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ROYAL MONTREALS’ BAPTISM OF FIRE IN 1915 – Part 2
Wednesday, March 31, 1915 In billets, Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Training carried on.” [1] PRIVATE C. D. B. WHITBY`S LETTER – PART 2 ROYAL MONTREALS’ BAPTISM OF FIRE Graphic Description of Trench Fighting by Pte. Whitby of Gazette Staff – Praised by Gen. French – Battalion Has Already Seen Plenty of Heavy…
ContinueROYAL MONTREALS’ BAPTISM OF FIRE in 1915
Tuesday, March 30, 1915 In billets, Estaires The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Estaires bombed by German ‘planes. No casualties in the battalion. Training begun, special attention being paid to bombing and entrenching.” [1] PRIVATE C. D. B. WHITBY`S LETTER – PART 1 ROYAL MONTREALS’ BAPTISM OF FIRE Graphic Description of Trench Fighting by…
ContinueRMR Association visits Canadian War Museum
Westmount, Quebec – 05 August 2018: 4o members of the RMR Association and their families visited the Canadian War Museum on Saturday 04 August 2018. Using train tickets provided by the RMR Foundation through a Via Rail sponsorship package from the Regiment’s centennial in 2014, the RMR Association members were lucky to travel in style…
ContinueWitness to War: Monday June 25, 1917
Private Raymond Duval, MM, was a soldier of the 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) CEF who served overseas during the last two years of the First World War. He participated in some of the fiercest fighting seen by Canadians during the war and was decorated for bravery at Passchendaele. Determined to preserve his memories of…
ContinueTwo More RMR’s Killed By Snipers in 1915
Wednesday, July 7, 1915 Trenches – Ploegsteert The Battalion War Diarist wrote nothing for this day: [1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: Although the 14th Battalion was not engaged in any major operations at this time, life in the trenches was not without its hazards. One of the greatest of these was the constant danger from…
Continue1915 Battlefield Commissions For Two Future RMR CO’s
Wednesday, May 12, 1915 In billets, Bailleul (Le Nouveau Monde) The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Battn. inspected by Brig.-Gen. Turner, V.C., who expressed himself satisfied with reorganization and refitting. Commissions as Lieutenants granted to Company Sergt.-Major C.B. Price, and Sergts. Worrall and Leighton”. [1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: It is worth noting…
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