{"id":11077,"date":"2015-04-30T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=11077"},"modified":"2015-04-30T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T10:00:24","slug":"casualty-reports-from-2nd-ypres-begin-to-appear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/casualty-reports-from-2nd-ypres-begin-to-appear\/","title":{"rendered":"Casualty Reports From 2nd Ypres begin to appear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, April 30, 1915<\/i><\/p>\n

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:\u00a0\u201cOn the night of April 29\/30 the Battalion was moved to the East side of the Yser Canal to a position in C20C. The frontage allotted not being found sufficient for the whole Bn., one coy dug themselves in connecting the line between the 16th Can. Bn. & the King\u2019s Own Scottish Borderers of the 13th Bde.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the Bn. were withdrawn to the canal bank, east side, between positions 2 & 3 where they remained during the day of April 30th. After dusk that day they were moved back to the trenches in C19D & C20C, the frontage meantime having been rearranged to make room for the whole Bn. Here the Bn. remained for Saturday, Sunday & Monday, May 1st, 2nd & 3rd under shell fire.\u201d [1]<\/p>\n

Again from the Battalion history: \u201cApril 30th was a warm day and the men of Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Companies enjoyed the novel experience of swimming in the Canal under shell fire from enemy guns. At night a rearrangement of dispositions having been effected, the companies moved forward to join No. 1 Coy. in the trenches facing the Pilkem-St. Julien Ridge. Fairly heavy shelling and scattered rifle fire were encountered during the move, Lieut.-Col. W.W. Burland receiving a severe shrapnel bruise and Lieut. S. Grant a bullet through the arm.\u201d [2]<\/p>\n

\"30<\/a>\u201cOttawa, April 30. \u2013 There are thirty-five officers to each battalion and the casualties to date in the various battalions are as follows. 16th Battalion, 24 officers; 10th Battalion, 23 officers; 3rd Battalion, 21 officers; 5th Battalion, 19 officers; 7th Battalion, 18 officers; 8th Battalion, 17 officers; 15th Battalion, 17 officers; 2nd Battalion, 17 officers; 14th Battalion, 11 officers; 1st Battalion, 9 officers; 9th Battalion, 8 officers; 13th Battalion, 7 officers.<\/p>\n

The 10th Battalion has lost a total of 9 officers killed, the 7th has 6 killed, the 16th and 13th have 4 officers killed, the 14th has 3 killed, and the 2nd has 5 killed, the 3rd has 4 killed, the 4th has 4 killed, the 5th and 8th each have one killed, the 1st and 15th have none reported killed as yet.\u201d \u00a0[3]<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Operation-Report of May 6th<\/sup>, 1915,<\/em> War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089727.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R.C. Featherstonhaugh, The Royal Montreal Regiment 14th<\/sup> Battalion C.E.F. 1914-1925<\/em>, Montreal, The Gazette Printing Co., Ltd., 1927, pg. 46.<\/pre>\n
[3]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNumber of Officers in Casualty Lists,\u201d The Montreal Daily Mail<\/em>, Montreal, Quebec, Saturday, May 1, 1915, page 1, col. 4.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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