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A PROUD REGIMENT
WAS BORN HERE IN AUGUST 1914
PRINCESS PATRICIA'S
CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
UN FIER RÉGIMENT
FUT FORMÉ ICI AOÛT 1914
PRINCESS PATRICIA PRESENTS HER HAND-MADE CAMP COLOUR TO
HER REGIMENT, PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
IN LANSDOWNE PARK ON 23 AUGUST 1914
PRINCESS PATRICIA PASSES THE CAMP COLOUR TO LT COL FRANCIS FARQUHAR, THE FIRST
COMMANDING OFFICER, IN THE PRESENCE OF HER FATHER, PRINCE ARTHUR, DUKE OF
CONNAUGHT, THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, AND HER MOTHER, THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. THE
PRINCESS PATS HAD MORE THAN 1000 SOLDIERS ON PARADE, AND THERE WERE OVER 12,000
CITIZENS OF OTTAWA IN ATTENDANCE.
LA PRINCESSE PATRICIA PRÉSENTE LE DRAPEAU DE CAMP QUELLE À COUSU À LA MAIN
À SON RÉGIMENT, LE PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
AU PARC LANSDOWNE LE 23 AOÛT 1914
LA PRINCESSE PATRICIA REMET LE DRAPEAU DE CAMP AU LT COL FRANCIS FARQUHAR, LE PREMIER
COMMANDANT DU RÉGIMENT, EN PRÉSENCE DE SON PÈRE, LE PRINCE ARTHUR, DUC DE
CONNAUGHT, LE GOUVERNEUR GÉNÉRAL, ET SA MÈRE, LA DUCHESSE DE CONNAUGHT. LA
PADRE COMPRENAIT PLUS DE 1 000 SOLDATS DU PRINCESS PATRICIA'S TANDIS QUE PLUS DE
12 000 CITOYENS D'OTTAWA ÉTAINET PRÉSENTS.
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ON 18 SEPTEMBER 2014, DURING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE REGIMENT, THE RIGHT HONORABLE ADRIENNE CLARKSON, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, LLD, COLONEL-IN-CHIEF, PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY, AND HIS WORSHIP JIM WATSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA, REDEDICATED THIS MEMORIAL. IT IS A MEMORIAL TO ALL PATRICIAS WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF CANADA, AND A MONUMENT TO ALL WHO SERVED THE PPCLI.
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ON 10 AUGUST 1914, PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY WAS FOUNDED BY
HAMILTON GAULT, AND A CALL WENT OUT FOR MILITARY VETERANS TO JOIN THE REGIMENT.
THEY CAME FROM ALL ACROSS CANADA. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER, PRINCESS PATRICIA
PRESENTED THE REGIMENT HER HAND-MADE CAMP COLOUR, KNOWN AS THE RIC-A-DAM-DOO.
THIS COLOUR WAS CARRIED INTO BATTLE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, AND IN 1919,
TATTERED AND TORN BY BULLETS AND SHRAPNEL, IT BECAME THEIR FIRST REGIMENTAL COLOUR.
FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS, IN EVERY MAJOR CONFLICT FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO
AFGHANISTAN, PPCLI HAS ANSWERED CANADA’S CALL.
(needs further research/recherche incomplète)
