Welcome to the 4CMR website; a place of remembrance to those who served with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles in the First World War.
This simple website is not intended to be a site of any expertise on the matter of World War 1, but to be a point of focus for anybody who had relatives or research subjects who served at any time with the 4CMR. For details on how this site came about, please click on The Journey.
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, standing alongside the names of those soldiers are the names of relatives or researchers who now represent those men today. So, if you have a relative, or research subject, who served with the 4CMR, please do let me honour their memory by adding 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, contribute (please), and do check the News page for updates as this is a work-in-progress.
Through this website we can say together that it was not "all for nothing", and more importantly that although 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, kindest regards,
Ian
Latest News - 7 February 2010
Citation details for the Military Cross (MC) have been added to Lt. Archie Black MC's page. Many thanks to Arnie Kay for his help on this. Do see the Links page, Researchers section, for details on Arnie's research services.
5 February 2010
A further 4CMR man has been added to the In Memoriam page today, bringing the total represented now to 220. I thank George Auer, a regular contributor, for standing alongside Pte. Roger Lamont, who died in October 1917 and lies at rest at Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium.
Welcome, also, to the new-look website, which features additional navigation functionality between In Memoriam pages and extended detail on the Memorials pages. Many thanks again go to Mark at Silverknife for his support and advice. For all of your web services and PC needs, pay Mark a visit for genuine and affordable support services. Thanks also go to my long suffering family, who were beginning to wonder if I'd ever come out of the Study. Whilst the website remains a work-in-progress, feedback is always welcome.
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Last updated: 07 February 2010