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CONVOY SECURITY – OR THE LACK OF SECURITY?
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 05 October 1914 – “By order of the Minister of Militia, the Department of Marine and Fisheries and the Department of the Naval Service had been requested…
October 5, 2014 -
NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT JOINS THE CONVOY
THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 04 Octboer 1914 – The convoy, having left the Gaspé Basin the previous day headed out through the Gulf of St. Lawrence. As it passed the Avalon…
October 4, 2014 -
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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