Friday, February 23, 2018
Princess Patricia now a Colonel
February 24, 1918
Princess Patricia of Connaught has been appointed as "honorary Colonel in Chief" of the 'Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, according to a London dispatch to the Reuter's Agency in Ottawa, Canada.
It was in August 1910 when the Canadian Defense Minister, Sam Hughes stated: "With the approval of the Imperial Government authority is given for the raising of one Infantry Regiment to be named 'Princess Patricia's Light Infantry."
The new regiment was named for the younger daughter of Canada's Governor General, HRH The Duke of Connaught.
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