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THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 06 October 1914 – Of life on board ship, Duguid in his “Official History” wrote: – “The routine on board the transports was left to the commander…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 05 October 1914 – “By order of the Minister of Militia, the Department of Marine and Fisheries and the Department of the Naval Service had been requested…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 04 Octboer 1914 – The convoy, having left the Gaspé Basin the previous day headed out through the Gulf of St. Lawrence.  As it passed the Avalon…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 03 October 1914 – “On the afternoon of October 3rd the transports steamed from Gaspé Basin and formed up in three parallel columns, about a mile and…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 02 October 1914 – “Protection of the Canadian Contingent during its passage to England had been planned by the Admiralty originally for a convoy estimated to be…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 01 October 1914 – By nightfall on 1 October the last of the thirty loaded transports had moved out into the St. Lawrence where sealed orders were…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 30 September 1914 – “Late on the afternoon of September 30th the Alaunia and Andania, together with other transports, weighed anchor and slipped downstream. Crowds lined the…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 29 September 1914 – In the fall of 1914, the Cunard Line’s new ships the Andania and the Alaunia, both built in 1913, transported troops, vehicles and…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 28 September 1914 – “ Nos. 4, 5, and 6 Companies of the [14th] Battalion, and the Base Company, remained in camp till the morning of September…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 27 September 1914 – “Valcartier September 27.  In motor equipment the Canadian overseas expeditionary force will make a fine display, the contingent having an ample supply of…