Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Band

It was formed under the direction of Captain Tommy James and was originally stationed at Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

At the start of the Second World War, members of the PPCLI Band volunteered for active duty, which resulted in its dissolving in 1939.

[2] On 13 April 1959, the band took part in a NATO military festival in Arnhem in honor of the organization's 10th anniversary.

It played at the opening of the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Due to military budget cuts in 1994, the entire band was disbanded and reduced to a Corps of Drums, known today as the PPCLI Drumline.

Princess Patricia of Connaught with the Duke of Connaught and Captain T. W. James (far right), Director of the regimental band at Wembley , England in 1924.