{"id":9885,"date":"2014-11-07T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9885"},"modified":"2014-11-07T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T11:00:33","slug":"rmr-participation-in-london-lord-mayors-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/rmr-participation-in-london-lord-mayors-show\/","title":{"rendered":"RMR PARTICIPATION IN LONDON LORD MAYOR\u2019S SHOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, November 7, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n

Camp Salisbury Plain, West Down South<\/em><\/p>\n

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cRepresentatives from the Battalion sent to take part in Lord Mayor\u2019s Show.\u201d \u00a0[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"07<\/a>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: Thanks to the ancient and justified concerns of King John,<\/a> every newly-elected Lord Mayor of London is required to leave the safety of the City of London, travel upriver to distant Westminster and swear loyalty to the Crown. Over the centuries this inconvenient journey became one of London’s favourite rituals. It moved from river barges<\/a> to horseback and then into the magnificent State Coach<\/a>, and around it grew the rowdy and joyful medieval festival that became known as the Lord Mayor’s Show. \u00a0That ancient pageant is still going today. The modern procession<\/a> is over three and a half miles long.<\/p>\n

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SIR CHARLES JOHNSTON \u2013 IN OFFICE 1914-1915<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Canadian Associated Cable reported on the day\u2019s event \u2013 \u201cRarely has London\u2019s population turned out in such vast numbers to witness a Lord Mayor\u2019s show as to-day when Sir Charles Johnston assumed the ancient office.\u00a0 Interest in the affair was immensely increased by reason of the show partaking largely of a military display, in which the Canadians played a most conspicuous part.\u00a0 Three hundred men of nearly every branch now at Salisbury Plains were in line.\u00a0 They were in command of Colonel Williams and Colonel Reid.\u00a0 A detachment of the Strathcona Horse and Princess Patricia Regiment was also included.<\/p>\n

The men, who came from each brigade, received a vociferous welcome.\u00a0\u00a0 At the last moment they were by special request of the Lord Mayor, placed immediately around the state coach in recognition of his Lordship\u2019s lifelong connection with the Dominion.\u00a0 King Edward\u2019s Horse, in which many Canadians are serving, also played a prominent part in the procession.\u201d\u00a0 [4]<\/a><\/p>\n

[1] War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment, Nov 7, 1914.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089676.jpg\n<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cCanadian Soldiers Feted In London: \u00a0Are Vociferously Cheered as They Pass in the Lord Mayor's Procession,\u201d Canadian Associated Cable, The Globe (1844-1936<\/em>)<\/a>, Toronto, Ontario, November 10, 1914, pg. 3, col. 2.<\/pre>\n
[3] \u00a0Wikipedia contributors, \"Sir Charles Johnston, 1st Baronet,\" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia,<\/em> http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Sir_Charles_Johnston,_1st_Baronet&oldid=567844322<\/a> (accessed September 25, 2014).<\/pre>\n
[4]<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cCanadian Soldiers Feted In London: \u00a0Are Vociferously Cheered as They Pass in the Lord Mayor's Procession,\u201d Canadian Associated Cable, The Globe (1844-1936<\/em>)<\/a>, Toronto, Ontario, November 10, 1914, pg. 3, col. 2.\n<\/a><\/pre>\n
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