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The Royal Montreal Regiment



Armorial Description

A mapie leaf inscribed ROYAL MONTREAL REGT within the Garter and motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE surmounted by the Crown and resting on a scroll bearing the word CANADA.


Official Abbreviation: RMR

Motto: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Evil to he who evil thinks)


Battle Honours (25)

First World War

    YPRES, 1915,'17
    Arleux
    Gravenstafel
    Scarpe, 1917, '18
    ST. JULIEN
    Hill 70
    FESTUBERT, 1915
    PASSCHENDAELE
    MOUNT SORREL
    AMIENS
    SOMME, 1916
    DROCOURT-QUTANT
    Pozieres
    Hindenburg Line
    Thiepval
    CANAL DU NORD
    Ancre Heights
    Pursuii To Mons
    Arras, 1917,'18
    France and Flanders, 1915-18
    VIMY, 1917
Second World War
    CALAIS, 1944
    LEOPOLD CANAL
    THESCHELDT
    NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945
Colonel-in-Chief: None

Authorized Marches:
Quick March: Ca Ira

Regimental Headquarters:
4625 St. Catherine Street West
Westmount, Quebec
H3Z 1S4

Location of Sub Units: Westmount, Quebec

Alliances:
The Prince of Wales' Own
Regiment of Yorkshire
Imphal Barracks
York, England


Order of Precedence: 45

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Today in Military History

December 10



1864:

U.S. Civil War: William Tecumseh Sherman reaches Savannah, Georgia, ending his "March to the Sea".


1898:

A treaty is signed in Paris that officially ends the Spanish-American War.


1939:

First Canadian Contingent sails from Halifax for England


1941:

Japanese forces land in the Philippines, capture Guam and sink the British ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.


1943:

THE GULLY, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 19 Dec 43)


1945:

In Aurich, Germany, the trial of SS Brigadier Kurt Meyer on war crimes charges begins before a General Court Martial made up of front-line officers of the Canadian Army.


1949:

Chinese Civil War: The Red Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last KMT-held city on mainland China. Chiang Kai-shek leaves for Taiwan.




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