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  • Witness to War: Sunday March 25, 1917

    Private Raymond Duval, MM, was a soldier of the 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) CEF who served overseas during the last two years of the First World War. He participated in some…

  • Witness to War: Saturday March 24, 1917

    Private Raymond Duval, MM, was a soldier of the 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) CEF who served overseas during the last two years of the First World War. He participated in some…

  • Witness to War: Friday March 23, 1917

    Private Raymond Duval, MM, was a soldier of the 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) CEF who served overseas during the last two years of the First World War. He participated in some…

  • Witness to War: Thursday March 22, 1917

    Private Raymond Duval, MM, was a soldier of the 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) CEF who served overseas during the last two years of the First World War. He participated in some…

  • French Canada in World War 1

    Westmount, Quebec – 20 March 2017: The University Club will be hosting a discussion on 03 April 2017 between 17h00 – 19h00 on the important and almost unknown role that French-Canadians played…

  • Duval Diary: Witnessing the War 100 years on

    Westmount, Quebec – 10 March 2017: The RMR Foundation is working to keep alive the memory of those who served during the First World War and starting 0n 22 March 2017 we will begin…

  • Sgt Lambourne: Architect of the RMR’s “Sacred Soil”

    Westmount, Quebec – 26 February 2017: The RMR Foundation recently learned who was responsible for establishing Nine Elms cemetery, where 96 RMR’s in 80 graves are laid out together in one row,…

  • “Regiments on the Ridge” Vimy exhibit announced for April 2017

    Westmount, Quebec – 28 January 2017: The battle of Vimy Ridge was a defining moment for Canada. In April 1917, the Canadian Corps, fighting for the first time as a Canadian entity, attacked…

  • RMR officially launches Souterrain Impressions exhibt

    Westmount, Quebec – 10 April 2016: On Thursday 07 April 2016, The Royal Montreal Regiment welcomed in members of the community to help them officially launch the Souterrain Impressions Exhibition,which is a…

  • 99 Years Later: The RMR’s Assault on Vimy Ridge

    Westmount, Quebec – 09 April 2016: 99 years ago this morning, in the snow and rain, the men of the 14th Battalion (RMR) – as part of the first assault wave of the…