLAND.

II. G. 12. MacMILLAN DONALD MacCALMAN 22 25 04 1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40225’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
25 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

May 1917

M. 26. REYNOLDS ARTHUR HECTOR 31 02/05/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42571’ STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF LEVI AND ELLEN REYNOLDS. NATIVE OF PORT HOPE, ONTARIO.

M. 26. REYNOLDS ARTHUR HECTOR 31 02 05 1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42571’
STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY 21 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

Ecoivres Military Cemetery

VI. H. 26. McKENZIE CHARLES HADDON S. SPURGEON 25 07/05/1917 Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI SON OF JOHN T. MCKENZIE AND MARY MACDONALD MCKENZIE, OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. GRADUATE OF MCGILL COLLEGE, MONTREAL.

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, 25 April 2015, cefrg.ca

La Targette British Cemetery

I. B. 21. HART JACK LAMBERT 20 08/05/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘349197’ LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST SON OF DR. J. W. AND MARTHA P. HART, OF HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO.

I. B. 21. HART JACK LAMBERT 20 08 05 1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘349197’
LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY 25 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

I. A. 24. WAINWRIGHT JOHN McL. 19 08/05/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘349196’ LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST SON OF JOHN R. AND CARRIE WAINWRIGHT, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO. BORN AT OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO.

I. A. 24. WAINWRIGHT JOHN McL. 19 08 05 1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘349196’
LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY 25 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

I. B. 15. BURNS M M 10/05/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40567’ LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

III. J. 54. GORMAN CHARLES FREDERIC 18/05/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘349364’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF THE REV. JAMES FREDERIC GORMAN, OF ST. JOHN’S RECTORY, OTTAWA.

Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension

III. B. 40. WYLEY 20/05/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘346967’ BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

June 1917

I. C. 11. McQUAIG BERTRAM ALEXANDER 22 02/06/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘345856’ LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST SON OF HUGH ANDERSON MCQUAIG AND MARGARET MCQUAIG, OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN, ONTARIO.

MIKAN No 2873492 Canadian Field Artillery Monument
MIKAN No 2873492

X. C. 14. WILKINS GEORGE JOSEPH 19 15/06/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Heavy Bty. ‘348616’ VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS SON OF GEORGE AND FRANCES WILKINS, OF 120, HARTLEY ST., BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA. NATIVE OF ENGLAND.

Thelus_Corner_Vimy_Ridge_Canadian_Artillery_Memorial_W.O.H._Dodds_World_War
Thelus_Corner_Vimy_Ridge_Canadian_Artillery_Memorial_W.O.H._Dodds_World_War

XXII. K. 35. JAMES 22 16/06/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Heavy By. ‘349019’ ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF BENJAMIN AND JENNIE JAMES, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

ATKINSON    MAURICE CHESTER 23      16/06/1917  Gunner  Canadian Field Artillery    1st Bde.    '476578'    VIMY MEMORIAL   SON OF EDGAR ATKINSON, OF 1635, CHANDLER AVENUE, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA; HUSBAND OF JEAN MARY BURKITT (FORMERLY ATKINSON) OF SHIRLEY FARM, SALT SPRING ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA.

OUIMET WESLEY JOHN 27 16/06/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘476555’ VIMY MEMORIAL SON OF DARIL AND LAURA OUIMET, OF WHITE ROCK, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

II. C. 29. RELPH SYDNEY FRANK 23 16/06/1917 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40284’ HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT SON OF CHARLES JOHN AND MARY JANE RELPH, OF 66, FORTHBRIDGE RD., CLAPHAM COMMON, LONDON, ENGLAND.

II. C. 29. RELPH SYDNEY FRANK 23 16 06 1917 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40284’
HIGHLAND CEMETERY 19 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

ROY ROBERT JAMES 16/06/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40864’ VIMY MEMORIAL

August 1917

Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery

IV. D. 9. ROBSON THOMAS HENRY 24 05/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bty. ‘91827’ BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION SON OF MR. AND MRS. THOMAS ROBSON, OF BALTIMORE, ONTARIO.

