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Background:
| This section refers to the
artillery groups listed as "Army, Corps, Etc., Troops"
by Nicholson and does not show the "Canadian Field
Artillery" (C.F.A.) units that are listed with each of the
"DIVISIONS".
Do we presume that the 5th Divisional Artillery is listed in
this section because the 5th DIVISION did not come to fruition
as a fighting unit, thus there was no place to assign them in
the Divisional listings?
Readers of WWI history may also come across the term "Pan-Germanic
Artillery Batteries". These are described by
Livesay on page 51, in the reference noted, as the artillery
brigades formed at Vimy in April 1917 (1st, 2nd and 3rd
Pan-Germanic Batteries) and the Amiens area in August
1918. At Amiens, during the last hundred days of the war,
two complete Pan-Germanic Artillery Brigades were formed.
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Sub-Components:
Listed by Nicholson:
| R.C.H.A. Brigade |
| 8th Army Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery (WDL)
 | 24th Field Battery |
| 30th Field Battery |
| 32nd Field battery |
| 43rd Howitzer Battery |
| 8th Army Brigade, Ammunition Column |
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| "E" Anti-Aircraft Battery (WD
Link) |
| Canadian Corps Heavy Artillery
| 1st Brigade Canadian Garrison Artillery (WD
Link)
 | 1st Siege Battery |
| 3rd Siege Battery |
| 7th Siege Battery |
| 9th Siege Battery |
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| 2nd Brigade Canadian Garrison Artillery (WD
Link)
| 1st Heavy Battery |
| 2nd Heavy Battery |
| 2nd Siege Battery IP
( Gordon) |
| 4th Siege Battery |
| 5th Siege Battery |
| 6th Siege Battery |
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| 3rd Brigade Canadian Garrison Artillery (WD
Link)
| 8th Siege Battery IP
(Gordon) |
| 10th Siege Battery |
| 11th Siege Battery |
| 12th Siege Battery |
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| 5th Division Artillery
| 13th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery (WD
Link)
| 52nd Field Battery |
| 53rd Field Battery |
| 55th Field Battery |
| 51st Howitzer Battery |
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| 14th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery (WD
Link)
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| 5th Division Ammunition Column
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War Diary Entries:
Library and Archives Canada Search Link:
GrandsonMichael War Diary Post:
Primary References:
- Nicholson, G. W. L. 1962. Official
History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Canadian
Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Queens Printer and Controller of
Stationary, Ottawa, Canada. (Appendix B - Canadian Units in France
and Belgium, November 1918; Appendix D - CEF Infantry Battalions)
- Love, D. W. 1999. "A Call to Arms"
The Organization and Administration of Canada's Military in World
War One. Bunker to Bunker Books, Winnipeg & Calgary,
Canada. (Chapter 1 - Elements of Military Organization)
- Livesay, J. F. B. 1919. Canada's Hundred
Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11,
1918. Thomas Allen, Toronto. (Available
on the Internet as an Archive Download)
Secondary References:
Internet References:
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