Soldier Profile
Brigadier Milton Gregg VC
Latitude: 45.83991
Longitude: -65.63202
Brigadier the Honourable Milton Fowler Gregg VC, PC, OC, CBE, MC, ED, was born at Snider Mountain on 11 April 1892, died on 13 March 1978, and is buried in his family plot in the United Baptist Church Cemetery. During the fighting at the Marcoing Line in the Battle of Cambrai on 27 September 1918, when the advance was held up by thick uncut wire, Lieutenant Gregg MC of the Royal Canadian Regiment, crawled forward alone to locate a gap in the wire, then led his men successfully through it and into the German trench. When the enemy counter-attacked and ammunition ran low, Gregg returned under heavy fire for a resupply although he was wounded. Wounded a second time, Gregg re-organized his remaining men and continued to clear German trenches. For this action, he added a Victoria Cross to the Military Cross he had earned a year earlier. The barracks in CFB Gagetown occupied by the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment is named in honour on Brigadier Gregg.