IV. D. 9. ROBSON THOMAS HENRY 24 05 08 1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bty. ‘91827’ BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION 23 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

Nouex-les-Mines Communal Cemetery

II. H. 6. BUNCLARK WALTER JAMES 21 10/08/1917 Acting Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Heavy Bty. ‘339804’ NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY SON OF JOHN AND MARY JANE BUNCLARK, OF GIROUX LAKE, ONTARIO.

Canadian Cemetery No. 1

Canadian Cem. No. 1, Loos-en-Gohelle Mem. 51. TOMS 11/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘320919’ LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. H. 16. KELLY FRANK CARDIGAN nouex24 12/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Heavy Bty. ‘43138’ NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY SON OF CARDIGAN C. KELLY AND MARIE KELLY, OF 100, CARMICHAEL ST., GEORGETOWN, DEMERARA, BRITISH GUIANA.

IV. E. 13. HOLLAND SIDNEY 32 16/08/1917 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40661’ BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION SON OF THOMAS AND REBECCA HOLLAND, OF LEIGHTON BUZZARD, BEDS.

IV. E. 13. HOLLAND SIDNEY 32 16 08 1917 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40661’
BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION 23 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

II. J. 7. McPHEE 16/08/1917 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘326900’ NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

IV. E. 14. RICHARDSON 24 16/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40871’ BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION SON OF MR. W. E. AND MRS. M. A. RICHARDSON, OF 80, MORRIS AVENUE, FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

IV. E. 14. RICHARDSON 24 16 08 1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40871’ BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION 23 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension

II. E. 11. SHARP JOHN SELBOURNE 24 17/08/1917 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘300485’ MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF ROBERT AND BERTHA SHARP, OF 2004, DUFFERIN ST., TORONTO.

MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
21 April 2019, cefrg.ca

II. E. 12. BAKER HERBERT CLARKE 23 17/08/1917 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42084’ MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION HUSBAND OF ELSIE E. BAKER, OF HASTINGS, ONTARIO.

MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
21 April 2019, cefrg.ca

II. E. 13. EVANS GEORGE CERSWELL 21 17/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘349049’ MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF J. A. C. EVANS, M.D., AND JENNIE L. EVANS, OF 23, ROSELAWN AVENUE, TORONTO. UNDERGRADUATE OF TORONTO UNIVERSITY.

MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
21 April 2019, cefrg.ca

II. E. 14. CHAMPAGNE LEONARD 26 17/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40787’ MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF BASCO AND ELIZA I. CHAMPAGNE, OF 16, RAGLAN, ST., BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO.

MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
21 April 2019, cefrg.ca

Chocques Military Cemetery

I. L. 44. ILLINGWORTH HENRY 25 17/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘43614’ CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF HENRY AND JESSIE ILLINGWORTH, OF 6315, COLFAX AVENUE, DETROIT, MICH., U.S.A. NATIVE OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
16 April 2018, cefrg.ca

Lapugnoy Military Cemetery

V. C. 4. CARSON 18/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘339020’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY

St. Patrick’s Cemetery

II. H. 11. ANGUS JOHN ALEXANDER 29 19/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘331761’ ST. PATRICK’S CEMETERY, LOOS SON OF WILLIAM S. AND ELIZABETH ANGUS, OF 163, KING’S RD. EAST, NORTH LONSDALE, BRITISH COLUMBIA. BORN AT EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

V. C. 13. BRACKETT WILLIAM ROSS 27 19/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘2044006’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF J. A. AND M. BRACKETT, OF PENDER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

V. C. 9. TURNBULL EDGAR KENTISH 27 19/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘348855’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF EDGAR REYNOLDS TURNBULL AND ANNIE ELIZABETH GEORGE TURNBULL.

V. D. 1. STARR ELWOOD GORDON 23 20/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 3rd Bty. 1st Bde ‘2122’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF KIRBY G. AND ETTA A. STARR, OF BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO.

Sorting mail for Canadian Heavy Artillery. Sept. 1918
Sorting mail for Canadian Heavy Artillery. Sept. 1918

V. C. 10. TUFFORD 25 20/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘348594’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF WASHINGTON AND PRISCILLA ANN TUFFORD, OF 21, LOCOMOTIVE ST., HAMILTON. ONTARIO.

