Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Cap badge of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Active	10 August 1914 – present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army
Type	Mechanized infantry Light infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ	RHQ – Edmonton 1st Battalion – Edmonton 2nd Battalion – Shilo 3rd Battalion – Edmonton
Nickname(s)	The Pats, The Patricias, VP, The Picklies (Impolite) or Princess Pat's
Colours	2nd Battalion entitled to wear US PUC streamer on regimental colour
March	Quick – "Has Anyone Seen the Colonel / Tipperary / Mademoiselle from Armentières" (medley) Slow – "Lili Marlene"
Decorations	U.S. Presidential Unit Citation (2nd Battalion) Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation – 2nd Bn PPCLI Battle Group: Medak Pocket, Croatia, Operation Harmony, 1993 Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation – 3rd Bn PPCLI Battle Group: Afghanistan, Operation Apollo, 2002 Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation – 1st Bn PPCLI Battle Group: Afghanistan, Operation Archer, 2006
Website	www.ppcli.com
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	Adrienne Clarkson
Colonel of the Regiment	Major-General (Retired) W. Brian Vernon CD
Abbreviation	PPCLI

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI, generally referred to as The Patricias) is one of the three Regular Force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army of the Canadian Armed Forces. It is named for Princess Patricia of Connaught, then daughter of the Governor General of Canada. The regiment is composed of four battalions including a Primary Reserve battalion, for a total of 2,000 soldiers. The PPCLI is the main lodger unit of Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Edmonton in Alberta and CFB Shilo in Manitoba, and attached to 3rd Canadian Division; as such it serves as the "local" regular infantry regiment for much of Western Canada. The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (LER), a Reserve Force battalion, is affiliated with the PPCLI but is not formally part of it. As part of this affiliation, the LER carries the designation '4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry'.

The regiment is a ceremonial structure, and the three battalions are independent operational entities, under the 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG). Although the regiment carries the designation of 'light infantry', two of its battalions are mechanized infantry, and the unit has never been organized as a traditional light infantry regiment.