page_title: Canadian Expeditionary Force artillery from Prince Edward Island
hierarchical_section_title: Canadian Expeditionary Force artillery from Prince Edward Island
caption_attribution_description: English: A Canadian Artillery, Ordnance QF 18-pounder Field Gun, at Camp Valcartier. With the coming of WW1, the ‘Canadian Permanent Active Force’ gunners adopted the British model of designating batteries as either ‘horse artillery’ or ‘field artillery’. Canadian Non-Permanent Active Militia gunner units assumed the ‘field artillery’ designation, equipped with an Ordnance QF18-pounder.
context_page_description: A number of militia artillery batteries were raised in Prince Edward Island from 1875. When the First World War broke out, three battery-sized units were raised and deployed from the Island as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
context_section_description: A number of militia artillery batteries were raised in Prince Edward Island from 1875. When the First World War broke out, three battery-sized units were raised and deployed from the Island as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
caption: A Canadian Artillery Ordnance QF 18-pounder Field Gun at Camp Valcartier in 1914
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