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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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'.
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