An 18 Pounder Gun crew from "B" Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from Kingston, Ontario at Valcartier Camp, September 1914. The Royal Canadian Horse Artillery was placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for instructional and camp administration duties. On 26 August 1914 it mobilized the 'Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Brigade, CEF', which embarked for England on 30 September 1914. The regiment disembarked in France on 20 July 1915, where it provided mobile field artillery support as part of the 'Canadian Cavalry Brigade, CEF' in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The Ordnance QF 18 pounder,[18-pounder Gun] was in Canadian service from 1906-1941, replacing the 12 pdr BL. This was the first modern field gun in Canadian service. It loaded fixed cartridges via the breech and featured a modern recoil system which kept the gun stationary during firing by allowing the barrel to slide back and forth to absorb the shock of firing without moving the carriage. This photo is from the album of Marshall Beck.