[Public-List] Royal Newfoundland Regiment

[Peter Milley]

Marianne/Gord,
I too just discovered that the Royal Newfoundland Regiment had fought at
Gallipoli. I had always assumed that it was only the Australian army that
served in that conflict. This certainly makes me even prouder to have been
born in Newfoundland with an ancestry going back well over 200 years. It's
interesting that a Canadian history component has been added to flavour to
Alberg 30 Public List. Thanks Gord.
Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marianne King-Wilson" <addvalue at cogeco.ca>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Royal Newfoundland Regiment


> 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"
> >> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:48 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Alden 32 now upper Michigan Rendevous
> >>
> >>
> >
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