V. E. 6. CLARKE RICHARD KINGSTON 23 23/08/1917 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40625’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF RICHARD W. AND ELLA M. CLARKE (NEE SLACK), OF 126, NO MAIN ST., PENACOOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE, U.S.A.

Nouex-les-Mines

I. A. 15. NEIL JOHN HODGINS 27 24/08/1917 Acting Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘476806’ NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF JOHN W. AND MARY ELLEN NEIL, OF ORANGEVILLE, ONTARIO.

V. E. 15. TAYLOR LAMBERT 34 26/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘342015’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY ONLY SON OF MR. AND MRS. TAYLOR, OF GOLCAR, YORKS, ENGLAND; HUSBAND OF ROSE TAYLOR, OF 340, PINE ST., JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.

MIKAN No. 3194495
Canadian Official Photographer with artillery watching a battle on the Western Front. September, 1916.Photographer William Ivor Castle (at right) with a Canadian War Records Office cinematographer, Lieutenant Oscar Bovill and other officers, recording the bombardment of German positions during the Battle of Courcelette. Bovill, with tripod, seems to be operating a Moy & Bastie cine camera, and may be taking film related to his “CANADIAN VICTORY AT COURCELETTE”, while Castle is likely holding a Goerz camera. MIKAN No. 3194495

V. E. 15. TAYLOR LAMBERT 34 26/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘342015’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY ONLY SON OF MR. AND MRS. TAYLOR, OF GOLCAR, YORKS, ENGLAND; HUSBAND OF ROSE TAYLOR, OF 340, PINE ST., JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.

P. II. B. 1B. COMPEAU SANDFORD 34 31/08/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘300039’ ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN SON OF JOSEPH COMPEAU; HUSBAND OF LOUISE G. COMPEAU, OF GANANOQUE, ONTARIO.

September 1917

Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery

IV. D. 68. SAUNDERS CHARLES IVOR WILLIS 29 06/09/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42204’ LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY SON OF JOHN SAUNDERS AND SARAH THORNE OF 14 ALBERT ST, LYDNEY, ENGLAND.

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
15 April 2016, cefrg.ca

V. E. 14. STUNDEN ALFRED B. 22 03/09/1917 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40699’ LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY SERVED AT HILL 80. SON OF DAVID H AND ISABELLA STUNDEN OF ONTARIO.

Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension

K. 25. HOPKINS 19/09/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘158598’ BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Fosse No. 10 Communal Cemetery Extension

III. B. 9. GRANT ROBERT 27 22/10/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 61st Bty. 14th Bde. ‘331896’ FOSSE NO.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE SON OF WILLIAM GRANT AND CHRISTINA MARSHALL (HIS WIFE), OF 613, 13TH ST., NORTH LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA. NATIVE OF LEVEN. FIFE. SCOTLAND.

FOSSE NO. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
24 April 2015, cefrg.ca

At this time, 1st Field Artillery Brigade makes their way north, returning to Flanders, which has become, according to LtCol Agar Adamson, “that God-forsaken land.”

Col. Adamson and Lieut.-Col. Stewart, P.P.C.L.I. Battle of Passchendaele. November, 1917. Col. Agar Adamson, the Commanding Officer of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, is likely in the center, with the officer on the right being Lt. Col. Charles James Townshend Stewart, the unit's Commanding Officer in 1918. The officer on the far right is Lt Leonard Vivien Drummond-Hay,MC,MID,PPCLI. MIKAN No. 3397742
Col. Adamson and Lieut.-Col. Stewart, P.P.C.L.I. Battle of Passchendaele. November, 1917. Col. Agar Adamson, the Commanding Officer of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, is likely in the center, with the officer on the right being Lt. Col. Charles James Townshend Stewart, the unit’s Commanding Officer in 1918. The officer on the far right is Lt Leonard Vivien Drummond-Hay,MC,MID,PPCLI. MIKAN No. 3397742

Oxford Road Cemetery

I. K. 10. NEWSON CHARLES REGINALD 23 04/11/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Trench Mortar Bty. ‘408852’ OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY SON OF EMMA C. NEWSON, OF 566, 42ND AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., AND THE LATE HERBERT NEWSON. BORN AT TORONTO, CANADA.

