Affichage de 286 résultats

Notice d'autorité
Personne

Wake, Charles

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • 1858-1941

Born in 1858, Charles Alexander Wake was a career soldier, joining the York and Lancaster Regiment in 1876 at the age of 18. He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal from Queen Victoria for bravery during the Battle of El Teb in Egypt in 1884 for defending himself single-handedly against 4 Soudanese attackers. He retired from the British Army with 33 years service and immigrated to Canada in 1910. Here he became a member of the Governor General's Foot Guard and enlisted with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in August 1914. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant and appointed the first Regimental Quartermaster. He was Struck Off Strength 24 March 1915 and then joined the 133 Battalion, serving with that Regiment as a Captain from 1916 to 1918. Following the First War he was appointed Quartermaster in the Canadian Army Medical Corps at Spadina Hospital, College Hospital and General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. In January 1920 he was discharged as medically unfit at the age of 62. He passed away 19 March 1941 at the age of 83.

Mowat, Clayton

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • fl. 1951-2001

Clayton Mowat served with the Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Korea, 1951.

Hoffman, Cyril

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • fl 1944-1999

K800043 Cyrille Cedric Hoffman joined Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Montreal in December 1944 serving until June 1945. He moved to Vancouver in 1945 and began an apprenticeship in woodworking. He also rejoined the Reserves, serving with the 6th Field Engineers in North Vancouver. He joined the Canadian Special Force 12 August 1950 and was assigned to the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 15 August 1950. He received basic training in Calgary, Wainwright and Fort Lewis, Washington He served with the Second Battalion, Assault Pioneer Platoon in Korea from December 1950-November 1951 and then remained in Korea until 14 March 1952. He was Mentioned in Dispatches 12 April 1952.

Campbell, Erwin Russell

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • b. 1898

Erwin Russell Campbell born 18 April 1898 joined the 65 Battalion 1 April 1916 and eventually served with the 101st Fusilliers as a bugler and stretcher bearer. He was wounded in late 1916 and spent a year at Rust Hall before being transferred to Westcliff Hospital in 1918.

Smith, Gordon Appelbe

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • 1919-2020

Gordon Appelbe Smith, 1919-2020, was born in England and attended grammar school at Harrow before emigrating to Winnipeg, Manitoba and attending the Vancouver School of Fine Art. In 1941 he married Marion Fleming. He enlisted with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in 1939 and joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 21 August 1942 as a Lieutenant. He was a Platoon Commander and then the Intelligence Officer, Headquarters Company, during the Sicily landings in July 1943. He was badly burned during the advance on Leon Forte, Sicily, 20 July 1943 and Struck Off Strength due to his burns. He spent six months in hospitals in North Africa, England and Canada and his wounds left him with a paralyzed leg. Under the Veteran's Program he was able to receive further training at the San Francisco School of Fine Art and Harvard University. He became an art teacher and then professor of fine arts at the University of British Columbia. His works are held in galleries across Canada including the National Gallery, the Canadian War Museum and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Museum and Archives. He was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia and honorary doctorates from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the Emily Carr Institute of Art. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He was still actively working as an artist at the time of his death at the age of 100.

Munro, Alexander

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • 1890-1921

411062 Alexander Munro was born 26 December 1890 in Boissevain, Manitoba. He enlisted with the First University Company 5 March 1915 as a Private and joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the field 28 July 1915. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Mount Sorrel (Sanctuary Wood) 2 June 1916. He was held at Dulmen Camp from 1 October 1916 until 5 May 1917 when he was moved to Sennelager Bei Paderborn (Camp). While Private Munro was at Dulmen he acted as British Chaplain under the Prisoner's Church Committee and was therefore allowed to visit prisoners in the hospital. Appalled by the conditions under which prisoners were kept, Alexander Munro saw that a report was sent to the Holland Ambassador in Berlin and conditions were improved. Private Munro was punished by being sent to Sennelager Camp to dig the Geseke Cannal. Due to ill health he could not work and reverted back to Chaplain duties at Sennelager. In April 1918 Private Munro was reclaimed by the British Government for exchange to Holland and proceeded to Aachen only to be told by a German Horse Surgeon that he was too healthy to be released. He was finally repatriated 8 December 1918 and returned to Canada 11 April 1919. Following the War Munro returned to the University of British Columbia to continue his studies to become a Presbyterian pastor. He died in 1921 from tuberculosis.

