{"id":11684,"date":"2015-07-29T17:13:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=11684"},"modified":"2015-07-29T17:13:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T21:13:54","slug":"profile-of-service-corporal-j-david-awarded-the-mckean-trophy-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/profile-of-service-corporal-j-david-awarded-the-mckean-trophy-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile of Service: Corporal J. David Awarded the McKean Trophy for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11685\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 185px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/McKean_1920.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11685 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/McKean_1920-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"McKean_1920\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">George Burdon McKean, VC, MC, MM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/history\/\">Captain G.B. McKean, VC, MC, MM<\/a> Trophy is awarded annually at the Church Parade to the best soldier in the Regiment. \u00a0Section commanders will forward their nominations through the chain of command, and officers commanding companies will defend their selections before the Commanding Officer. \u00a0Selection criteria will include: attendance, technical ability, leadership potential, relations with peers and superiors, dress, and the extent to which he\/she embodies the Regimental spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Named after one of the Regiment\u2019s heroes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/history\/\">Captain G.B. McKean, VC, MC, MM<\/a> embodied the warrior ethos (being one of Canada\u2019s soldiers the most decorated for bravery) and he was awarded the VC for his actions in 1918: \u201cFOR MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY DURING A RAID ON THE ENEMY\u2019S TRENCHES (APRIL 27th \u2013 28th, 1918, IN THE GAVRELLE SECTOR)\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11686\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ChurchParade2015-187.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11686 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ChurchParade2015-187-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Corporal Joseph David receiving his trophy from His Worship Peter Trent, Mayor of Westmount - 03 May 2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Corporal Joseph David receiving his trophy from His Worship Peter Trent, Mayor of Westmount &#8211; 03 May 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2015 the trophy was awarded to Corporal J. David, who is currently serving as CQ for the rifle company. He joined the RMR in September 2011 and has been very active in the unit ever since, even being selected to join the RMR\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/centennial\/nijmegan-2014\/\">2014 Centennial Nijmegen<\/a> marching contingent. In fact, his favourite memory of serving with the Regiment includes the gruelling preparation where the RMR team accumulated over 1,000 kilometres of marching together over several months.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Montreal, Corporal David works on movie props in his civilian life and is an avid gun collector. \u00a0He admits to being <i>\u201chappy, proud, and a little intimidated\u201d<\/i> on being awarded the McKean Trophy for being recognized as the best soldier in the Regiment. \u00a0His advice to other soldiers who might want to win the same trophy in the future is to <em>\u201calways give all you got, and nothing less!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Corporal David, he truly sets the standard for the rest of us!<\/p>\n<p><em>Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Captain G.B. McKean, VC, MC, MM Trophy is awarded annually at the Church Parade to the best soldier in the Regiment. \u00a0Section commanders will forward their nominations through the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684","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=11684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}