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4cmr.com is a place of remembrance to those who served with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles in the First World War.
Being a respectful and honouring point of focus for those having relatives or research subjects who served at any time with the 4th CMR, the website has grown out of discovering that my great-grandfather's brother, Cpl. Frank Forsdike, served and died with the regiment. As such, I do invite you to click on About to read the amazing story behind the incredible events that eventually led to Frank's previously unclaimed medals being presented to his daughter, 92 years after Frank's loss.
Pivotal to this website is the In Memoriam page, where you will find a "Wall of Honour" to the memory of those who served with the regiment. Just as importantly, alongside the names of those soldiers are the names of relatives or researchers who now represent and stand alongside those men today. So, if you have a relative, or research subject, who served with the 4th CMR, please do let me honour their memory by allowing me to add their details to the 'In Memoriam' page.
It is my hope to provide some tangible link to the men, the places and the Memorials associated with the regiment. So, please, explore and enjoy the site, feel free to contribute, and do check the 'Latest News' panel at the bottom of this page and the News page for updates, as this website is most certainly a work-in-progress project.
Through this website let us come together and say that whilst they are gone, they are not forgotten. I feel very strongly about that.
With our common bond I do look forward to hearing from you soon, as together "We will remember them".
Best wishes
Ian
Latest News: 22nd April 2012
Many thanks are extended to Rev. Stephen Hallford and Lyle Falk for providing images of a picture of the Rev. Hon. Capt. William Davis and the plaque dedicated to him by his comrades, both of which hang in St. Peter's Anglican Church, in Edmonton, Alberta.
3rd April 2012
Tony Ross is welcomed to 4cmr.com, as he represents Pte. Sidney Drew, who originally as a 33rd Battalion man, served with the 4th CMR from June 1916 until he was honourably discharged in February 1917. Sidney becomes the 355th man to be represented on the In Memoriam page.
2nd April 2012
A warm welcome is extended to Bruce Hill, along with sincere thanks for the biography and image of his grandfather, Pte. Walter "John" Hill, whose details have been added to the In Memoriam page today.
4th March 2012
4cmr.com would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to Faces of Holzminden, a book dedicated to illuminating the personal stories of the officer POWs held in the notorious Kaserne Holzminden camp, in Lower Saxony, Germany, between September 1917 and December 1918. Linked to an up and coming feature film, entitled "The Enemy Within" which dramatises the famous Allied tunnelling escape of July, 1918, Faces of Holzminden is aiming for a release to coincide with the centenary anniversary of the commencement of the Great War in 2014.
If a relative or research subject spent any time at Holzminden, or even if they didn't, do drop in on this fascinating body of work, lend your encouragement to its progress, and contribute if you can via the email addresses on their website of via their Facebook page.
Last updated: 23rd April, 2012