VALCARTIER STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 10 August 1914 – During the second week in August militia detachments and units […]
MEIGHEN NAMED AS FIRST CO RMR
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 09 August 1914 – The first Commanding Officer of the newly formed Royal Montreal […]
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 […]
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 […]
RMR MOBILIZES FOR WAR
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 06 August 1914 – On this date the Minister of Militia had the Adjutant-General send […]
RMR gets named
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – August 5, 1914: After being ordered to combine their forces, and following a series […]
Canada At War!
August 4th, 1914: The British Government was certain the House of Commons would support a policy of resistance to Germany, and […]
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 […]
GERMAN ULTIMATUM TO BELGIUM
02 August 1914 – The German Minister to Brussels presented an ultimatum demanding Belgium’s agreement to a German advance against […]
GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA!
01 August 1914 – Germany declared war on Russia on this date and five days later Austria followed suit. The […]