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The Regimental Museum and Archives of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada - Standing on Guard since 1860! 3rd Floor, Casa Loma 1 Austin Terrace, Toronto, ON

 Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario
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Stained Glass Windows Dedicated qormuseum.org/2023/03/21/sta…
Stained Glass Windows Dedicated

Stained Glass Windows Dedicated

On Sunday, March 5th, 2023 Trinity College School (TCS) dedicated three new stained glass windows in their Memorial Chapel in memory of TCS old boy Captain Thomas Alan Staunton.  Staunton served wi…

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Cabinets Upgrade Phase I Completed qormuseum.org/2023/03/18/cab…
Cabinets Upgrade Phase I Completed

Cabinets Upgrade Phase I Completed

The majority of our exhibit cases are beautiful oak department store counter style. While these look great, it means that many of the objects and labels are only a six inches from the floor, and yo…

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Thank You to Our Volunteers! qormuseum.org/2023/02/09/tha…
Thank You to Our Volunteers!

Thank You to Our Volunteers!

Photo above: Some of our volunteers at the recognition event. On Thursday, February 2nd, Museum Board members and volunteers gathered in the impressive library of the Royal Canadian Military Instit…

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QOR Day is Back! qormuseum.org/2022/10/31/qor…
QOR Day is Back!

QOR Day is Back!

QOR Day is back for 2022 and you can find the details here:  

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Job Offer – The Honouring Bravery Project qormuseum.org/2022/10/23/job…
Kavanagh Grave Marker Dedication qormuseum.org/2022/10/20/kav…
Kavanagh Grave Marker Dedication

Kavanagh Grave Marker Dedication

On 14 October 2022 in Steenderen, The Netherlands, a grave of an unknown soldier was officially named after 77 years. Lieutenant John Gordon Kavanagh was killed in action in the hamlet of Rha in Ap…

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National Cadet Week qormuseum.org/2022/10/06/nat…
National Cadet Week

National Cadet Week

Above: Upper Canada College Cadets, 1899 – QOR Museum Collection. Did you know this is National Cadet Week in Canada? Over the years, The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada has had a number o…

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Get Out and Remember Them qormuseum.org/2022/07/07/get…
Get Out and Remember Them

Get Out and Remember Them

Now that the – mostly – good weather has arrived, it’s time to get out and about. As odd as it might sound, Toronto has some beautiful cemeteries. They’re a great place to g…

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Acting Curator Awarded 2021 Rifleman of the Year qormuseum.org/2022/06/19/act…
Acting Curator Awarded 2021 Rifleman of the Year

Acting Curator Awarded 2021 Rifleman of the Year

I’m very pleased to announce that the QOR Association’s 2021 Rifleman of the Year Award recipient is former Regimental Sergeant Major Shaun Kelly. As deputy curator of the QOR Museum, h…

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1860 Club D-Day Dinner qormuseum.org/2022/06/11/186…
1860 Club D-Day Dinner

1860 Club D-Day Dinner

On 6 June 2022, the QOR Regiment’s 1860 Club held a formal dinner for 200 guests at Casa Loma, the home of the Regimental Museum and Archive since 1970. Several exhibits were on display durin…

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Looking Back: VE-Day+50 – A Day Like No Other qormuseum.org/2022/05/16/loo…
Looking Back: VE-Day+50 – A Day Like No Other

Looking Back: VE-Day+50 – A Day Like No Other

By  Charles D. McGregor As a former member of drum and bugle bands in the 1940s and ’50s, I had done plenty of marching. From a cold wintry day leading the high school cadet band in the Santa…

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Rifleman: The Dock Yip Story youtube.com/watch?feature=pl… qormuseum.org/2022/05/04/rif…
2022 - Rifleman: The Dock Yip Story

2022 - Rifleman: The Dock Yip Story

Hear from past and present Canadian Asian members of The Queen's Ow...

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Pandemic Photo Contest qormuseum.org/2022/04/13/pan…
Pandemic Photo Contest

Pandemic Photo Contest

Photography Contest The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Museum and Archive is holding a photography contest! If you were a serving member in 2020 or 2021 and took some photos you think are parti…

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They Called me “Crusher” qormuseum.org/2022/03/25/the…
They Called me “Crusher”

They Called me “Crusher”

A Tank Meets a QOR 3/4 Ton Truck The following story was written by Dave Sproule and published in the Strathcona Association newsletter in December 1996. It is reprinted here with his permission. D…

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Volunteer Recognition Night qormuseum.org/2022/03/08/vol…
Volunteer Recognition Night

Volunteer Recognition Night

On Thursday, February 24th the Museum held our annual event to recognize our dedicated team of volunteers for 2021.  While previous in-person events took place at the Officers’ Mess and the R…

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The Rifleman Magazine 2020-2021 qormuseum.org/2022/01/27/the…
The Rifleman Magazine 2020-2021

The Rifleman Magazine 2020-2021

The Rifleman magazine has been widely distributed to members of the regimental family in electronic format and is also available on the Research page of our website here. If you are interested in p…

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Looking Back on 2021 qormuseum.org/2022/01/17/loo…
Looking Back on 2021

Looking Back on 2021

As with every other aspect of our society, the impact of another year of pandemic challenged our operation in 2021. The first half of the year was primarily work from home as a result of COVID rest…

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Tonight's forecast - Let it Snow!! ❄️☃️⛄️ youtu.be/_tp8d9G95x0
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@JoshMatlow14 Jan 2022
In the aftermath of World War One, an Orthopaedic Military Hospital cared for wounded veterans at the corner of Davisville and Yonge. They colloquially referred to it as “Whizz-Bang Corner”. This scene is captured in the painting “A War Record” by Stanley Francis Turner.
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Casa Loma@CasaLomaToronto13 Jan 2022
#TBT - A look back at Walmer Road in 1914 as soldiers march towards Casa Loma. . . 📸: @oldtoronto #tourism #castle #casaloma #toronto #vintage #explorecanada #seetorontonow #history #views #castleviews #throwbackthursday #cityoftoronto #throwback #vintagephoto #vintage
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