Author / Colin
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Supplies Run Short on RMR’s Ocean Crossing
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 08 October 1914 – ”After a week at sea certain supplies ran short. On the Andania cigarette stocks were exhausted, and cheese was substituted for butter and jam.…
October 8, 2014 -
Spy Scare on RMR troop ship
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 07 October 1914 – From the point of view of the 14th Battalion, divided as it was between two ocean liners, the Regimental history has this to…
October 7, 2014 -
GLOBAL MONTREAL SPECIAL SERIES: THE ROYAL MONTREAL REGIMENT: PART 2
Westmount, QC – 06 October 2014: In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal is running a series of historical “time capsules” once per week describing…
October 6, 2014 -
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