Royal Newfoundland Regiment: Group Photos
No.1 Platoon, Section 2, n.d.
Taken by Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). 1915. 1st Newfoundland Regiment Section Group, Section 2, Platoon 1, 2Lt Cliff Rendell. Last soldier at right in the front row has in the past been misidentified as John Shiwak of Rigolet, Labrador. The identity of this soldier remains unknown.
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No.1 Platoon, Section 3, n.d.
No other information is available.
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No.2 Platoon, Section 6, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.3 Platoon, Section 9, n.d.
Ca. 1915. Identified: K. Goodyear [Harold Kenneth]. Regiment Number 1193 [O-74].
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No.4 Platoon, Section 3, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.4 Platoon, Section 13, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.4 Platoon, Section 14, n.d.
Taken by Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Studio portrait. Written on lower right corner: "Corp. Dee" [John Leo Dee, Regt. # O-264, 2403]. Dee is in the centre of the photograph. Credited to Holloway Studio. Dated 1 June 1916.
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No.4 Platoon, Section 16, n.d.
No other information is available.
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No.5 Platoon, Section 8, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 6, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 6, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 6, n.d.
1915.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 6, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 6, n.d.
Taken by Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). 1915-1918. Section commander seated at centre wearing corporal rank.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
1915-1916.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 6, n.d.
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Group portrait of nineteen Regiment volunteers. All are wearing balaclava helmets and soldier seated in front has a bugle. Soldier in the centre is a Lance-Corporal.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 7, n.d.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 8, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.7 Platoon, Section 3, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.7 Platoon, Section 5, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.9 Platoon, Section 1, n.d.
No other information available.
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Group Signals, 3rd Company, n.d.
No other information available.
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First Newfoundland Regiment soldiers under the command of Capt. Eric Ellis (seated in center wearing stripes), n.d.
1915-1916. Taken at Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Identified on reverse: [Albert W.?] Banfield (Regt. # 1687); J. [Joshua] George (Regt. # 2015); E. [Ernest] B. Cheeseman (Regt. # 1927); E. Mar's[?] [possibly Edward Maher, Regt. # 1105]; A. [Ambrose] Guy (Regt. # 2005); T. Harvey; C. [Clarence] Foley (Regt. # 2007); J. Penney; L. Brown; H. [Arthur H.] Lawrence (Regt. # 2002); C. A. Reid; N. Sheppard; F. Reid; Corp. E. [Eric], Ellis (Regt. # O-127, 1895); Instructor Hussey; L. [Lemuel] Morey (Regt. # 1967); E. [Ernest H.] Walters (Regt. # 2017); B. [Bella] Abbott (Regt. # 2020); N. Hussey; J. [John] Field (Regt. # 2003); A. Batten (Regt. # 2045); A. [Alfred] Reid (Regt. # 761). Note on reverse: Sec. Group H Co. Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 3847), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
27 July 1917. Studio portrait. Identified: Taylor Parsons (Regt. # 3916); Samuel Hollett (Regt. # 3877); Joseph Allen Clarke (Regt. # 3857); Malcolm J. Bishop (Regt. # 3901); John Manuel (Regt. # 3902); James C. Abbott (Regt. # 8414); George Langer (Regt. # 3805); Cecil Roberts (Regt. # 3908); Levi Hussey (Regt.# O-284 - 3913); William Parsons (Regt. # 3917); Augustus J. Walsh (Regt. # 3914); Robert Hann (Regt. # 3915); James Delaney (Regt. # 3878); Ephrain Stickland (Regt. # 3886); Walter Combden (Regt. # 3909); Michael Marry (Regt. # 3903); Harold Yates (Regt. # 3910); Chesley Reid (Regt. # 3912); T. Power (Regt. # 3850); E. Brown; Robert Peel (Regt. # 3888). E. Brown is possibly Edward Brown (Regt. # 3804) or Everett Brown (Regt. # 3829).
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.6 Platoon, Section 5, n.d.
1915-1916. Twelve Royal Newfoundland Regiment volunteers. Four soldiers are wearing a Women's Patriotic Association (WPA) pin.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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No.4 Platoon, Section 3, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
1916-1918. Taken at Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Two in front row wearing Regimental shoulder flashes and caribou pins in hats. One soldier in front row is holding a civilian hat.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 46-21), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
1916-1918. Taken by Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL).
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). 1915. Studio group portrait, Section 12, Platoon 3. Identified: Kevin M. Keegan (Regiment # O-13), centre and Howard Leopold Morry ( Regiment # 726), third from left, back row.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 48-8), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Officers seated in front with First Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Officers of the Newfoundland Regiment, n.d.
