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  • Canada At War!

    August 4th, 1914: The British Government was certain the House of Commons would support a policy of resistance to Germany, and on this morning the British sent an ultimatum giving Berlin until midnight…

  • FRANCE & GERMANY NOW AT WAR!

    03 August 1914 – France and Germany exchanged declarations of war against each other, and all eyes turned towards Britain to see what she would do…

  • GERMAN ULTIMATUM TO BELGIUM

    02 August 1914 – The German Minister to Brussels presented an ultimatum demanding Belgium’s agreement to a German advance against France through Belgian territory.  The Belgians were adamantly against such German plans…

  • August Newsletter released

    Westmount, 01 August 2014 – The latest edition of the RMR Foundation newsletter has been released, you can read a copy here. Of particular note are the upcoming Reunion Smoker on 23…

  • GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA!

    01 August 1914 – Germany declared war on Russia on this date and five days later Austria followed suit.  The Anglo-French Convention of 1904, and a similar agreement with Russia in 1907…

  • RMR Cadet CO briefs CJAD’s Tommy Schnurmacher

    Pointe-Claire, 31 July 2014 – The Commanding Officer of 2806 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Pointe-Claire (RMR), Captain Sybil Brooker, was a guest on the Tommy Schnurmacher show on CJAD 800 AM…

  • SECRET WARNING ORDER ISSUED FOR WAR

    31 July 1914 – On this date, by direction of Col. Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia, Officers Commanding Canadian Militia units received secret instructions to regard as “purely tentative” the…

  • Death of Two RMR Cadets Remembered

    Valcartier, 30 July 2014 – Members of the RMR Family joined victims and families in remembering the 1974 grenade explosion at the Cadet Summer Training Centre at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, during a…

  • RUSSIA MOBILIZES FOR WAR

    July 30th 1914:   Russia ordered a general mobilization on this date. Great Britain received a German proposal which did much to change Britain’s “overwhelmingly pacific” attitude.  The Germans wanted Britain to remain…

  • RMR TEAM BACK FROM NIJMEGEN

    Westmount, 28 July 2014 – In July of 2014, the RMR sent a contingent of soldiers to take part in the Annual Nijmegen Marches.  Held in the Netherlands, “the Four Days Marches” is…