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY
15 April 2016, cefrg.ca

Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3

I. M. 21. HODGSON NELSON NATHANIEL 24 06/11/1917 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘90823’ BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3 HUSBAND OF EDITH HODGSON, OF 103, GROVE ST., GUELPH, ONTARIO.

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
23 April 2015, cefrg.ca

I. M. 22. BROADWORTH 06/11/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘40142’ BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
23 April 2015, cefrg.ca

I. M. 23. RANSOM 06/11/1917 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘336814’ BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

I. M. 24. PHELP 24 06/11/1917 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40474’ BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3 SON OF JOSHUA ROBERT AND SARAH ANN PHELP, OF WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON.

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
23 April 2015, cefrg.ca

I. M. 25. McPHAIL 26 06/11/1917 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40447’ BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3 SON OF MR. AND MRS. R. A. MCPHAIL, OF CARLETON PLACE, ONTARIO.

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
23 April 2015, cefrg.ca

XXII. CC. 23. BROWN GEORGE STEELE 09/11/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘339532’ LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY NATIVE OF BROUGHTY FERRY, SCOTLAND. SON OF WILLIAM AND EUPHEMIA STEELE BROWN; HUSBAND OF MARGARET T. BROWN, OF MORGAN TOWER, NETHERGATE, DUNDEE, SCOTLAND.

Nine Elms British Cemetery

VIII. E. 14. SNOW EDWIN ROY 34 11/11/1917 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘85788’ NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF CHARLES B. AND FLORENCE E. SNOW, OF WOODSTOCK, NEW BRUNSWICK.

Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery

II. C. 23. NOLIN 20/11/1917 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘85357’ DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY

Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery

X. C. 5. DOUGHTON DAVID HENRY 33 20/11/1917 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40748’ VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF DAVID AND ELIZABETH DOUGHTON, OF 14, OAK ST., SMITH’S FALLS, ONTARIO. NATIVE OF WALES.

Gunner of the 89th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery writing his wishes to the enemy on a 12 inch howitzer shell; near Dickebusch, 14th June 1916. He has written “With Best Wishes” on one of the shells. All shells are transit-plugged. © IWM (Q 707)

1918

Vimy Area

Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension

I. S. 8. McLAUGHLIN WILLIAM 36 25/01/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40218’ AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN, OF WELL RD., LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND.

Brig.-Gen. A.G.L. McNaughton, Commander, Canadian Corps Heavy Artillery. MIKAN No. 3357570
Brig.-Gen. A.G.L. McNaughton, Commander, Canadian Corps Heavy Artillery. MIKAN No. 3357570

I. S. 9. GREEN GEORGE EDWIN 24 25/01/1918 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘85241’ AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF HARRY AND OLIVE GREEN, OF 40, 7TH AVENUE, VILLE ST. PIERRE, P.Q., CANADA.

Anzin St. Aubin British Cemetery

IV. B. 22. DOPSON 10/04/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40294’ ANZIN-ST. AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY

III. B. 19. JAMES 11/04/1918 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘86855’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION HUSBAND OF MINNIE BURTENSHAW (FORMERLY JAMES), OF 104, PROVINCE ST., HAMILTON, ONTARIO.

Duisans British Cemetery

V. G. 13. VANSTONE 11/04/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘248651’ DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

V. G. 13. VANSTONE 11/04/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘248651’ DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

VI. F. 12. GOUICK JOHN ALEXANDER 26 15/04/1918 Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF JOHN AND LUCY GOUICK, OF “CRAGSIDE,” WORMIT, FIFE, SCOTLAND. NATIVE OF DUNDEE, SCOTLAND.

