-Badge of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
(no motto)
HQ: Edmonton, Alberta
Abbreviation: PPCLI
WW2 Battle Honours:
Landing in Sicily
Leonforte
Agira
Sicily, 1943
The Moro
The Gully
Liri Valley
Hitler Line
Gothic Line
Rimini Line
San Fortunato
Savio Bridgehead
Naviglio Canal
Fosso Munio
Granarolo
Italy, 1943-1945
Apeldoorn
North-West Europe, 1945
Commanding Officers:
Organizational History:
10 August, 1914: Regiment raised as 'Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (CASF)'.
1 September, 1939: Regiment placed on active
service, and an active battalion raised for 2nd Infantry Brigade.
1 June, 1945: A second battalion '1st Canadian
Infantry Battalion (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) raised
for the C.A.P.F.
2 September, 1945: The second battalion renamed
'2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry'.
1 March, 1946: The active battalion is disbanded.
1 March, 1946: The '2nd Battalion' was dropped
from the second battalion.
Operational History:
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