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  • FRANCE & GERMANY NOW AT WAR!

    03 August 1914 – France and Germany exchanged declarations of war against each other, and all eyes turned towards Britain to see what she would do…

    August 3, 2014

  • GERMAN ULTIMATUM TO BELGIUM

    02 August 1914 – The German Minister to Brussels presented an ultimatum demanding Belgium’s agreement to a German advance against France through Belgian territory.  The Belgians were adamantly against such German plans…

    August 2, 2014

  • August Newsletter released

    Westmount, 01 August 2014 – The latest edition of the RMR Foundation newsletter has been released, you can read a copy here. Of particular note are the upcoming Reunion Smoker on 23…

    August 1, 2014

  • GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA!

    01 August 1914 – Germany declared war on Russia on this date and five days later Austria followed suit.  The Anglo-French Convention of 1904, and a similar agreement with Russia in 1907…

    August 1, 2014

  • RMR Cadet CO briefs CJAD’s Tommy Schnurmacher

    Pointe-Claire, 31 July 2014 – The Commanding Officer of 2806 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Pointe-Claire (RMR), Captain Sybil Brooker, was a guest on the Tommy Schnurmacher show on CJAD 800 AM…

    July 31, 2014

  • SECRET WARNING ORDER ISSUED FOR WAR

    31 July 1914 – On this date, by direction of Col. Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia, Officers Commanding Canadian Militia units received secret instructions to regard as “purely tentative” the…

    July 31, 2014

  • Death of Two RMR Cadets Remembered

    Valcartier, 30 July 2014 – Members of the RMR Family joined victims and families in remembering the 1974 grenade explosion at the Cadet Summer Training Centre at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, during a…

    July 30, 2014

  • RUSSIA MOBILIZES FOR WAR

    July 30th 1914:   Russia ordered a general mobilization on this date. Great Britain received a German proposal which did much to change Britain’s “overwhelmingly pacific” attitude.  The Germans wanted Britain to remain…

    July 30, 2014

  • RMR TEAM BACK FROM NIJMEGEN

    Westmount, 28 July 2014 – In July of 2014, the RMR sent a contingent of soldiers to take part in the Annual Nijmegen Marches.  Held in the Netherlands, “the Four Days Marches” is…

    July 29, 2014

  • Austria Declares War on Serbia: 28 July 1914

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 28 July1914:   On this day Austria declared war on Serbia.  Many Canadians believed the conflict would prove to be a “Balkan affair” of minor significance. Sadly…

    July 28, 2014