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  • “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

  • The Story of our Regimental March – Ça Ira

    Sunday, May 23, 1915 In billets, Le Hamel The Battalion War Diarist wrote nothing for this day. THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: May 23, 1915 – 222nd Anniversary of the Battle of Famars…

    May 23, 2015

  • RMR MARCHES THROUGH WESTMOUNT IN ANNUAL CHURCH PARADE

    Story and photos by Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR 1975-82) Under a hot spring sun, the men and women of The Royal Montreal Regiment marched through the streets of Westmount on May…

    May 22, 2015

  • Poem for Richard Steacie

    Westmount, QC – 22 April 2015: On the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the 2nd Battle of Ypres, we are pleased to release a poem that has been written in honour…

    April 22, 2015