Front, sitting on floor, 2nd. Lieut. Howard V. Reid (Regt. # 0-241); 2nd. Lieut. Cyril B. Carter (Regt. # 0-95); Second row, left, Lieut. James Donnelly (Regt. # 0-92); Eric Stanley Ayre ( Regt. # 0-91); Capt. Alexander Montgomerie (Regt. # 0-4); Capt. Lamont Paterson (Regt. # 0-7); Lieut. Henry Windeler (Regt. # 0-3) Top row, left, Herbert Rendell (Regt. # 0-93); Stanley Robertson (Regt. # 0-94); Wilfred J. Pippy (Regt. # 0-48). Note the collar dogs of Eric Ayre and Alexander Montgomerie.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 25-17), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 46-29), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
Back row: six soldiers standing with rifles and duffle bags over their shoulders, one soldier with drum. Front row: Six soldiers sitting with rifles and duffle bags over their shoulders. A young boy is seen behind the group looking toward the camera and a man is lying on the ground behind the group.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 25-2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 46-11), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 46-15), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 46-8), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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No. 3 Platoon, A Company, Fort George, Scotland, ca. 1915.
1915. Front Row - Seated - Left to Right: Chesley Morton Peet; L/C Bertram William Oake; Capt. John Edward Joseph Fox; Lieut. Cecil Stanley James; Lieut. William Joseph Clare, M.I.D.; Lieut. Robert Holland Tait, M.C.; C.S.M. Arthur R. Canham, M.S.M.; Hon. 2nd Lieut. Charles Edward White, M.S.M.; Cpl. Robert Clare; Capt. Henry Morton Maddick; Drummer Eric Mckenzie Robertson.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 3-18), St. John's, NL.
A Company, First Newfoundland Regiment, Fort George, Scotland, ca. 1915
Taken by D. A. Grant, Nairn, Scotland. 1915. Formal portrait of officers and enlisted men outside of a stone building at Fort George. Note the Ross rifles. Photographs by D.A. Grant were published in the Newfoundland Quarterly (Oct. 1915) and readers were invited to place orders for various sets of photographs. Price lists and descriptions were provided.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (C 1-86a), St. John's, NL.
B Company, First Newfoundland Regiment, Fort George, Scotland, ca. 1915
Taken by D. A. Grant, Nairn, Scotland. 1915. Formal portrait of officers and enlisted men outside of a stone building at Fort George. Note the Ross rifles. Photographs by D.A. Grant were published in the Newfoundland Quarterly (Oct. 1915) and readers were invited to place orders for various sets of photographs. Price lists and descriptions were provided.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (C 1-86b), St. John's, NL.
First Newfoundland Regiment, n.d.
Officers and men of the Newfoundland Regiment. Taken by Henry Richard Gwyer Gibbs. Formal group portrait, exterior shot. The photograph was taken in Pirbright, Surrey, England. Pirbright contains an army training barracks. Written on reverse: W. A. Munn. In the bottom right corner is written: "H. R. Gwyer Gibbs, Pirbright, 22804C.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (C 1-92), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 40-17), St. John's, NL.
Officers of the First Newfoundland Regiment, n.d.
No other information available.
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Officers of the First Newfoundland Regiment, n.d.
Ca. 1915. Taken outside the Officer's Mess. Identified: Front row, left to right: Lieut. Richard Aloysius Shortall, (Regt. # O-78, 395); Knight [?]; Capt. George T. Carty (Regt. # O-6); Lieut. Joseph Nunns (Regt. # O-10); Lieut. Robert Holland Tait (Regt. # O-11).
Back row, left to right: James Donnelly (Regt. # O-92); Michael Francis Summers (Regt. # O-158); Richard John Sheppard (Regt. # O-88, 282); Robin Stick (Regt. # O-18, 46).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (A 58-82), St. John's, NL.
Officers of the First Newfoundland Regiment with British Officers, n.d.
1916 and 1918. Taken at Fort William. Identified: Front row, l-r: Capt. Robert Holland Tait (Regt. # 0-11); Maj. James Forbes-Robertson [?] (Regt. # O-2); Maj. Alexander Montgomerie (Regt. #O-4); Maj. Lamont Paterson (Regt. # O-7); [unknown].
Middle row, l-r: Lieut. Augustus Leo Summers (Regt. # O-93); Lieut. W. Rees; Capt. W. J. Pippy (Regt. # O-48); Lieut. R. Field [Leonard S. A.?]; Capt. Joseph Henry Snow (Regt. # 74).
Top row, l-r: Capt. Leo Charles Murphy (Regt. # O-35); Capt. John G. Bemister (Regt. # O-36, 1181); Lieut. Charles Watson (Regt. # 774); Capt. Cyril Chancey Duley (Regt. # 872).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 46-14), St. John's, NL.
Various soldiers, sailors and government officials at Pleasantville, St. John's, September, 1914
Seated (left to right): Capt. A. C. Goodridge (A.D.C. to Governor), Capt. W. F. Rendell, Capt. A. Montgomerie, HE Governor Sir Walter Davidson, Capt. W. H. Franklin, Prime Minister Sir E. P. Morris, Capt. C. Macpherson, M.O.
