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  • MEIGHEN NAMED AS FIRST CO RMR

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 09 August 1914 – The first Commanding Officer of the newly formed Royal Montreal Regiment was Lieut.-Colonel Frank Stephen Meighen.  A patron of the arts, impresario…

    August 9, 2014

  • VALCARTIER NAMED AS RMR’S FIRST HOME

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 08 August 1914 – The summons sent out on 6 August 1914 by the Minister of Militia had named the place of mobilization as Valcartier, sixteen…

    August 8, 2014

  • RMR Cadets Training at Camp Argonaut

    Pointe-Claire, 07 August 2014 – Cadets from the RMR’s Pointe-Claire Cadet Corps (# 2806) have been enjoying a successful summer at Camp Argonaut (attached to CFG Gagetown) in New Brunswick.  Shown in…

    August 7, 2014

  • RECRUITING FOR WAR BEGINS IN EARNEST

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 07 August 1914 – During the days of early and mid-August, officers and their subordinates of newly formed Montreal unit worked enthusiastically at the tasks which organization…

    August 7, 2014

  • RIP: Comrade Don Caissie

    Westmount, 05 August 14 – RMR Association (Branch 14) of the Royal Canadian Legion regrets to announce the death of Comrade Don Caissie yesterday at Ridge Meadows, British Columbia. Pre-deceased by his parents, Romeo and…

    August 6, 2014

  • RMR MOBILIZES FOR WAR

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 06 August 1914 – On this date the Minister of Militia had the Adjutant-General send a night lettergram to 226 unit commanders of the Canadian Militia instructing…

    August 6, 2014

  • RMR gets named

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – August 5, 1914:  After being ordered to combine their forces, and following a series of meetings involving the Grenadier Guards, the Victoria Rifles, and the Carabiniers…

    August 5, 2014

  • RMR Association launches website

    Westmount – 04 August 2014, Branch 14 (RMR Association) of The Royal Canadian Legion has launched a website to better communicate with its members and extend its reach to the greater community…

    August 4, 2014

  • Canada At War!

    August 4th, 1914: The British Government was certain the House of Commons would support a policy of resistance to Germany, and on this morning the British sent an ultimatum giving Berlin until midnight…

    August 4, 2014

  • 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