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THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 26 September 1914 – “From the outset it was the intention of the Militia Department and the War Office that the Canadian Contingent should lose no time…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 25 September 1914 – “For the 14th Battalion, which at this time numbered 46 officers and 1,097 other ranks, the move began on the afternoon of September…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 24 September 1914 – The first death of a member of the 14th Battalion occurred on September 24th, 1914.  Private Harold Reese Longhurst was born in late…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 23 September 1914 – The Globe’s Valcartier correspondent reported the previous evening “Every precaution is being taken to insure a safe passage across the Atlantic for the Canadian…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 22 September 1914 – “Following the Duke of Connaught’s farewell review, last Sunday, [the 20th] re-attestation of the men for overseas service was expedited, as the day…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 21 September 1914 – After the latest reorganization of the Canadian Contingent, this report from The Globe today suggested that apparently the Royal Montreal Regiment was still…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 20 September 1914 – “Issue of material and equipment continued through September, service uniforms gradually replacing the militia uniforms and mufti in which the troops had reached…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 19 September 1914 – The Montreal business newspaper, The Journal of Commerce, reported earlier this week from Sydney, Cape Breton, that “A Canadian commission, comprising Thomas Cantley,…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 18 September 1914 –  The report of The Montreal Daily Mail’s correspondent from Valcartier on Friday night contained this. “The Canadian troops are to preserve their identity…

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 17 September 1914 – “The Highland Brigade was engaged in a sham battle to-day, and the fighting became so fierce that at one time the men actually…