Notable Soldiers
- 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.)
- 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. He was executed by firing squad.
- Canadian Author Farley Mowat served as a platoon commander and as the Regiment's Intelligence Officer during the Second World War. He would author two books about the Regiment and his experiences during the Second World War: "The Regiment" and "And No Birds Sang."
- Golf Course Architect Geoffrey Cornish served as an officer during the Second World War.
- Corporal Mark Rober McLaren, M.M.V. served as a member of the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment from 2002 to 2007 before transferring the regular force with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment based in Petawawa, Ontario. He was an Afghanistan veteran who was subsequently killed in action on his second tour on 5 December 2008 by an improvised explosive device on his armoured vehicle during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers in the Arghandab District, west of Kandahar City, in Afghanistan. Corporal McLaren was awarded the Medal of Military Valour for his devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy. On 6 November 2008, Corporal McLaren's joint Canadian-Afghan patrol was ambushed in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The attack seriously injured his team's Afghan interpreter, paralyzing him and leaving him exposed to further enemy fire. Heedless to the incoming fire, Corporal McLaren crawled 10 metres to his colleague's position, extracted him to a safe location and administered first aid. Corporal McLaren's courage and selfless devotion to his team prevented the interpreter's immediate loss and allowed for his safe evacuation.
- James Arthur Mabee
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