Perth Cemetery (China Wall)

III. A. 15. GOMES 26/04/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40530’ PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

May 1918

Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery

I. B. 14. HOWELL 11/05/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘43511’ LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT

© IWM Q 70724
A British mounted officer passing by a roadside war cemetery at Roclincourt, 31 October 1917. © IWM Q 70724

Roclincourt Military Cemetery

IV. D. 18. JENSEN 15/05/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘2001316’ ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, 19 April 2019, cefrg.ca

IV. D. 19. LATTIE 15/05/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘2040592’ ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, 19 April 2019, cefrg.ca

IV. F. 18. MOULDING 19/07/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘476635’ AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Officers of the 1st Brigade, C.F.A. July, 1918 3522171

August 1918

II. A. 16. HAMMERTON 03/08/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Trench Mortar Bty. ‘159523’ LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT

Officers of the 1st Brigade, C.F.A. July, 1918 3522169

Caix British Cemetery

I. F. 10. DEAN WILLIAM ANDREW 21 08/08/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 3rd Bty. 1st Bde. ‘349609’ CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF WILLIAM J. AND JENNIE DEAN, OF 74, SHORT ST., SHERBROOKE, P.Q., CANADA.

Adelaide Cemetery

II. O. 19. ALEXANDER JAMES WALLACE 21 08/08/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘349199’ ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX SON OF GEORGE T. AND ADELAIDE PLAYFAIR ALEXANDER.

II. O. 19. ALEXANDER JAMES WALLACE 21 08/08/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘349199’ ADELAIDE CEMETERY
29 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery

II. O. 6. BREWER WILLIAM DOUGLAS 22 15/08/1918 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bty. 1st Bde. ‘40138’ CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF HERBERT T. AND HATTIE M. BREWER, OF FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK.

Sergeant William Douglas Brewer CFA
28 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

II. O. 5. HEATH JOHN 36 15/08/1918 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘7779’ CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY SON OF JOHN T. AND SARAH SOPIA HEATH, OF 34, CAVENDISH, DARWEN, ENGLAND.

McDONELL DONALD CHISHOLM 31 16/08/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘310697’ VIMY MEMORIAL SON OF A. R. MCDONELL, M.D., AND CATHERINE CAMPBELL MCDONELL, OF ORILLIA, ONTARIO.

Boves West Communal Cemetery Extension

A. 19. COHEN 31 18/08/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘347688’ BOVES WEST COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF JACOB AND SARAH KAHANSKY. NATIVE OF RUSSIA.

II. O. 24. EYNOUF 20/08/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘40800’ CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY

Gunner G E Eynouf CFA 1st BDE
28 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

Tigris Lane Cemetery

II. A. 1. STEELE 31/08/1918 Battery Sergeant Major Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42218’ TIGRIS LANE CEMETERY, WANCOURT

September 1918

Achicourt Road Cemetery

D. 4. HARLOW FRANCIS WILLIAM 20 01/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘348195’ ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY, ACHICOURT SON OF MR. AND MRS. C. HARLOW, OF FLINT MILLS, ROSLISTON RD., DRAKELOW, BURTON-ON-TRENT.

D. 4. HARLOW FRANCIS WILLIAM 20 01 09 1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘348195’ ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY 8 April 2017, CEFRG.ca

IV. E. 7. DAWSON IRVIN HARRISON 30 M C 01/09/1918 Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION SON OF JOHN AND ELLA R. DAWSON, OF 16, HENRY ST., ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO.

III. E. 23. OXLAND WILLIAM CHARLES 30 03/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Trench Mortar Bty. ‘42562’ LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT SON OF GEORGE HENRY AND EMILY OXLAND, OF PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
III. E. 23. OXLAND WILLIAM CHARLES 30 03 09 1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery
1st Div. Trench Mortar Bty. ‘42562’
LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY25 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

Terlincthun British Cemetery

III. A. 19. STEELE EDWIN GEORGE HERCULES 26 03/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘2044049’ TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE SON OF ASA AND SARAH PRISCILLA STEELE, OF 1234, FORT ST., VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

Upton Wood Cemetery

D. 1. VRADENBURG WILLIAM 19 03/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘1257852’ UPTON WOOD CEMETERY, HENDECOURT-LES-CAGNICOURT SON OF WILLIAM H. AND ALICE VRADENBURG, OF 230 CARLETON ST., FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK.

