by K-J | 13 Nov 2022 | History
They dies unnoticed in the muddy trench,Nay God was with them, and they did not blench,Filled them with holy fires that naught could quenchAnd when he saw their work on earth was doneHe gently called to them my sons, my sons.— verse on Douglas cenotaph Jules...
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 | 11 Nov 2022 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag It’s a nickname which has stuck for Bdr (Ret’d) Bob McKinnon, who spent 18 years in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) keeping soldiers nourished from his Army kitchen.“He called me ‘Cookey’,” recalled Bob, referring to former BComd LCol John...
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...
by K-J | 21 Oct 2022 | History
A rededication ceremony for PPCLI’s LCpl Morgan Jones Jenkins, 475898, took place Sept. 28 at CWGC Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery in Haucourt, France. 1RCHA Padre Capt Euikyun Chang officiated the grave site ceremony, with 2PPCLI Padre Capt Sean Smallwood...
