RMR Homecoming Phillips Square Montreal

Photograph

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Royal Montreal Regiment Museum

Name/Title

RMR Homecoming Phillips Square Montreal

Entry/Object ID

2016x.08.77

Description

Members of the 14th Battalion marching northward up the east side of Phillips Square in Montreal during The Royal Montreal Regiment's April 20, 1919 homecoming parade. They are led by Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Worrall and Major Donald MacRitchie.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Worrall, Dick, MacRitchie, Donald

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Montreal

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Date made

Apr 20, 1919

Notes

Date: 1914- Material(s): Paper; Ink

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Paper; Black Ink; No Verso

Lexicon

Search Terms

World War 1; Allies; Montreal; Canada;

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph

Class

Communication Artifacts

Research Notes

Notes

This photo shows the Regiment marching in 'column of route' four men abreast (ie. in four files side by side). This was the standard drill formation during the First World War. The practice later changed to columns marching three abreast (ie. in three files side by side).