The Princess Louise Fusiliers The Princess Louise Fusiliers is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces . History . Based in Halifax , Nova Scotia , this infantry regiment traces its local roots as a Halifax unit of Militia back to June 18 , 1749 when Sir Edward Cornwallis formed a local Militia under his own command during Father Le Loutre ' s War . Ten companies were formed at the Grand Parade in the city and were made a collective battalion . As an officially constituted unit of Canada , The Princess Louise Fusiliers were authorized in 1867 . During the unit ' s history , it has undergone several name changes . On November 5 , 1869 , the regiment was named the 66th The Halifax Battalion of Infantry . Originally consisting of six companies , it later gained two more . Ten years later , on November 14 , 1879 , the regiment was once again renamed , this time to the 66th Battalion " Princess Louise " Fusiliers , named for Princess Louise , wife of the Marquess of Lorne , Governor General at the time . It was shortly after this point in which the regiment received its first battle honour , when they helped suppress the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 . Soldiers of the unit served in North West Canada with the Halifax Provisional Battalion . Fourteen years later , in 1899 , the regiment provided some of its soldiers to a company raised in Nova Scotia for the 2nd ( Special Service ) Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment , which was raised for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War . May 8 , 1900 brought about another name change , this time to 66th Regiment " Princess Louise " Fusiliers , and in October 1901 the regiment received new colours from the Duke of Cornwall and York ( later King George V ) during his visit to Canada . The new colours were subscribed for by the ladies of Halifax in honour of " their " battalion . During the First World War the 66th Regiment provided soldiers to the locally raised battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force ( CEF ) . At the end of the war , as a result of the Otter Commission headed by General William Otter , the regiment perpetuated the 64th Canadian Infantry Battalion of the CEF . As a result of the unit ' s contributions of soldiers and this perpetuation , the regiment holds five battle honours of the First World War . In May 1915 the regiment was renamed to its current name , the Princess Louise Fusiliers . The onset of World War II saw more action for the Fusiliers , when they were sent to Italy as part of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division . The regiment fielded two machine gun companies , the 11th Independent MG Coy . in support of the 11th Infantry Brigade , and the 12th Independent MG Coy . in support of the 12th Infantry Brigade . In British and Commonwealth armoured divisions of that period , independent MG coys . consisted of a HQ platoon , plus one platoon operating Browning . 50 cal . heavy MGs and a second platoon operating 107mm heavy mortars ; they were heavy direct - fire support units . In February 1945 the 5th Armoured was transferred from Italy to Belgium , and these two companies participated in the liberation of the Netherlands from late March to the German surrender . During the conflict , the regiment received nine more battle honours , bringing their total count to 16 . Following WWII , the PLF converted back to a light infantry unit . Their most recent battle honour , received in 1999 following a lengthy struggle by unit officers to discover the necessary supporting documents , was for the unit ' s actions at Arnhem in 1945 . In Afghanistan , on Easter Sunday , April 8 , 2007 , Master Corporal Chris Stannix was killed along with five other Canadian soldiers when their vehicle was hit by an explosive device . Corporal Shaun Fevens was injured in the explosion and transported to a military hospital in Germany . The PLF performed a ceremonial Trooping the Colours at Citadel Hill in Halifax Nova Scotia on 23 April 2009 . Inspecting the parade was His Royal Highness Duke of York Prince Andrew , The Colonel in Chief of the Princess Louise Fusiliers , with a large crowd in attendance . Battle honours . The Princess Louise Fusiliers have received 17 battle honours since the unit ' s inception in 1869 . They are : Early History World War One World War Two