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  • Life Onboard Ship Sure Beats Valcartier!

    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…

    October 3, 2014

  • Grand Fleet Escorts Gathering

    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…

    October 2, 2014

  • CASTING OFF FROM QUEBEC CITY

    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…

    October 1, 2014

  • RMR Troops Tame ‘RABID DOG’

    Written by Corporal Joyal, a Rifleman serving in # 2 Platoon, “A” Company of The Royal Montreal Regiment Westmount, QC – 30 September 2014: Small unit tactics are at the heart of…

    September 30, 2014

  • RMR SAYS GOOD-BYE TO QUEBEC

    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…

    September 30, 2014

  • Global Montreal Special Series: The Royal Montreal Regiment: Part 1

    Westmount, QC – 29 September 2014:  In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal is running a series of historical “time capsules” once per week…

    September 29, 2014

  • Loading List of RMR Sailing for England

    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…

    September 29, 2014

  • 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