18 October 1953
2PPCLI relocates from Calgary, Canada, to Soest, Germany, as part of NATO’s mission to prevent further occupation by the Soviet Union
19 October 1954
Loyal Edmonton Regiment is officially designated as an Affiliated Regiment to PPCLI
04 November 1956
Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs proposes and helps to create the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF); he consequently is awarded the Nobel Peace …
28 November 1958
Brigadier Andrew Hamilton Gault, founder of the Regiment, passes away, age 76
13 March 1964
Canada agrees to contribute soldiers to the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Cyprus; the force is established in 1964
