Name/Title
RMR Visit from Field Marshal Viscount SlimEntry/Object ID
2016x.51.45Description
A black and white photo of Field Marshal Viscount Slim speaking with young Cadet Officers from the RMR Cadet Corp Lt.-Col. P. Lloyd-Craig looks on. The occasion was a formal Officers Mess Dinner at the Royal Montreal Regiment's Armoury. The Orderly Officer of the Day with his back to the camera is Lieutenant Philippe Coupey.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Slim, William Joseph, 1st Viscount Slim, Lloyd-Craig, PeterSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Royal Montreal Regiment Armoury, WestmountState/Province
QuebecCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaResearch Notes
Notes
Field Marshal Viscount Slim held the appointment of "Colonel of the Regiment" of The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales' Own) from 1947 to 1956.
The West Yorkshire Regiment (14th Foot) traces it's history back to it's founding in 1685. In 1920 The King gave approval for the alliance of The West Yorkshire Regiment with The Royal Montreal Regiment, which had served with distinction as the 14th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, in the First World War.
Field Marshal Slim was visiting Montreal on April 20th, 1963 as a non-executive director of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. of Britain and The Royal Montreal Regiment took the occasion to entertain him at a formal Mess Dinner in his honour held on the Armoury floor.