1978 - 4 September - The programme for the PDD (Public Duties Detachment) Final Parade and Trooping the Colour Ceremony by CGG and GGFG - reviewed by Lieut.-Col. Ivan Patrick Phelan, MC, CD (Hon. LCol CGG)

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Musée Canadian Grenadier Guards Museum

Courtesy Sgt. Carolyn Percy-Searle

Courtesy Sgt. Carolyn Percy-Searle

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1978 - 4 September - The programme for the PDD (Public Duties Detachment) Final Parade and Trooping the Colour Ceremony by CGG and GGFG - reviewed by Lieut.-Col. Ivan Patrick Phelan, MC, CD (Hon. LCol CGG)

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*** FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES ONLY - ARTIFACT NOT PART OF MUSEUM COLLECTION *** 1978 - 4 September - The programme for the PDD Final Parade and Trooping the Colour Ceremony by CGG and GGFG - reviewed by Lieut.-Col. Ivan Patrick Phelan, MC, CD (Hon. LCol CGG) - Courtesy Sgt. Carolyn Percy-Searle ABOUT LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IVAN PATRICK L. PHEAN, MC, CD LCol Ivan Patrick Ludger Phelan was a well-respected and well-loved CGG Officer from WW2 best known as Sgt Moe Hurwitz's Troop Commander in 1944. As a Major, Ivan Phelan wrote the very popular "Some Never Die" tribute to Moe Hurwitz in 1946. He would go on after the war to Become Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding CGG during the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II and later as Hon. LCol of the regiment. In civilian life, Ivan P. Phelan was the former Vice President and Secretary of Avon Canada Inc., and twice served as Chairman of the Direct Sellers Association. Through his long association with Avon Canada (1935-1972) and the DSA, Mr. Phelan’s contributions epitomized the entrepreneurial style of those leaders who have made the Direct Selling Industry in Canada the success it is today.

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

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June 19, 2026

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

Update Date

June 19, 2026