Category: 6th Field Battery, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Categories: 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I | Moncton, New Brunswick | Sydney, Nova Scotia

Organized in August 1914 under the command of Major H. G. McLeod, it ecruited in Moncton and Sydney from 19th Field Battery (Moncton) and 17th Field Battery (Sydney), Non-Permanent Active Militia. It left Quebec 30 September 1914 aboard IVERNIA and arrived in England 16 October 1914 with a strength of 6 officers and 190 other ranks. Arrived in France February 1915 and attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery. The unit was demobilized at Halifax April 1919 and disbanded November 1920. It is perpetuated by 6th (Sydney) Field Battery.

See:

• Wikipedia: Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery

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