Author / Colin
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Battle for Leopold Canal: 70 Years Later
Westmount, 06 October 2014 – Today is the 70th anniversary of the Battle for Leopold Canal, one of the Regiment’s principal battle honours won in the Second World War. Maj Robert Schwob,…
October 6, 2014 -
LIFE ABOARD SHIP
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 06 October 1914 – Of life on board ship, Duguid in his “Official History” wrote: – “The routine on board the transports was left to the commander…
October 6, 2014 -
CONVOY SECURITY – OR THE LACK OF SECURITY?
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 05 October 1914 – “By order of the Minister of Militia, the Department of Marine and Fisheries and the Department of the Naval Service had been requested…
October 5, 2014 -
NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT JOINS THE CONVOY
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 04 Octboer 1914 – The convoy, having left the Gaspé Basin the previous day headed out through the Gulf of St. Lawrence. As it passed the Avalon…
October 4, 2014 -
RMR Hockey Team kicks off Centennial Season with win
Westmount, QC – 03 October 2014: The RMR hockey team kicked off its Centennial Season with a comeback victory over the Canadian Grenadier Guards (CGG). The CGG may have been one of…
October 3, 2014 -
Life Onboard Ship Sure Beats Valcartier!
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 03 October 1914 – “On the afternoon of October 3rd the transports steamed from Gaspé Basin and formed up in three parallel columns, about a mile and…
October 3, 2014 -
Grand Fleet Escorts Gathering
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 02 October 1914 – “Protection of the Canadian Contingent during its passage to England had been planned by the Admiralty originally for a convoy estimated to be…
October 2, 2014 -
CASTING OFF FROM QUEBEC CITY
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 01 October 1914 – By nightfall on 1 October the last of the thirty loaded transports had moved out into the St. Lawrence where sealed orders were…
October 1, 2014 -
RMR Troops Tame ‘RABID DOG’
Written by Corporal Joyal, a Rifleman serving in # 2 Platoon, “A” Company of The Royal Montreal Regiment Westmount, QC – 30 September 2014: Small unit tactics are at the heart of…
September 30, 2014 -
RMR SAYS GOOD-BYE TO QUEBEC
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 30 September 1914 – “Late on the afternoon of September 30th the Alaunia and Andania, together with other transports, weighed anchor and slipped downstream. Crowds lined the…
September 30, 2014