RMR Mascot Major

Name/Title

RMR Mascot "Major"

Entry/Object ID

2016x.15.02

Description

A photo clipped from a magazine showing "Major", The Royal Montreal Regiment's mascot shakes hands with his master CSM L. Hunter.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Major, Hunter, Kenneth Lionel

Made/Created

Notes

Date: 1940- Material(s): Paper ; Ink

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

The photo caption reads: " 'MAJOR'. Regimental mascot of the Royal Montreal Regiment has been with the unit since August 1940. His favorite playthings are empty petrol tins and a dud twenty-five pounder shell. He never misses a parade and civilians can't get near the camp without first being approved and inspected by the mascot whose master is CSM L. Hunter of Montreal."

Lexicon

Search Terms

World War 2; Royal Montreal Regiment; Major; Mascot; Canada; Quebec; Montreal

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph

Class

Communication Artifacts