Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG, the fifth Prime Minister of Canada, retired from a long militia career in 1874 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 49th (Hastings) Battalion of Rifles (a founding regiment.)[REF]
Private Harold Joseph Pringle was the only soldier of the Canadian Army to be executed for a service offence during the Second World War and was also the last Canadian soldier to be executed.