Month / August 2015
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RMR Cadets Setting the Standard
ARTICLE FROM THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST 2015, written by P.A. Sevigny It’s always a good day when you’re a 16- year-old army cadet and the commander of the Canadian Armed Forces…
August 24, 2015 -
RMR Command Team Visits Valcartier
Valcartier, Quebec, 05 August 2015 – the Commanding Officer, LCol Paul Langlais, and Regimental Sergeant-Major, MWO David Cochrane, accompanied by the Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, LCol (ret’d) Colin Robinson, visited the RMR soldiers undergoing…
August 7, 2015 -
PROFILE OF SERVICE: Corporal Erik Schneider is the RMR’s Top Rifle Shot in 2014-15
The trophy for the Best Rifle Shot in The Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR) is awarded annually at the Church Parade to the soldier receiving the highest score on his/her annual Personal Weapons…
August 7, 2015 -
PROFILE OF SERVICE: PRIVATE DE LUTIS WINS THE MAJOR P.H. BARRE TROPHY (TOP RECRUIT) FOR 2015
THE MAJOR P.H. BARRE, ED, C ST S TROPHY (TOP RECRUIT) is awarded annually to the soldier receiving the highest ranking on his/her Basic Military Qualification / Soldier Qualification course. The trophy…
August 4, 2015 -
Final Edition of “This Day In RMR History” Published Today
Westmount, Quebec – 04 August 2015: The final post of “This Day In RMR History” was published today, twrapping up precisely one year of daily posts telling the story of the RMR’s first year of…
August 4, 2015 -
Final Post: This Day in RMR History
Wednesday, August 4, 1915 Piggeries The Battalion War Diarist wrote nothing for this day: “Supplied working parties – 200 men for improvement of trenches etc. under Engineers.”[1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “From…
August 4, 2015 -
14th BATTALION STRENGTH FLUCTUATION IN THE FIELD
Tuesday, August 3, 1915 Piggeries The Battalion War Diarist wrote nothing for this day: “Supplied working parties – 200 men for improvement of trenches etc. under Engineers.”[1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: The…
August 3, 2015 -
RMR Rotates Out of Trenches, Suffers More KIA
Monday, August 2, 1915 Piggeries The Battalion War Diarist wrote nothing for this day: “8:00 p.m. Left trenches, went to Piggeries”[1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: On this day “Brig.-General Turner inspected the…
August 2, 2015 -
UNIFORMS OF THE RMR PART ONE: 1945-72
By Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR, 1975-82) When the Royal Montreal Regiment resumed training in Montreal after the Second World War, its officers and soldiers wore exactly the same uniforms and equipment…
August 1, 2015 -
IDENTIFICATION DISCS IN WW1
Sunday, August 1, 1915 Trenches – Ploegsteert The Battalion War Diarist wrote nothing for this day: “In trenches at Ploegsteert (from July 29th)”[1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: “On August 1st Major Gault McCombe, who…
August 1, 2015