Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry "Living History" Unit| A Project of the Canadian Military Heritage Society The PPCLI Living History Unit is one of a few projects in the Canadian Military Heritage Society (CMHS).The members are dedicated Historians / Antiquarians who study all aspects of Canadian military history and re-enact several time periods of interest. It is in the hope of keeping the memory of the scarifices of our nations ancestors and the great legacy left to us in the present day, alive and in focus, that we embark on these various projects. Canada's contribution in the Great War is often overlooked by other nations and indeed by many Canadians who know little of it because thier only experience of it is through very basic primary school history and what condensed information they get from Rememberance Day services. The members of this unit have the rare opportunity to gain knowledge through recreating as closely as possible, the experience of the First World War infantryman, and in combination with studying the history of the war, they are able to pass on this information in an interesting way.
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| Why the PPCLI? When the members of the CMHS decided to recreate a unit from the Great War it was felt the best unit to reproduce that represented Canada's duty and fighting spirit during this time period, would be the first infantry regiment Canada sent into France. The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. |
Experience history by living it.
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The Regimental March Past of the PPCLI representing their Great War roots. The reenacted PPCLI unit has been recognized and supported by Regimental Headquarters of the presently serving PPCLI in the 1994. The PPCLI, in an article in its regimental annual, The Patrician, referred to the re-enacted unit as the 5PPCLI. Picuture on the right is from that article. |
In two weekends, our new Canadian Trench Line was completed with 8 men volunteering their own time. The Canadian Section (Parliament Hill) is located at the extreme left of the Allied line, GWA National Site, Newville, PA |
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