First Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (1 PPCLI) building #403 is named after former Colonel of the Regiment, Major-General George Grenville Brown, CD. It was officially opened on 17 October 1997. George was born on 17 June 1922 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and later attended Royal Military College, Kingston, from 1940 to 1942. He was commissioned in the Seaforth Highlanders and served in Canada, the United Kingdom and North Africa. In 1943, he joined the Loyal Edmonton Regiment in Italy. He was wounded in 1944 and rejoined the Seaforth Highlanders in April 1945 in Holland.
In 1946, he was transferred to Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) and served with the 2nd Battalion in Germany. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1962, he commanded the 1 PPCLI in Victoria and Germany until 1965. George was promoted to Colonel and Chief of Infantry at Mobile Command headquarters in 1966. He was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1970 and appointed Chief of Staff for Operations, Mobile Command.
From 1972 – 74 Brigadier-General Brown was Commander 1 Combat Group, in Calgary. In 1974, he was promoted to Major-General and appointed Chief of Land Operations at National Defence Headquarters, and in 1975 he was appointed Deputy Commander, Mobile Command. Major-General Brown retired from the Army in 1977, and served a six-year honorary term with the PPCLI as Colonel of the Regiment. In 1983, he became Vice-Patron of the PPCLI Association. He died on 14 March, 1995.