H.A.C. Cemetery

VI. F. 17. KITCHING EATON ANDREW 38 05/09/1918 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘86113’ H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN SON OF WILLIAM AND FRANCES KITCHING, OF COSHAM, ENGLAND; HUSBAND OF FLORENCE ST. CLAIR KITCHING, OF 2934, CEDAR HILL RD., VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VI.F.16 AUDETTE JOSEPH 05/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘40768’ H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN

H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, 15 August 2019, CEFRG.ca

VI. F. 12. SIMPSON 25 05/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘42740’ H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN SON OF MRS. MARY SIMPSON, OF 61, ELM ROW, EDINBURGH.

VI. F. 13. CARDINAL JOHN ALEXANDER 05/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘345126’ H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN

H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, 15 August 2019, CEFRG.ca

VI. F. 14. CLIFFE JOHN 05/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘92915’ H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN

H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, 15 August 2019, CEFRG.ca

VI. F. 15. SMITH 05/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘349023’ H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN

H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, 15 August 2019, CEFRG.ca

VI. F. 11. DAVEY REGINALD FRANK 25 05/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘304113’ H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN SON OF MRS. FRANCIS DAVEY, OF 42, SHERBORNE RD., YEOVIL, ENGLAND.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
VI. F. 11. DAVEY REGINALD FRANK 25 05/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘304113’ H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, 15 August 2019, CEFRG.ca

Queant Road Cemetery

VII. H. 15. CULSHAW WILLIAM CARTLAND 19 06/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘335066’ QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY SON OF RUTH CULSHAW, OF 7, MARSHALL AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON, AND THE LATE REV. JOSEPH CULSHAW.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY 19 April 2018, CEFRG.ca

VII. H. 18. DICKIE GARNET RUSKIN LYLE 26 06/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bty. 1st Bde. ‘340852’ QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY SON OF JAMES AND ELIZABETH DICKIE, OF 87, CLIFTONVALE AVENUE, LONDON, ONTARIO.

QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY 19 April 2018, CEFRG.ca

Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery

I. A. 25. GREEN CLAIR VANDINE 20 27/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘1257758’ SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF HENRY AND MARGERY A. GREEN, OF PERTH, NEW BRUNSWICK.

SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY, 11 April 2017, cefrg.ca

Bucquoy Road Cemetery

II. F. 26. JACKSON ERNEST CECIL 25 27/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘300069’ BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX SON OF MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH JACKSON, OF WOODFORD, STOCKPORT.

VII. A. 71. EATON 28/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘322902’ DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
VII. A. 71. EATON 28/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘322902’ DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, 21 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

Haynecourt British Cemetery

I. B. 23. ARNOLD 29/09/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘335910’ HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
I. B. 23. ARNOLD 29 09 1918 Driver ‘335910’
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, 21 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

I. A. 1. MacINNES 32 M M 29/09/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘1250560’ HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF MURDOCH AND MATILDA MACINNES, OF 7294, ONTARIO ST., VANCOUVER. NATIVE OF ST. PETER’S BAY, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

I. A. 1. MacINNES 32 M M 29 09 1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘1250560’ HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, 21 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

I. C. 10. SMITH WALTER CALKIN 23 30/09/1918 Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 1st. Bde. HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF RUFUS R. AND ESTHER R. SMITH, OF 26, SEELY ST., ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
I. C. 10. SMITH WALTER CALKIN 23 30/09/1918 Lieutenant 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, 21 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

October 1918

II. A. 8. CUMMINGS 21 01/10/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘43844’ SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF MR. AND MRS. DAVID CUMMINGS, OF 6, DELHI ST., SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK.

SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY, 11 April 2017, cefrg.ca

II. A. 9. EDWARDS 01/10/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘341840’ SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY

SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY, 11 April 2017, cefrg.ca

Haynecourt

I. C. 11. HOLDEN 01/10/1918 Acting Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘316914’ HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 7. McLELLAN HARRY HECTOR 25 M M 01/10/1918 Sergeant 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. ‘330118’ HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, 21 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

I. D. 5. DICK STEPHEN JOHN 23 01/10/1918 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘522059’ HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF MR. AND MRS. ALEXANDER DICK, OF BLACK RIVER, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEW BRUNSWICK.

