The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cAll ranks rapidly recovering from the strain and fatigue of the last two weeks.\u00a0 Men beginning to organize sports\u201d.\u00a0<\/em>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n Private Harry Leonce Dupuy, No. 25947, born at Montreal on Oct 24th<\/sup>, 1886, was an accountant by vocation.\u00a0 He signed his enlistment papers at Valcartier on September 21st<\/sup> 1914, having previously served for a year with the 24th<\/sup> Kent Regiment in the U.K. \u201cDuring an action in the vicinity of St. Jean, whilst returning to the reserve trenches, he was struck by enemy shrapnel and killed instantly\u201d [4]<\/a> \u00a0on April 26th<\/sup> 1915, aged 28 yrs. 6 mos.<\/p>\n The King Edward Horse is composed of Britishers and Colonials now resident in England.\u00a0 The force is to be commanded by Brigadier-General Seely, former Secretary of State for War.\u00a0 Rumor further intimates that the three cavalry regiments have all been most eager to join the infantry in the trenches.\u00a0 Their action has excited commendation.\u00a0 No decision has yet been arrived at as to the disposition of the cavalry units which have been raised in Canada, but if they desire to go to the front as infantry they will be accommodated.\u201d\u00a0 [6]<\/a><\/p>\n![\"06](\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/06-May-15-300x77.png\")
<\/a>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:\u00a0\u201cBrockville, May 5. – \u00a0H. S. Dupuy, Manager of the Bank of Montreal here, was notified by the Department at Ottawa that his son, Private H. L. Dupuy, a member of the 14th<\/sup> Battalion, had been killed in action in Belgium.\u00a0 He was attached to the Royal Montreal Regiment.\u201d\u00a0 [3]<\/a><\/p>\n![\"06](\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/06-May-15_B-300x208.png\")
<\/a>\u201c(Special to The Gazette.\u00a0 Ottawa, May 6. \u2013 That the Strathcona Horse, the Royal Canadian Dragoons and the King Edward Horse have crossed from England to France to fight in the trenches as part of Fourth Infantry Brigade of the Canadian contingent is the understanding here.\u00a0 The force thus added to the 4th<\/sup> Brigade will be about 1,800 strong. The Strathcona Horse numbers about 600 men, one squadron from Winnipeg and the other two raised from a number of units at Valcartier.\u00a0 It is commanded by Col. A.C. MacDonnell, DSC, of Winnipeg, and Major E.F. Mackie, DSO, is second in command.\u00a0 The Royal Canadian Dragoons are drawn from Toronto and St. Johns, Que., and are also about 600 strong.\u00a0 It is commanded by Col. Ellis of Toronto, while Major J.H. Elmsley of Toronto is second in command.<\/p>\n[1]\u00a0\u00a0 War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>, May 6, 1915.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089731.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWord of Canadians Who Fell in Battle,\u201d The Globe (1844-1936),<\/em> Toronto, Ontario, Thursday, May 06 1915, pg. 3, col. 3.<\/pre>\n
[3]\u00a0 Ibid.<\/pre>\n
[4]\u00a0 Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War<\/em>, Library and Archives Canada,\u00a0http:\/\/www.bac-lac.gc.ca\/eng\/discover\/mass-digitized-archives\/circumstances-death-registers\/Pages\/item.aspx?PageID=27437<\/a><\/pre>\n
[5]\u00a0 \u201cCavalry to Fight in the Trenches,\u201d The Gazette,<\/em> Montreal, Quebec, May 7, 1915, pg.1, col.6.<\/pre>\n
[6]\u00a0\u00a0 Ibid.<\/pre>\n
![http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089731.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n[2]\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWord of Canadians Who Fell in Battle,\u201d The Globe (1844-1936),<\/em> Toronto, Ontario, Thursday, May 06 1915, pg. 3, col. 3.<\/pre>\n[3]\u00a0 Ibid.<\/pre>\n[4]\u00a0 Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War<\/em>, Library and Archives Canada,\u00a0http:\/\/www.bac-lac.gc.ca\/eng\/discover\/mass-digitized-archives\/circumstances-death-registers\/Pages\/item.aspx?PageID=27437<\/a><\/pre>\n[5]\u00a0 \u201cCavalry to Fight in the Trenches,\u201d The Gazette,<\/em> Montreal, Quebec, May 7, 1915, pg.1, col.6.<\/pre>\n[6]\u00a0\u00a0 Ibid.<\/pre>\n<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, May 6, 1915 In billets, Bailleul (Nouveau Monde) The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cAll ranks rapidly recovering from the strain and fatigue of the last two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-day-in-rmr-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089731.jpg\"){kind=link}