Month / April 2015

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  • Casualty Reports From 2nd Ypres begin to appear

    Friday, April 30, 1915 THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “On the night of April 29/30 the Battalion was moved to the East side of the Yser Canal to a position in C20C. The…

    April 30, 2015

  • POISON GASES KILLED MANY CANADIANS in 1915

    Thursday, April 29, 1915 THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: From the Ops-Report attached to the War Diary:- “The Bn. maintained its position on the west bank of the Yser Canal, I13 remaining here…

    April 29, 2015

  • RMR Association members help get Italian monument restored

    28 April 2015, Westmount, QC – A monument in Italy is looking a lot better now, due in no small part to the efforts of Captain Grant Furholter of the RMR (also a…

    April 28, 2015

  • RMR soldier recounts heroic fight at Ypres

    Wednesday, April 28, 1915 THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: To paraphrase the Ops-Report attached to the War Diary:- “The whole Bn. remained in the Transport lines, H5, during the day of Wednesday April…

    April 28, 2015

  • RMR to hold Church Parade 03 May 2015

    Westmount, QC – The Royal Montreal Regiment along with the RMR Association (Br. 14) and affiliated cadet units will use this opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments of the past training year.  The…

    April 27, 2015

  • “ONLY CANADIANS’ WONDERFUL STAND THAT SAVED LINE”

    Tuesday, April 27, 1915 THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “The whole Bn. remained in position under continuous & heavy shell fire until Tuesday night April 27th when it was moved back to the…

    April 27, 2015

  • “Canadians Alone Stopped the German Onrush” at 2nd Ypres

    Monday, April 26, 1915 THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “No. 1 Coy of the 14th remained in the trenches in the left sector of the G.H.Q. line until relieved on Monday night April…

    April 26, 2015

  • FIRST VICTORIA CROSS FOR RMR

    Sunday, April 25, 1915 THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger was born in Montreal, Quebec, February 7, 1880. He attended Montreal High School before going on to McGill University Medical…

    April 25, 2015

  • Canadians bear the brunt at 2nd Ypres

    Saturday, April 24, 1915 THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “At 3:30 a.m. Saturday, April 24th a very heavy bombardment was opened by the enemy with high explosives & shrapnel on this new line…

    April 24, 2015

  • RMR’s WAR DIARY / OPERATIONS REPORT from 2nd Ypres

    Friday, April 23, 1915 In billets, St. Jean The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Particulars of operations attached.” [1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: The Battalion War Diary as typed up for…

    April 23, 2015