Month / March 2015

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  • No Raincoats for RMR’s Serving in Wet Flanders Spring of 1915

    Saturday, March 6, 1915 In trenches Rue Petillon The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Quiet day except for usual shelling at noon.  Considerable work done on front line and breastwork…

  • RMR’s Movements Kept Secret in 1915

    Friday, March 5, 1915 In trenches Rue Petillon The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Had 2nd man killed by sniper at corner Sailly-Fromelles Road while going up to front line…

  • First RMR Killed in Action: Private Hopey

    Thursday, March 4, 1915 In trenches Rue Petillon The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Slight shelling by German ‘77’ guns about noon.  Had the first man killed in trenches by…

  • RMR Receives Three Cows in 1915

    Wednesday, March 3, 1915 In billets, Bac St. Maur   The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Senior officers Canadians assembled at Corps where they were briefly addressed by the G.O.C. Corps…

  • Great Reception for RMR from French Peasants in 1915

    Tuesday, March 2, 1915 In billets, Armentières   The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Left Armentieres at 4 p.m. to march to Bac St. Maur where battalion was billeted for…

  • TRENCH DUTIES AND RELIEF IN 1915

    Monday, March 1, 1915 In billets, Armentières   No diary entry this day. THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: Col. A. F. Duguid’s “Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919,” contains in…