Ernest Morgan Keith MacGregor was born 20 February 1923 in Calgary, Alberta. From 1940 to 1942 he served with the Non-Permanent Active Militia and Alberta Contingent of the Canadian Officer Training Corps. He joined the Canadian Army as an Officer Cadet in May 1942 and made Lieutenant in September the same year. He was posted overseas to the 1st Canadian Infantry Division Recruiting Unit in October 1942. He served with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment (LER) in England, Sicily and Italy during the Second World War where he was awarded the Military Cross for Gallantry. He was promoted to Captain in July 1945 during the campaign in North West Europe and served as Adjutant to the LERs at Shilo, Manitoba from July to October 1945. He was then posted to A-16 Canadian Infantry Training Centre as an Instructor and then to Second Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as Transport Officer in February 1946. In October 1946 Captain MacGregor was posted to the Royal Canadian School of Infantry in Camp Bordon first as an Instructor then as Adjutant. In June 1950 he transferred to Army Headquarters in Ottawa as a General Staff Officer (GSO), Third Grade in the Directorate of Military Intelligence. After attending the Camberley Staff College in England, he was promoted to Major in February 1952 and appointed Canadian Army Land/Air Warfare Liaison in London, England in January 1953. Between 1953 and 1959 Major MacGregor served in various other staff appointments including a tour in Palestine with the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization and as a Company Commander of the Second and First Battalions, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. From 1959 to 1962 he served at Army Headquarters, Ontario Region as GSO Second Grade, War Games. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1962 he was appointed Commanding Officer of the Second Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from 1962 to 1965. In 1965 he was attached to the Canadian Army Staff College in Kingston as a GSO First Class. Promoted to Colonel in 1968 he was appointed Chief of Infantry at Headquarters, Mobile Command which later became Force Mobile Command in 1969. In 1970 he was posted to Canadian Forces Headquarters in Ottawa as Director of Infantry and then appointed Director of Training in January 1971. In August 1972 he became the Deputy Commander of #1 Combat Group, Canadian Forces Base Calgary and then spent 6 months in Vietnam with ICCS (International Commission for Control and Supervision) as an Observer. Returning to Canadian Forces Base, Calgary in 1973, he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1974 and placed in command of #1 Combat Group and the Combat Training Centre. Brigadier MacGregor retired in 1976 to Victoria, BC.
Born 26 October 1918 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, P22290 John Burns Mackie joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, in Winnipeg, in 1937 as a boy bugler and drummer. He enlisted for overseas service in September 1939 and served as a medic and stretcher bearer with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal in c1941 and Sergeant in c1943. He served with the Regiment in Italy and NW Europe through the Second World War and was appointed Regimental Drum Major in 1946. He served with the First Battalion during the Korean War and was Company Sergeant Major of D Company with the First Battalion at Fort MacLeod, Germany in 1955-1957. He retired as a Master Warrant Officer (WOII) in 1964. Following his military service he worked as a supervisor for the Public Press in Winnipeg. He passed away 24 November 2001 at the age of 83.
Donald G. MacLeod was a Lieutenant and Platoon Commander of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Second Battalion, 5 Platoon in Korea, 1950-1951.
P21391 Robert Byrl "Buzz" Mainprize, 1914 or 1915-1997, enlisted in the Canadian Scottish Regiment in Victoria, BC in March 1934 and transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as a private in July 1935. He proceeded overseas with the Regiment in December 1939 as a Platoon Sergeant. He rose in rank to Warrant Officer until being struck off strength on 20 February 1943 in order to undertake officer training. He subsequently wascommissioned as a Lieutenant 14 August 1943 and served with the British Army as part of the CANLOAN program from April 1944 to August 1945 as a Platoon and Company Commander. Promoted to Captain, he was wounded in North West Europe 21 October 1944 with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. In 1946 he rejoined the PPCLI in Calgary, Alberta. He served in Korea as a Company Commander with the First Battalion from 1951-1952. He served with UN peacekeeping forces in the Middle East in 1957-1958 and commanded the Regimental Depot in 1958. Following a second tour of the Middle East in Palestine in 1963-1964 he retired in 1964. He remained active in the PPCLI Association and compiled the Roll of Honour and Nominal Roll, Princess Patricias' Canadian Light Infantry, 1939-1945, which was published by the Association ca. 1965. He died on 10 March 1997 at Saanichton, BC
21433 Donald Arthur "Dan" Massie was born in Grand Forks, BC on 5 March 1917. He was living in Chilliwack, BC in 1937 and was a member of the Westminster Regiment there. He joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at Work Point Barracks, Esquimalt, BC on 20 October 1937. He trained at Work Point Barracks and in England was promoted to Corporal. He married Helen Edith Almond of Brighton, England in 1942. He participated with the PPCLI in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns of World War II. He was wounded in Italy on 2 September 1944 and was struck off strength on the same day. He recovered from his injuries at Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver. He was promoted to Sergeant ca. 1946, and served in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in Montreal. He retired from military service in 1962 and subsequently worked for a sand and gravel outlet, auto parts store, and dairy. He was living in Grand Forks, BC in 1989. He died in Victoria, BC on 2 December 1994.