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  • Global Montreal promotes RMR’s Centennial

    Westmount, QC – 28 September 2014:  In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal will be running a series of historical “time capsules” once per…

    September 28, 2014

  • ROYAL MONTREAL REGIMENT CONTINUES EMBARKING

    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…

    September 28, 2014

  • RMR helps Hampstead turn 100

    Westmount, 27 September 2014 – The Royal Montreal Regiment helped the Town of Hampstead celebrate their 100th birthday last Sunday, and used the opportunity to exercise their Freedom of the City, first…

    September 27, 2014

  • MOTOR TRANSPORT FOR CANADIAN CONTINGENT

    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…

    September 27, 2014

  • EMBARKATION CONFUSION

    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…

    September 26, 2014

  • FIRST MOVE TO EMBARKATION FOR RMR

    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…

    September 25, 2014

  • Volunteers Wanted To Spruce Up Armoury’s Exterior This Weekend

    Westmount, 24 September 2014 – Comrade Albert Sebe from RMR Association (Branch 14) is organizing a clean-up of the exterior of the Armoury this weekend, and he needs some volunteers to help…

    September 24, 2014

  • FIRST CASUALTY OF THE ROYAL MONTREAL REGIMENT

    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…

    September 24, 2014

  • RMR Waits for Escorts

    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…

    September 23, 2014

  • GALA TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT

    Westmount, 22 September 2014 – As of 21 September 2014, we have sold all of the 504 tickets available for the event. We are currently exploring the possibility of adding additional tables, so…

    September 22, 2014