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  • Valcartier base growing quickly

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 18 August 1914 – While recruiting of men continued for the units which would make up Canada’s initial contribution to the War effort in Europe, the…

    August 18, 2014

  • German Army Advances Quickly Through Belgium

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 17 August 1914 – Following the very “soggy” parade of the Montreal Garrison on the Champ de Mars the previous Friday evening, independent company training continued…

    August 17, 2014

  • WOULD YOU FIGHT FOR A DOLLAR A DAY…?

    16 August 1914 – In the weeks following the call for recruiting, newspapers across Canada carried advertisements by local military units seeking recruits.  In addition to the advertisements by two of our…

    August 16, 2014

  • RMR’s Guarding Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    Ottawa, 15 August 2014 – Corporal Benjamin Gancz and Private Brigitte O’Driscoll from the RMR have the honour of standing guard for Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa this month.…

    August 15, 2014

  • Westmount Police Dismantle Wireless Stations

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 15 August 1914 – Following the declaration of war, government officials took immediate measures to secure vital infrastructure sites such as the Victoria Bridge and the…

    August 15, 2014

  • Rain for first RMR parade

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 14 August 1914 –  The Montreal Garrison parade scheduled for the evening of August 14th turned out to be an event not to be forgotten. Thunder roared…

    August 14, 2014

  • Largest Parade Ever Held in Montreal

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 13 August 1914 – Against ever darkening war clouds over Europe, Canadian Militia units continued to mobilize and parade.  On August 13th 1914, an article in…

    August 13, 2014

  • Recruiting Push Continues

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 12 August 1914 – In Montreal enlistment of new recruits for active service abroad continued at a rapid pace.  The men who signed up continued to live…

    August 12, 2014

  • SEEING DOUBLE? TWO COLONELS RUNNING RMR

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 11 August 1914 – The officer named second-in-command of the newly formed Royal Montreal Regiment was Lieut.-Colonel William Watt Burland, the Commanding Officer of the 3rd…

    August 11, 2014

  • VALCARTIER STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 10 August 1914 – During the second week in August militia detachments and units not slated for the Expeditionary Force began arriving at Valcartier to take…

    August 10, 2014