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2013 - 11 November - CGG participates in McGill University Remembrance Day Ceremony (Montreal, Canada)Scope and Content
2013 - 11 November - CGG participates in McGill University Remembrance Day Ceremony (Montreal, Canada). Traditionally, every Sunday of the November 11th Remembrance Day ceremonies, CGG forms for parade on McGill Campus prior to marching to Christ Church Cathedral.
CGG RELATIONSHIP WITH McGILL UNIVERSITY
McGill University has two prominent memorials dedicated to Members of The Regiment.
Memorial #1: The Hon James McGill Burial Memorial - created in 1813, this monument honours The Honorable Colonel James McGill - Who is considered our first Commanding Officer being the CO of Colonel of the 1st Battalion of Montreal militia. It is a four-sided stone pedestal topped with a decorative urn in memory and marking the burial place of the Honourable James McGill, founder of McGill University.
Memorial #2: Sir Roddick Memorial Gate - created in 1924, this monument honours CGG member Sir Major Thomas George Roddick KB, MD - who was our 1st Prince of Wales Regiment Surgeon and member of CGG in 1914, He was one of our 1885 North West Rebelion Veterans and was a medical administrator, politician, and founder of the Medical Council of Canada and created the standard national medical licensing process for medical practice in every province in Canada. *** Coincidentally these gates were designed and constructed by a Canadian Grenadier Guard, Lieutenant Granttan Darlymple Thompson
Memorial #3: McGill University (McDonald Campus) in Ste-Anne de Bellevue has a building named of WWI CGG Officer Lee Carleton Raymond who was Professor of Agronomy and Chairman of McDonald Campus.
Memorial #4: McGill University Law has a Scholarship in the name of CGG Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice Alexander, CMG - the highest ranking Jewish Officer in the CEF during WWI.
McGILL UNIVERSITY - PERCIVAL MOLSON MEMORIAL STADIUM
The first major trooping of the colour was on June 4, 1955. by the Canadian Grenadier Guards and the Governor General's Foot Guards at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.
The CGG trooped the colour in Molson Stadium on July 23, 1989, the first time it had done so since 1957. No. 2 Coy came from Ottawa, along with its GGFG counterpart. The Band of the Ceremonial Guard provided the stirring music native to this greatest of military ceremonies as thousands of Montrealer's watched in admiration.Created By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Create Date
May 31, 2025Updated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Update Date
May 31, 2025
