Milton Fowler Gregg
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Brigadier the Honourable Milton Fowler Gregg VC PC OC CBE MC ED CD |
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| Minister of Labour | |
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In office 7 August 1950 – 20 June 1957 |
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| Prime Minister | Louis St. Laurent |
| Preceded by | Paul Joseph James Martin (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Michael Starr |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
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In office 19 January 1948 – 6 August 1950 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Ian Alistair Mackenzie |
| Succeeded by | Hugues Lapointe |
| Minister of Fisheries | |
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In office 2 September 1947 – 18 January 1948 |
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| Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | Ernest Bertrand (acting) |
| Succeeded by | James Angus MacKinnon |
| Member of the House of Commons of Canada | |
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In office 20 October 1947 – 10 June 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges |
| Succeeded by | John Chester MacRae |
| Constituency | York—Sunbury |
| 5th Sergeant-at-Arms of the Canadian House of Commons | |
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In office 1934–1944 |
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| Clerk | Arthur Beauchesne |
| Preceded by | Harry Judson Coghill |
| Succeeded by |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 April 1892 Kings County, New Brunswick |
| Died | 13 March 1978 (aged 85) Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Resting place | Snider Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery, Fredericton |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Erica Deichmann Gregg |
| Alma mater | Acadia University |
| Religion | Baptist |
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Years of service | 1914–1943 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | The Royal Canadian Regiment |
| Commands | West Nova Scotia Regiment |
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Brigadier Milton Fowler Gregg, VC PC OC CBE MC ED CD (10 April 1892 – 13 March 1978) was a Canadian officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War. In later life, he was a Member of the Canadian Parliament, cabinet minister, academic, soldier and diplomat.
Gregg was born in 1892 in Mountain Dale, Kings County, New Brunswick, the son of Elizabeth Celia (Myles) and George Lord Gregg. During the early stages of World War I he enlisted in the Canadian Army with the The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in September 1914 while still studying at Acadia University. He graduated with an MA in 1916.
At the age of eighteen Gregg joined the 8th New Brunswick Hussars militia regiment. Gregg served during the First World War as a sergeant in the medical corps and later as an officer of The Royal Canadian Regiment. During combat on the Western Front in 1917, his actions earned him the Military Cross and in 1918 further valour added a bar to the Cross. Near Cambrai, Nord, France on 28 September 1918 his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord earned him the Victoria Cross. The citation for Gregg's Victoria Cross reads:
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