Collection 75
PPCLI portraits of COs and RSMs collection. – 1914-2006. - 25 cm of photographs. - 1 cm of textual
records.
The collection was created by the staff of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Museum and
Archives.
The collection consists of portraits of Colonels-in-Chief, Colonels of the Regiment, Commanding Officers
(COs) and Regimental Sergeants-Major (RSMs) of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, its
Battalions, and other units, along with short biographical sketches and tables documenting the dates of
change of command.
(F-75 indicates Collection 75)
F-75-1
Biographical notes, COs and RSMs. – 1984-1997. – Includes dates of command of
Commanding Officers, Regimental Majors, Regimental Adjutants, Regimental Depot
commanding officers, and Band commanding officers. Includes commanders of Loyal
Edmonton Regiment and PPCLI officers serving with The Rifle Brigade and Royal Green
Jackets.
F-75-2
COs listed by year, battalion, location. – [1999].
F-75-3
RSMs, 1914-1957. – [1957-1965]. – includes pictures and biographical sketches of
Melville G. Allen, James Gordon Austin, Roy Harold Appleton.
F-75-4
Colonels in Chief. – [1914]-2006. – Includes Princess Patricia biography, obituary, and
photos; Countess Mountbatten of Burma retirement letter as Commander in Chief of
PPCLI and photos; Earl Mountbatten of Burma’s family tree.
F-75-5
World War I PPCLI commanding officers, 1914-1918. – [ca. 2000]. – Includes
biographical sketches and photocopied photos, F.D. Farquhar, H.C. Buller, R.T. Pelly,
A.S.A.M. Adamson, C.J.T. Stewart, A.G. Pearson, A.H. Gault.
F-75-6
Colonels of the Regiment. – [ca. 2000-2006]. – Includes biographies and photos of A.H.
Gault, Cameron Bethel Ware, George Grenville Brown, William Benjamin Scott
Sutherland, Reginald Stuart Graham, Herbert Chesley Pitts, Conrad William Hewson, R.I.
Stewart, J.E.L. Gollner.
F -75-7
PPCLI commanding officers, 1914-1950. – [ca. 2000]. – Consists of overviews and
biographical notes and some photos, F.D. Farquhar, H.C. Buller, R.T. Pelly, A.S.A.M.
Adamson, C.J.T. Stewart, A.G. Pearson, A.H. Gault, C.R.E Willets, M.R. Ten Broeke, H.W.
Niven, W.C. Colquhoun, J.N. Edgar, R.F.L. Keller, R.A. Lindsay, C. Vokes, C.B. Ware, D.H.
Rosser, R.P. Clark, S.A. Cobbett, P.D. Crofton, P.W. Strickland, W.H.V. Matthews, N.M.
Gemmell, D.C. Cameron.
F -75-8
Commanding Officers, PPCLI 1st Battalion. – 1948-2004. – Consists of timeline of
command and identified portraits of D.C. Cameron, J.R. Cameron, T. deFaye, J.C. Allan,
R.F. Bruce, G.G. Brown, H. Moncrief, A.M. Potts, W.E.J. Hutchinson, C.W. Hewson, J.R.
Sharpe, K.R. Foster, L.W. MacKenzie, G.M. Reay, R.R. Crabbe, J.S.H. Kempling, J.A.
Almstrom, V.W. Kennedy, M.J. Diakow (biographical sketch included).
F- 75-9
Commanding Officers, PPCLI 2nd Battalion. – 1950-2004. – Consists of timeline of
command and identified portraits of S.C. Waters, V.R. Schjelderup, C.J.A. Hamilton,
E.M.K. MacGregor, L.W. Basham, R.S. Peacock, C.B. Snider, A.J.G.D. deChastelain, J.H.
Allan, R.I. Stewart, J.E.L. Gollner, W.H. Minnis, I.H. Gray, J.D. Joly, W.G.S. Sutherland,
J.M. Lapeyre.
F-75-10
Commanding Officers PPCLI 3rd Battalion. – 1950-2004. – Consists of timeline of
command and identified portraits of G.C. Corbould, M.F. MacLachlan, T.M.C. Marsaw,
P.A. Roy, R.L. Cowling, 1 unidentified (Leitch or Corbould), W.B. Vernon, C.R. Wellwood,
M.H. McMurray, H.F. Elliott, P.G. Kenward, 1 unidentified (Nordick, Turner, Moher, Barr,
Stogran, or Beaudette)
F-75-11
Duplicate copies of COs. – [ca. 2004]. – Consists of portraits of Farquhar, Buller, Gault,
Pelly, Adamson, Stewart, Edgar, Keller, Pearson, Willets, Ten Broeke, Lindsay, Niven,
Rosser, Clark, Gemmell, Cameron, DeFaye, Allan, Crabbe, Bruce, G.G. Brown, Moncrief,
Potts, Hutchinson, Sharpe, Foster, Ware.
F-75-12
RSMs 1914-1950. – [ca. 1984]. – Consists of timeline of RSMs, 1914-1984 and identified
portraits of W.H. Marsden, A. Fraser, L. Scott, J. Anderson, M. Allan, W.J. Foden, W.
Jordan, C. Peacock, S. Patterson, F. Gillingham, T.J. Turnbull, K.E. McCulloch, J.T. Harper,
O. Gardner, H. Bennett, W.F. Lambert, R.W. MacFarlane, F. Hall, S. Mitchell.
F-75- 13
RSMs 1950-2004. – [ca. 1984-2005]. – Includes timeline of 1PPCLI RSMS, 1950-2004 and
identified portraits of O. Gardner, K. Byron, J.D. Austin (with biography), H. Haas, J.G.
Austin (with biography), A.J. Rudd, R.G. Buxton, F.S. Dodd, J.H. Richardson, L.J. Connell,
E.C. Simpson, W.P. Spring. Includes timeline of 2PPCLI RSMs, 1950-2005 and identified
portraits of J.D. Wood, L.F. Grimes, J.C. Coutts, R.H. Appleton (with biography), A.
Danyleyko, C.H. Lock, J.E. Stone, J.A. Heyman, W.R.E. Bruce, C.A. Wilson, G.R. Smith, E.O
Basaraba, J.M. Downey. Includes timeline of 3PPCLI RSMs, 1950-2004 and identified
portraits of J.H. Kelly, D.C.M. McDonnell, G.H. Lee. Includes portraits of the PPCLI Depot
RSMs, 1965-1966, D.I.T. Roe and R.J. King.
F-75-14
Commanding Officers, Regimental Depot, Battle School, and Regimental Band. – [ca.
1939-1984]. – Consists of timeline of command of PPCLI Regimental Depot, 1 Canadian
Brigade Operational Training Detachment, and PPCLI Battle School and portraits of
M.R. Ten Broeke, H.G. Munroe, R.B. Mainprize, D.O.R. Kearns, G.E. Henderson, W.H.J.
Stutt, A. Streeter, G.C. Naylor, J.P. Montminy, J.T. Dowell, L. Camplin, J. French, J.F.
Pierret, R. Swaneveld.
Last updated 2016 Sept 19