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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…
March 20, 2017 -
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…
March 10, 2017 -
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,…
February 26, 2017 -
“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…
January 28, 2017 -
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…
April 10, 2016 -
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…
April 9, 2016 -
RMR Moose Keeps An Eye On Prince Andrew
23 October 2015: There was an RMR connection quietly keeping an eye on things as Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, was invited to officially open the new-look York Army Museum of the…
October 23, 2015 -
Bus Named After RMR Soldier
Westmount, Quebec – 19 October 2015: The Town of Purfleet, Essex, England has commemorated its native sons who died in the First World War. They named each of twenty six of their transit…
October 19, 2015 -
AN RMR COLONEL REMEMBERS: THE LIFE & TIMES OF HARRY HALL
By Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR 1975-82) Over the past 100 years, The Royal Montreal Regiment has seen more than 10,000 men and women wear its cap badge. The best were great soldiers…
September 23, 2015 -
UNIFORMS OF THE RMR PART ONE: 1945-72
By Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR, 1975-82) When the Royal Montreal Regiment resumed training in Montreal after the Second World War, its officers and soldiers wore exactly the same uniforms and equipment…
August 1, 2015
