2943 PPCLI Army Cadets Campbell River

07/01/2025

Cadet info table at the Canada Day celebrations in Campbell River. The cadets did a great job representing the programs and encouraging young people to consider joining the corps. Lots of laughs and new contacts were made, thanks to all the volunteers who helped out.

06/23/2025

Sergeant G. Warkentin (in the green t-shirt and beret) arrives at Kelowna Airport, on his way to be a member of the Cadet Staff at CTC Vernon!

The stars of the show are finally here!✨ Today, we welcomed over 90 staff cadets to Vernon Cadet Training Centre. These cadets will be the cornerstone of delivering fun and challenging training, helping to develop the over 800 course cadets we expect to host throughout the summer. But wait, there’s more! Staff cadets will attend various professional development sessions and on-the-job training, which provides them the skillset needed to coach, mentor, and guide course cadets to success!

CI Georgios Koutsopoulos, Assistant Unit Public Affairs Officer, Vernon CTC



Les vedettes du spectacle sont enfin arrivées! Aujourd'hui, nous avons accueilli plus de 90 cadets-cadres au centre d'entraînement des cadets Vernon. Ces cadets seront la pierre angulaire d'un entraînement amusant et stimulant, contribuant à l'entraînement des plus de 800 cadets que nous prévoyons d'accueillir tout au long de l'été. Mais ce n'est pas tout! Les cadets-cadres participeront à diverses sessions de développement professionnel et à des formations en cours d'emploi, qui leur permettront d'acquérir les compétences nécessaires pour encadrer, conseiller et guider les cadets vers la réussite!

IC Georgios Koutsopoulos, représentant des affaires publiques de l’unité adjoint, CEC Vernon

06/17/2025

2943 PPCLI Royal Canadian Army Cadets in Campbell River celebrated their 49th Annual Ceremonial Review on June 14. We were grateful to have LCol David Vernon, CD (Retired) as our reviewing officer.

We want to thank all the dignitaries and the families of the cadets who attended our ceremony. The cadets did a great job on parade and earned awards, medals and promotions for their work this year. Thank you also to Legion #137 and the PPCLI Association for their generous donations.

With our training year over we would like to thank the cadets for their hard work and diligence throughout the year. We would also like to thank our out-going CO Brittany Thurber and our Training Officer (and returning CO) Sean Smith, as well as our 4 Civilian Instructors, for their dedication to our cadets. A final thank you goes out to our Support Committee for their work behind the scenes throughout the year and for their efforts to make the ACR such a success.

We look forward to seeing what the cadets will accomplish during the next training year.

04/14/2025

Thank you to the sponsor committee for 363 Squadron for coordinating this event. Your volunteers put in many hours of hard work to make this event so successful. We had a great time!

03/17/2025

(courtesy of MWO Richard Davey, CD (ret.). Once a Patricia, always a Patricia. VP.)

Today, 17 March as everyone knows (or should know) the PPCLI celebrate Regimental Day. There is some confusion among people not in the Regiment on what Regimental Day is and why we celebrate it, they sometime think that it is our Regiment’s birthday which of course is 10 August. No, Regimental Day is to honour the birthday of our unit’s first Colonel-in-Chief and the units namesake: Princess Patricia of Connaught.

Lady Patricia as she was known in the Regiment was born Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth on 17 March 1886 in Buckingham Palace, London, England. Her father was Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught the third son of Queen Victoria and her mother was Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia.

In 1911 her father was appointed the Governor General of Canada and she joined him in Canada where she became very popular with Canadians ( her picture is on the one dollar bill of the Dominion of Canada issued on 17 March 1917).

When the PPCLI was being formed LCol Farquhar (the first CO) was the Military Secretary to Prince Arthur the Governor General and he requested to the Princess the honour of her name for the Regiment. She accepted the proposal and designed and made by hand the “Ric-A-Dam-Doo”. During WWI she followed the units accomplishments during there fighting in the trench and grieved for their losses. At the end of the war she presented the unit with the wreath of Laurel commemorating their losses.

On 27 February 1919, she married Commander, The Hon. Alexander Ramsay in Westminster Abbey. The Regiment provided a guard of 3 Officers and 100 men and every officer attended and 40 NCOs lined the aisles. As she was marrying a “commoner” rather than royal blood she voluntarily relinquished the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and became known as Lady Patricia Ramsay. They had one son Alexander Ramsay of Mar born 21 December 1919.

Lady Patricia remained involved with the Regiment throughout her entire life and was appointed the Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment on 22 February 1918. In addition to being associated with the PPCLI, Lady Patricia was also an accomplished artist who specialized in Watercolours. She was made an honour member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water.

Lady Patricia passed away on 12 January 1974 at the age of 87. As she wanted a simple funeral the Regiment was represented by MGen C.B. Ware, a bearer party and two buglers. During her lifetime she was accorded the following honours: Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, member of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Dame of justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and in recognition of her service to the Canadian Army the Canadian Forces Decoration.

This is a quick synopsis of the life of this great lady whose influence still affects us to this day. So if people don’t know why we celebrate 17 March or think it is just a day in honour of some guys that chased away snakes please share this with them.

02/09/2025

What an incredible day.

Cadets from 2943 PPCLI Army Cadet were assisting the Campbell River Quilting Society during their annual Quilts of Valour sewing day (with many thanks to the Navy League Hall society for donating the hall for the event).

Cadets not only learned about Quilts of Valour and how meaningful it is to Veterans, they also got sewing lessons from a retired Royal Canadian Navy Chief Petty Officer First Class and learned the proper way to iron and press fabric (looking forward to seeing those dress uniforms!)

Thanks to all the amazing ladies who volunteer their time and skills in support of our Veterans!

12/11/2024

12/02/2024

The cadets participated in the Remembrance Day ceremonies in Campbell River.

09/09/2024

It's time!

The 2024-2025 Training Year is about to begin! If your child is between 12 to 18 years old and is looking for an adventure, outdoor activities, new friends and new challenges, check out Campbell River's Royal Canadian Army Cadets! We meet Tuesday nights between 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at 911-13th Ave in Campbell River!

Sign up today!

07/01/2024

Come on down to the Kids Fest at Canada day and say hello to our Cadets! All 3 elements are manning the booth together ⛵ 🪖 ✈️

With - 54 Admiral De Wolf

06/10/2024

We had great weather for our 48th Annual Annual Ceremonial Review!

2943 PPCLI RCACC would like to thank Brigadier-General (retired) K.L. Woiden, OMM, CD for being our reviewing officer for the event. We would also like to thank Maj J. Wilson, CD and all the other dignitaries, VIPs as well as the families and friends of the cadets who came out to support us. Thank you also to Lt. Sean Smith for leading us though this year of training and fun. We would not have had such a successful year without all of you.