by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | Features
Douglas has a cenotaph on Hwy 340 adjacent to the curling club. Retired RCA Museum senior curator Kathleen Christensen placed a poppy cross at the grave of LCpl James Kendall prior to an informal Remembrance Day ceremony at Camp Hughes’ cemetery. LCpl James...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | News
Jules XavierShilo Stag Who was PPCLI soldier Sgt George Mullin?2PPCLI soldiers visiting a Moosomin, SK, cemetery Nov. 11 learned about the Victoria Cross (VC) recipient from the Great War at his grave. B Coy Cpl Mackenzie Shambrook provided his comrades with the back...
by K-J | 10 Nov 2022 | Community
CFB Shilo’s Nov. 11 Remembrance Day service will be held at the gymnasium at the MPTF. Be seated NLT 10:30 a.m. Friends and families are welcome, but seating is limited. If you can’t make it, the service will also be live-streamed on your Shilo Stag...
by K-J | 30 Oct 2022 | History
Stag Special PPCLI history — On Oct. 30, 1917 at Passchendaele, PPCLI’s Sgt George Mullin attacked a German pillbox and killed a sniper outside it. He climbed onto the pillbox’s roof and shot two machine gunners. He compelled 10 others to surrender. For...
