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Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry salutes the following for their support in the production of The Patrician Black Rifle Coffee Company Commissionaires Gerry Joe Enterprises Grey Ghost Guthrie Woods John the Tailor Olsen Silver Performance Graphics PPCLI Association Rosslyn Inn and Suites The Flag Shop 911 Supply E E L T E 8 T A 1 E L D 9 18 E 1 - G 4 N 1 C , 19 E R R , E S U E H R P E O B D C C R N S - N A S L A E S E F R T A D C Z E N P R S L E A F E O R C N F F A R N Y F O L E L L U G E H T E IN L IC TH O G O NAT RTU LIGH FO IAN T SAN D I A N N F A A ROPE, 1945 N ST EU C TH-WE T NOR S ’ R A Y 915 I PRES, 1 , ‘17 C Y I KOREA, 1950-1953 R P T R A I N P C S S L E SORRE UNT MO 17 Y, 19 VIM NS IE M S A N O M G TO Y N IL O O IT C I U I Y S S N N E P R E I U U O A G N P N I R K N I M I L D O L I N O M S A R N L S E E I H L O M F T T I I R H THE PATRICIAN VOLUME LXIX Allied with The Rifles and The Royal Australian Regiment Colonel-in-Chief The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD Founder and the First Colonel of the Regiment Brigadier-General A. Hamilton Gault, OBE, DSO, ED, CD Colonel of the Regiment Major-General W.B. Vernon, CD (Retired) The Patrician is the Regimental Journal of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, published under the authority of the Regimental Executive Committee Editor Major S.G.J. Lerch, MMM, CD Regimental Major Assistant Editor Captain D.B. Boyes Regimental Adjutant Business Development Warrant Officer S.A. Peterson, CD Layout Editor Corporal B.D. Gampe Cover Sergeant D.R.C. Taylor, CD (Front) and Private E.E.L. Lenihan (Back) To order a copy of The Patrician 2017 edition, contact: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Headquarters PO Box 10500 Station Forces Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4J5 www.ppcli.com Table of Contents Colonel-in-Chief.......................................................................................6 Colonel of the Regiment..........................................................................9 The Countess Mountbatten of Burma.................................................11 Regimental Leadership..........................................................................14 Regimental Council...............................................................................18 ERE Representatives..............................................................................20 Regimental Headquarters Contact Information................................21 Regimental Awards................................................................................22 Regimental Promotions.........................................................................24 Retirements.............................................................................................25 Regimental Gratuities............................................................................26 Regimental Headquarters......................................................................28 Regimental Museum and Archives......................................................29 Regimental KitShop................................................................................32 Regimental Accounts.............................................................................33 Regimental Veteran’s Care....................................................................34 ROK Honours Canadian Vets..............................................................39 True Patriot Love...................................................................................40 Regimental Insignia Origins.................................................................42 Friends of the Regiment.........................................................................43 The Battalions First Battalion..........................................................................................44 Second Battalion.....................................................................................50 Third Battalion........................................................................................64 Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4 PPCLI)................................................72 The Extra-Regimentally Employed (ERE) French Grey Battalion............................................................................77 3rd Canadian Division Training Centre..............................................80 Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School..............................84 National Captial Region........................................................................86 PPCLI Foundation................................................................................90 PPCLI Association................................................................................94 Allied Regiments The Rifles.................................................................................................98 Royal Australian Regiment.................................................................104 Featured Articles Imjin Classic..........................................................................................106 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge...............................108 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele...........................112 Lieutenant James Murdoch Christie..........................................................116 The Revocable Death of Donald Chase.............................................120 A Soldier’s Story from ‘The Forgotten War’......................................124 PPCLI Nominal Roll..........................................................................128 Last Post...............................................................................................184 Colonel-in-Chief The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD y dear Patricias, another year has passed and so Mquickly too. This year, like so many before saw our Regiment working hard, deployed across the country and across the globe. On the numerous duties, exercises and operations, once again, you all represented the Regiment so well. This year saw so much activity and historical events. The most significant event was of course the passing of my predecessor, Lady Patricia Countess Mountbatten of Burma. An elegant lady who loved our regiment dearly and she will be missed. We also saw the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Vimy Ridge, one of Canada’s landmark battles in the First World War, where I was grateful to attend with the Colonel of the Regiment, Major-General (Retired) Vernon. In addition to participating in 1st Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group’s Exercise IRON RAM, the First Battalion (1 PPCLI) was heavily deployed in domestic and by an embedded team from 3 RIFLES. Earlier in the year, international operations. Of note, Lieutenant-Colonel Alpha Company (Major Wyatt and Master Warrant Officer Rutland, Regimental Sergeant Major Forest and most Proctor) successfully served as the core of the Operation of the Battalion Headquarters, Bravo Company (Major REASSURANCE Rotation 6 in Poland, led by the battalion’s Chelsea Braybrook and Master Warrant Officer Hryniw) Deputy Commanding Officer until the end of February. As and much of Administration Company (Major Jay always, working hard for their country and doing the Hagemeyer and Master Warrant Officer Thompson) Regiment proud. were deployed to Latvia as the framework nation for the Operation REASSURANCE Enhanced Forward The Second Battalion also had an exciting year in 2017! Presence Battle Group. While in the Baltic States, I am Their professionalism was highlighted by their continued pleased to note that we were able to strengthen our commitment to Operation UNIFIER in Ukraine, both by bonds with our Allied Regiment from the United completing their duties as the Task Force lead in March as Kingdom – The Rifles – an old comradeship that I am well as providing the leadership for the Training Company pleased to see re-kindled. The remainder of 1 PPCLI on the subsequent rotation which finished in August. I had deployed a company in support of Operation LENTUS, the pleasure of presenting the Second Battalion with a new assisting the Province of British Columbia with its Queen’s Colour prior to their deployment of 119 Patricias fire-fighting efforts. Immediately afterwards, Alpha and Royal Canadian Artillery Band Members for Public Company assisted the British Army (1 Armoured Duties at Buckingham Palace, a rare occurrence and we Infantry Brigade and the Household Cavalry Regiment) should be proud of the splendid work done by Patricias! in Excercise IRON STRIKE II in Suffield, accompanied This year also saw the Battalion Change of Command in 6 as well, with Charlie Company’s highly successful tour to Poland on Operation REASSURANCE, and their participation on Operation LENTUS in support of British Columbians must be noted. Additionally, 3 PPCLI deployed individual soldiers across the globe, to include: Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Egypt, Ukraine, the Congo and Latvia. As we begin 2018 the Third Battalion will continue to build their “Light Fighting” skills and I look forward to the results of the trials on Exercise SPARTAN HOPLON. In addition to the extensive work done by our battalions the Extra Regimentally Employed Patricias were busy in headquarters and schools across the country and the globe. Whether they ran operations or trained a new generation of soldiers, their work is greatly admired and appreciated. At this time I would like to acknowledge Brigadier-General (Retired) Larry Gollner and his