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Canadian Artillery Boer War Photo Staff at the RCA Museum found an excellent historical photo showing D Battery, RCA, and their six-gun teams deployed in South Africa during the Boer War (1899-1902). Canada raised and deployed three artillery batteries in the Boer War (C Battery, D Battery, and E Battery), each having six 12-pounders. Staff

Captain Alfred A. Farley The RCA Museum has a striking collection of B Battery heritage photographs showing Captain Alfred A. Farley, a good-natured and ubiquitous soldier in B Battery and the Royal School of Gunnery in the 1880s. Captain Farley joined B Battery as an Active Militia soldier in 1882, then as a founding member

Colonel D.T. Irwin’s Tunic Throughout centuries, armies and militia have always used standardized dress to express identity and belonging. Britain’s Royal Artillery wore blue with scarlet facings and embellishments of embroidery and feathers – a look that encountered many changes over the years but kept its customary colours in the post-Confederation Canadian Militia.   Our