The Patricias: The Proud History of a Fighting Regiment

by David J. Bercuson

In the early days of World War I, Hamilton Gault funded the raising of a new regiment. Princess Patricia of Connaught, daughter of then Governor-General of Canada the Duke of Connaught, hand-made the camp colours and lent her name to the regiment: the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Over the course of the war, the Patricias, as they became known, fought valiantly and suffered great loss, the beginning of a long and illustrious regimental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773732985
• ISBN13: 9780773732988
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Stoddart
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.