by K-J | 7 Nov 2022 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag The acting Commanding Officer (CO) with 2PPCLI knows all about sacrifices when he looks out on the military section at the Brandon cemetery. Speaking during the eighth annual No Stone Left Alone event, Maj Chris Hartwick acknowledged his...
by K-J | 7 Nov 2022 | Community
Capt Graham Ware Stag Special The city I consider my hometown, Guelph, Ont., also happens to be the birthplace of LCol John McCrae, who is best known the poem In Flanders’ Fields. LCol McCrae and I attended the same high school. Something I only recently discovered is...
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 | 30 Oct 2022 | CAF/DND
Among the possessions found with Pte Atherton’s skeletal remains was a 10th Battalion cap badge. Some of the artifacts included a brass Canada shoulder title, Canadian C10 numbered collar badge, plus his ID disc. Shilo Stag The Department of National Defence (DND) and...
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...