I. D. 6. PARKER CLARE 27 01/10/1918 Acting Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘300354’ HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF ALEX. AND EDITH PARKER, OF MOUNTAIN GROVE, ONTARIO.

I. D. 7. McLELLAN HARRY HECTOR 25 M M 01/10/1918 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘330118’ HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF ALEXANDER AND EMMA MCLELLAN, OF 7, DALE AVENUE, AMHERST, NOVA SCOTIA.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, 21 April 2016, CEFRG.ca

Duisans

VIII. A. 31. RUSSELL 33 01/10/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘157040’ DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN HUSBAND OF ISABELLA RUSSELL, OF 60, BARWICK STREET, ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA. BORN AT EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
VIII. A. 31. RUSSELL 33 01/10/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘157040’ DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. A. 33. O’HARE WILLIAM 21 01/10/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘348158’ DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN SON OF EDWARD AND EMILY O’HARE, OF TORONTO. ENLISTED APRIL, 1915, IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN HORSE ARTILLERY.

IV. D. 6. ROSS DONALD CAMPBELL 31 03/10/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘301192’ BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX SON OF JOHN M. AND KATIE MCLEOD ROSS, OF MURPHY, NORTH EAST MARGAREE, INVERNESS, CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA.

November 1918

IX. D. 9. MACKENZIE THOMAS WILLIAM 28 M M and Bar 07/11/1918 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘348725’ TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE SON OF THOMAS AND MATILDA MACKENZIE, OF KINGSTON, ONTARIO.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, 15 April 2016, cefrg.ca

Auberchicourt British Cemetery

I. D. 19. PIERCEY JOHN GEORGE 30 D S O 18/11/1918 Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY SON OF CHARLES AND JANE PIERCEY, OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA; HUSBAND OF GEORGIA S. PIERCEY, OF 164, YORK ST, SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
I. D. 19. PIERCEY JOHN GEORGE 30 D S O 18 11 1918 Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY 27 April 2015, CEFRG.ca

Brussels Town Cemetery

X. 1. 3. FRECHETTE ARTHUR 23 29/12/1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘416303’ BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY SON OF EDMOND AND MARIE CHRETIEN FRECHETTE, OF 20, GUY AVENUE, MONTREAL.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
X. 1. 3. FRECHETTE ARTHUR 23 29 12 1918 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘416303’
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY, 19 April 2019, CEFRG.ca

1919

Germany

1918-12-13 3522421 O-3895 PA-003772 13th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery passing Saluting Base on Bonn Bridge. December 13, 1918
1918-12-13 3522421 O-3895 PA-003772 13th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery passing Saluting Base on Bonn Bridge. December 13, 1918

LXXII. A. 13. WALSH 02/01/1919 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘43791’ ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
LXXII. A. 13. WALSH 02 01 1919 Gunner
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery ‘43791’
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
11 August 2019, CEFRG.ca

Huy (La Sarte) Communal Cemetery

I. A. 9. MULLINS JOHN 45 25/01/1919 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Div. Ammunition Col. ‘85251’ HUY (LA SARTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY SON OF JOHN AND BRIDGET MULLINS, OF CLONMEL, IRELAND; HUSBAND OF MARY MULLINS, OF 65, DRESDEN ROW, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
HUY (LA SARTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY , 16 April 2017, cefrg.ca

I. A. 3. HALLIWELL JOHN ALLEN 42 28/01/1919 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘42502’ HUY (LA SARTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY SON OF JOSEPH AND ANNIE HALLIWELL, OF WIGAN; HUSBAND OF JANE HALLIWELL, OF 14, MARSDEN ST., MARKET SQUARE, WIGAN, ENGLAND.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
HUY (LA SARTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY , 16 April 2017, cefrg.ca

II. A. 49. COSBY IRVINE MCKENZIE 23 05/03/1919 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. ‘317883’ HUY (LA SARTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY SON OF MRS. WILLIAM ROBINSON, OF THOROLD, ONTARIO.

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
HUY (LA SARTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY , 16 April 2017, cefrg.ca

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