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  • Governor General’s birthday greetings to RMR

    Westmount, QC – 02 November 2014:  His Excellency David Johnson’s best wishes to the Regiment for 100 years of service to Canada.  

  • GLOBAL MONTREAL SPECIAL SERIES: THE ROYAL MONTREAL REGIMENT: PART 4

    Westmount, QC – 20 October 2014:  In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal is running a series of historical “time capsules” once per week describing…

  • MY REMEMBRANCE  DAY  

    Written by Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR 1975-82) Once a year, The Royal Montreal Regiment marches through the streets of Westmount to the city cenotaph on Sherbrooke Street, not far from city hall, to…

  • GLOBAL MONTREAL SPECIAL SERIES: THE ROYAL MONTREAL REGIMENT: PART 3

    Westmount, QC – 14 October 2014:  In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal is running a series of historical “time capsules” once per week…

  • GLOBAL MONTREAL SPECIAL SERIES: THE ROYAL MONTREAL REGIMENT: PART 2

    Westmount, QC – 06 October 2014:  In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal is running a series of historical “time capsules” once per week describing…

  • Battle for Leopold Canal: 70 Years Later

    Westmount, 06 October 2014 – Today is the 70th anniversary of the Battle for Leopold Canal, one of the Regiment’s principal battle honours won in the Second World War.  Maj Robert Schwob,…

  • Global Montreal Special Series: The Royal Montreal Regiment: Part 1

    Westmount, QC – 29 September 2014:  In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal is running a series of historical “time capsules” once per week…

  • Canada Post Launches Commemorative Envelope for RMR

    Westmount, QC – 16 September 2014:  In a dignified ceremony held in the Officers’ Mess of The Royal Montreal Regiment, Mr. Guy Morrissette, Manager of Retail Business for Canada Post, formally presented…

  • Retired Colour Sashes On Display

    Westmount, QC – 18 September 2014:  The colour sashes of The Royal Montreal Regiment were replaced a few years back by the generous donation by then Honorary Colonel Henry F. Hall, CD,…

  • RMR VC Winner Featured in Postmedia article

    Westmount, 15 July 2014 – The RMR’s second Victoria Cross recipient George Burdon McKean, a native of Edmonton, Alberta, was featured in an article written as part of their ongoing series on The…