{"id":17477,"date":"2018-04-13T13:32:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T12:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=17477"},"modified":"2018-08-12T05:27:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T04:27:32","slug":"krrc-at-point-levis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=17477","title":{"rendered":"KRRC at Point Levis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Point Levis 1868<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30127000_2104915436405359_4399812210814091264_n-1-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30127000_2104915436405359_4399812210814091264_n-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30127000_2104915436405359_4399812210814091264_n-1-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30127000_2104915436405359_4399812210814091264_n-1.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These photographs show members of the 1st Battalion, The 60th, The King\u2019s Royal Rifle Corps, participating in athletics at Point L\u00e9vis on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec, in Canada in 1868.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30127472_2104915403072029_5120696697348947968_n-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30127472_2104915403072029_5120696697348947968_n-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30127472_2104915403072029_5120696697348947968_n-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30127472_2104915403072029_5120696697348947968_n.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 1st Battalion, 60th, arrived in Canada from Malta on 1st October 1867. Four companies were detached to Quebec while the remainder went to Montreal. In June 1868 the whole Battalion was concentrated at Point L\u00e9vis. Lieutenant-Colonel H.F. Williams was temporary in command.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30226528_2104915353072034_181159358313267200_n-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30226528_2104915353072034_181159358313267200_n-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30226528_2104915353072034_181159358313267200_n-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30226528_2104915353072034_181159358313267200_n.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Battalion remained encamped at Point L\u00e9vis until 6 October, being employed in the erection of a fort designed to protect the Citadel and town of Quebec. On completion of the work, the Riflemen received many compliments, including an official letter from the Mayor expressing the town\u2019s people\u2019s appreciation of their discipline and good conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Sourced from Face Book<\/p>\n<p>Credits given to The RGJ Museum<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Royal-Green-Jackets-Museum-1440773922819517\/?hc_ref=ARRya_qAzORNu1Oax16DjJaN7jcCU6c_ODVhxjJSlOtqPv5iyioHKq3uXWU8u2tH1KQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1st Battalion, 60th, arrived in Canada from Malta on 1st October 1867. Four companies were detached to Quebec while the remainder went to Montreal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3470,25,3469,3471,95,3472],"class_list":["post-17477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-canada","tag-krrc","tag-point-levis","tag-quebec","tag-the-royal-green-jackets","tag-the-royal-green-jackets-museum","category-6-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}