[Public-List] Royal Newfoundland Regiment

[Marianne King-Wilson]

Hello, Peter and Gord
What I find most astonishing is that the RNR fought at Gallipoli, before 
they went to the Somme!
My Grandfather left Gallipoli half dead having been most of the campaign on 
the front lines at Suvla.  He began with the 88th Field ambulance, 29th 
Division, BEF, because he was a doctor.  Having been a cavalry officer in 
the reserve for years at that point, he assumed a combat command eventually, 
and was among the last to leave both Suvla and Helles at the evacuation. The 
next two months were in a coma in Alexandria.
The Newfoundlanders, those of whom survived that bloodbath, went on, if you 
can believe it,  to France.
Gallipoli is an unknown campaign to most Canadians, who think it was an 
Anzac show.  My Grandfather was a third generation Canadian, from a Toronto 
regiment.
And despite Newfoundland's entry into Confederation, the RNR heroism is 
seldom told.

Thank you for the marvellous story of Surprise and Confiance.

Marianne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Alden 32 now upper Michigan Rendevous


> Good evening Peter -
>
> Nice to hear from you!  Yes, the RNR fought all through the War of 1812, 
> it
> could be said with truth that along with the Indians they were one of the
> decisive cards the Crown had to play in successfully defending Canada.
> They fought in nearly every major and minor land and sea battle of the 
> war;
> the Americans for a time refused to believe that they could possibly be
> facing the same men at battlefields hundreds of miles apart - but it was
> them.  About 980 mustered at the beginning of the war; very few got home 
> at
> the end.   Any book about the War will have a fair bit of material about
> them.  I am a member of the group that re-enacts the RNR's activities (but
> have not been active for some time)
>
> The group's website is accessible at
>
> www.battleofgeorgianbay.huronia.com/rnrsite
>
> It has long been a bone of contention that the official history taught in
> Nfld about the regiment begins with the 'Blue Puttees'  in fact they saved
> Canada a hundred years earlier.
>
> I did an archaeological expedition to  the Somme a couple of years ago; 
> that
> was a moving but very very sad experience.  If you like I can send you 
> some
> pictures - have you ever been there?
>
> Gord
>
>
>> Hi Gord,
>> I had family in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment  that were lost at the
>> Battle of the Somme. I had no idea that the "Blue Putties" had served in 
>> a
>> Upper Canada. Can you direct me to reference material on the same?
>> Peter Milley
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" 
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>> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Alden 32 now upper Michigan Rendevous
>>
>>
>
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