Grison, Jean Bernard

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • 1932-

Born 1 May 1932 at Ottawa, Ontario, Jean Bernard Grison graduated from Ottawa Tech as an Auto Mechanic in 1950. Jean Grison joined the Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 15 August 1950 as Private C 850321 and took his basic training at Sarcee Camp in Calgary, Alberta. After sailing from Seattle in November 1950 he arrived in Pusan, Korea with the Second Battalion in December and served in D Company, Headquarters Platton. He was with the Second Battalion when they made their valiant stand at KapYong, Korea 24-25 April 1951 and was honourably discharged from the military in 1955. Following the service he worked as a radio and TV serviceman and then as a sales-merchandiser in the hardware trade in Montreal until retiring in 2000. In 2003 he was living in Omerville, Quebec.

Stutt, Joe

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • 1924-1999

Joe Stutt was born 10 April 1924 at Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enlisted in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in 1941 and was wounded in North West Europe. He returned to Canada in 1945 and worked as a police officer and transit worker prior to joining the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in early 1950. He was posted to Currie Barracks, Calgary and then promoted to Corporal and sent to Rivers, Manitoba for parachute training. Promoted to Sergeant, he was married at St. George's Chapel at Currie Barracks, Calgary in 1951 and then posted to Camp Borden for officer's training. Commissioned as a Lieutenant during the Korean War, he was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia for a small arms course prior to being sent to Korea with the Third Battalion from 1952 to 1953. He served with the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and was seconded to the British Navy for a time during his tour in the Far East. Following the Korean War, Lieutenant Stutt returned to Staff College in Kingston and attended Royal Roads before being posted to Lahr, Germany from 1955 to 1957. Promoted to Captain in 1960, he served in a variety of staff positions in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and spent a year in Vietnam with the International Control Commission from 1967 to 1968. He returned to Canada and was posted to Vancouver in 1968, prior to retiring as a Captain in 1971. Joe passed away 25 October 1999.

Palmer, John K.

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • d. 2012

A 105284 John K. "Jack" Palmer joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the field 6 November 1943 as a Private. He served with the Regiment in Italy, was promoted to Lance Corporal and remained with the Regiment until 18 July 1945. He died in 2012 in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Gault, Andrew Hamilton

  • ppcli
  • Personne
  • 1882-1958

Andrew Hamilton “Hammie” Gault, 1882-1958, was descended from an Anglo-Irish merchant family which settled in Montreal in 1842 and became dominant players in Canadian textile manufacturing, insurance, finance, and politics. After attending Bishop's College School in Lennoxville and one year at McGill University, Gault joined the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles and served with distinction as a subaltern until the end of the South African War in 1901. He continued to serve with the Canadian militia, eventually becoming a captain with the 5th Royal Highlanders (Black Watch of Canada). Following the death of his father in 1903, he assumed control of Gault Brothers and Company, the family cotton manufacturing firm. He married Marguerite Stephens in 1904. Gault was appointed honorary Consul General for Sweden in 1909-1911, and was a member of the council for the Montreal Board of Trade, 1911-1913. Upon the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, he offered to finance the raising of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI). He was appointed Senior Major and Second-in-Command of the Regiment. He was wounded three times, losing his left leg, which effectively ended his active service in the field. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and Commanding Officer of PPCLI in November 1918. For his service in the Great War, Gault was awarded the Order of the British Empire, the Russian Order of St. Anne with Crossed Swords and the Belgian Order of the Crown. He was Mentioned in Dispatches four times and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry. Following the war, Gault was married in 1922 for a second time, to Dorothy Blanche “D.B.” Shuckburgh. Between the two world wars they lived at Hatch Court, near Taunton, Somerset, England, an estate that Hamilton purchased from Dorothy's aunt. They enjoyed aviation as a hobby. Gault served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Taunton from 1924 to 1935. In 1939 he was recalled for active duty with the Canadian Army in England and was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1940 and to Brigadier General in 1942. He returned to his Canadian home at Mont St. Hilaire in Quebec in 1944. In 1947 Gault founded the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Association and served as the first National President. He was appointed honorary Colonel of the Regiment shortly before his death on 28 November 1958. Following his death, Dorothy Gault returned to Hatch Court, where she died in 1972. Hatch Court became the home of Dorothy’s niece Anne and her husband, Cdr. Barry Nation, who operated a small museum there dedicated to the history of Gault and the PPCLI. For further information see: First in the field : Gault of the Patricias / by Jeffery Williams. – St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub., 1995.

Résultats 71 à 80 sur 286