{"id":11608,"date":"2015-08-04T05:10:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T09:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=11608"},"modified":"2015-08-04T05:10:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T09:10:07","slug":"final-edition-of-this-day-in-rmr-history-published-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/final-edition-of-this-day-in-rmr-history-published-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Edition of "This Day In RMR History" Published Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Westmount, Quebec – 04 August\u00a02015: The final post of\u00a0\u201cThis Day In RMR History\u201d<\/a>\u00a0was published today, twrapping up precisely one year of daily posts telling the story of the RMR’s first year of service, which was brought into existence as part of Canada’s response to war in 1914.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the First World War, The Royal Montreal\u00a0Regiment suffered 4,469 casualties (1,192 died and 3,277 wounded) or\u00a071% of its total nominal roll (76%\u00a0of all officers; 70% of all men). It participated in 12 major battles; won 281 decorations including 2 VCs\u00a0and 12 French, Belgian and Russian decorations. RMR\u2019s serving in other units received a further 51 decorations.<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis Day In RMR History\u201d<\/a>\u00a0was a Centennial project produced by\u00a0the RMR Foundation that published daily a series of \u201cThis Day in RMR History\u201d <\/a>stories to highlight the activities of the RMR 100 years ago. \u00a0Additional significant anniversaries were added in as well, like the 70th anniversary of the battle for the Leopold Canal in October, the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo in June, etc. Entries were cross-posted to the RMR Facebook account page and each post received approximately 1,000 daily views.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Day in RMR History\u201d<\/a>\u00a0was researched and written by Captain (ret\u2019d) Hamilton Slessor, a former RMR officer whose father served in the original 14th CEF (RMR) during the First World War, and later rose in rank to eventually command the RMR \u2013 including war time command during the Second World War. Hamilton’s wife, Jane, performed the difficult and exacting task of editing each of the 375+ posts that spanned from end June 2014 to 31 July 2015.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Slessor\u2019s\u00a0mandate was to tell the story of The Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR) and Canada\u2019s experiences in the First World War for a one-year period (01 August 1914 \u2013 31 July 1915). \u00a0They produced a masterful collection of posts that detailed\u00a0all aspects of the Canadian Army\u2019s experience during that period and are all available here<\/a>. \u00a0Hamilton’s research also contributed significantly to the\u00a0series of short videos<\/a>\u00a0about Canada\u2019s participation the the Great War that the RMR Foundation worked with Global Montreal to produce.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the entire Regimental family, Bravo<\/strong> to the Slessor’s for an excellent job!<\/p>\n

Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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