{"id":8789,"date":"2014-07-30T17:59:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T21:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=8789"},"modified":"2014-07-30T17:59:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T21:59:03","slug":"death-of-two-rmr-cadets-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/death-of-two-rmr-cadets-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of Two RMR Cadets Remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9022\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 670px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/30-July-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9022 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/30-July-14-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the RMR Family by the Cadet Memorial\" width=\"670\" height=\"501\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Members of the RMR&#8217;s extended Regimental Family pose by the Valcartier Cadet Memorial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Valcartier, 30 July 2014 &#8211; Members of the RMR Family\u00a0<span style=\"color: #444444;\">joined victims and families in remembering the 1974 grenade explosion at the Cadet Summer Training Centre at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, during a memorial ceremony today on the base. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Both Commanding Officers of the two RMR Cadet Corps (Captain Brooker of 2806 and Captain Dover of 2862) were on hand for the ceremony, accompanied by their officers, Cadets, staff, and the RMR&#8217;s Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel (a former 2806 Cadet himself).<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_8794\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 150px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1974-memorial-plaque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8794\" src=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1974-memorial-plaque-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: CBC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: CBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">On July 30, 1974, an accidental grenade explosion at the Valcartier Army Cadet Summer Training Centre claimed the lives of six cadets and wounded dozens more. While the incident occurred many years ago, Canadians have not forgotten. A memorial ceremony led by former CAF members and cadets who were present at the training centre in 1974 is held annually to commemorate this tragedy. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two members of the RMR Cadet Corps # 2862 (Westmount) were killed in the explosion: Claude Charbonneau and Othon Mangos. \u00a0The families of the victims also participated in a second ceremony to unveil a refurbished memorial within the lines of the Valcartier Cadet Camp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8792 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Gerry-Fostaty-As-You-Were-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Gerry-Fostaty-As-You-Were\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Gerry Fostaty, another RMR Cadet (2806, Pointe-Claire) who was an 18-year-old sergeant that summer and one of the first on the scene after the explosion, has written a book about the day and aftermath. \u00a0He was one of the RMR&#8217;s on the scene today in Valcartier for the memorial service and was proudly wearing his Regimental tie. \u00a0His book can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/As-You-Were-Tragedy-Valcartier\/dp\/0864926480\/ref=pd_ybh_2\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>purchased from Amazon<\/strong><\/a>, Indigo, or most other book retailers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valcartier, 30 July 2014 &#8211; Members of the RMR Family\u00a0joined victims and families in remembering the 1974 grenade explosion at the Cadet Summer Training Centre at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier,<\/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-8789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8789","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=8789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}