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Monday, April 5, 1915 In rest billets northern outskirts of Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: Nothing – No details recorded [1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “The militia department is forming a dental…

Sunday, April 4, 1915 In rest billets northern outskirts of Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: Nothing – No details recorded [1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “Paris, April 1, 6:20 p.m. – Captivity…

Saturday, April 3, 1915 In rest billets northern outskirts of Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: Nothing No details recorded [1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “London.  Since the war the work of the…

Friday, April 2, 1915 In rest billets northern outskirts of Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “C.O. and 2nd in Command went to Fauquissart with GO.C. 3rd Brigade and reconnoitred German…

Thursday, April 1, 1915 In rest billets northern outskirts of Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “6 hours per day training.  Trench digging, instruction in wiring and dealing with wire, route…

Wednesday, March 31, 1915 In billets, Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Training carried on.”  [1] PRIVATE C. D. B. WHITBY`S LETTER – PART 2 ROYAL MONTREALS’ BAPTISM OF FIRE Graphic…

Tuesday, March 30, 1915 In billets, Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Estaires bombed by German ‘planes.  No casualties in the battalion.  Training begun, special attention being paid to bombing…

Monday, March 29, 1915 In billets, Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Dammed up the Courant de Meteren-Basque, a small stream which flowed through our billeting area, and made swimming…

Sunday, March 28, 1915 In billets, Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Battalion being paid, and men sent by Companies to Divisional Baths in Estaires where they had hot baths…