Second Row: Lieut. H. Goodridge, Capt. C. Alexander, Capt. G. Carty, Capt. L. Paterson, M.O., Capt. A. E. Bernard, Lieut. H. A. Outerbridge, Q.M., Capt. H. A. Timewell, P.M., Lieut. R. S. Rowsell, Capt. A. O'Brien, Capt. G. H. F. Abraham.
Back Row: Lieut. C. Wighton, Lieut. N. Alderdice, Lieut. C. Howlett, Capt. A. W. Wakefield, M.O., Lieut. J. A. Ledingham, Lieut. M. F. Summers, Q.M., Lieut. C. R. Ayre, Lieut. R. H. Tait, Lieut. J. Nunns, Capt. J. W. March, Lieut. A. Raley.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 30-26), St. John's, NL.
First Newfoundland Regiment Officers and Men, n.d.
J.E.D. Murray (Hawick, Scotland).
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 40-9.1), St. John's, NL.
First Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
Non-Commissioned Officers on board a ship.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
1915. Newfoundland Regiment soldiers preparing for a meal. Soldiers are holding articles from their mess kit; one is holding a loaf of bread.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
1915. Men washing at Newfoundland Regiment camp. Soldiers are possibly washing wooden boards, which might be used for temporary shelters. There are other boards in the background.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 40-21.3), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
Taken by: J. Cook (Ayr, Scotland). [Aug. 1915]. Three ranks represented: a Lance-Corporal, Corporal, and a Sergeant.
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First Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
Non-Commissioned Officers on board a ship.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
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Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 58-5), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, n.d.
Two unidentified soldiers: a Corporal and Sergeant.
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Training
Training ground at Pleasantville, St. John's, Sept. 1914
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Training grounds at Pleasantville, St. John's, ca. 1914
No other information available.
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Training grounds at Pleasantville, St. John's, ca. 1914
Taken between 2 September and 3 October 1914.
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Training grounds at Pleasantville, St. John's, ca. 1914
Taken between 2 September and 3 October 1914.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 63-15), St. John's, NL.
Training grounds at Pleasantville, St. John's, ca. 1914
1914. Soldiers in formation, possibly during an inspection. They are standing next to a temporary building.
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Training grounds at Pleasantville, St. John's, ca. 1914
1914.
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The First Five Hundred at bayonet drill beside Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's, September 1914
No other information available.
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No. 1 Tent at Pleasantville, St. John's, September 1914
Soldiers of the First Newfoundland Regiment. Identified: standing - left to right: Sgt. Walter Harold Janes, 2nd Lieut. James Elliott Thompson, C.M.S Neil Patrick, Michael Francis Sears , Lieut. William John Long
Seated - left to right: Lieut. James Main Irvine, Sgt. Ralph Martin Andrews, Lieut. George Langmead, L/C James Henry Carter, Lieut. R. Williams.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (A 8-86), St. John's, NL. From Richard Cramm, The First Five Hundred (Albany, New York: C. F. Williams, 1921).
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching at Pleasantville, St. John's, September 14, 1914
No other information available.
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Volunteers of No. 3 Company at lunch at Pleasantville, St. John's, ca. 1914
Taken by S.H. Parsons and Sons (St. John's, NL). There were ten tents for each Company with ten men in each. Note the blue puttees; civilian hats and stacked rifles (possibly Lee-Enfield Mark 1 pattern).
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Volunteers at target practice, Pleasantville, St. John's, 1914
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Volunteer Camp, Pleasantville, St. John's, September 1914
No other information available.
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Pleasantville camp, St. John's, ca. 1914
Taken by S.H. Parsons and Sons (St. John's, NL). Includes the message: "About 15 tents are cut out of photo. Must look a small number to you... they are starting a reserve force here shortly. I am on the Recruiting Committee." [Signed Eric]. Eric is possibly Eric Bowring.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-5.3), St. John's, NL.
Pleasantville camp, St. John's, 1914
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Pleasantville camp, St. John's, 1914
No other information available.
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Blue Puttees in training at Pleasantville
Sept. 1914.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA 36-28.3), St. John's, NL.
Officers of the Newfoundland Regiment, ca, 1914.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 48-36), St. John's, NL.
Officer of the Newfoundland Regiment beside a tent in Pleasantville, St. John's, ca. 1914.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 48-42), St. John's, NL.
Presentation of a silk Union Jack to the Newfoundland Regiment, Pleasantville, St. John's, October 1, 1914.
Taken by S.H. Parsons and Sons (St. John's, NL). The flag was donated by the Sons of England (S.O.E) Society to the First Newfoundland Regiment at Pleasantville. Mr. G. B. Lloyd (with flag), of the S.O.E Society, about to pass over colours to Governor Davidson (back to camera). To the right in photo are Prime Minister Sir Edward Morris (with hands in pockets) and Captain George Carty.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-27.1), St. John's, NL.
Presentation of a silk Union Jack to the Newfoundland Regiment, Pleasantville, St. John's, October 1, 1914.
Colour party, commanded by Lieutentant Robert Holland Tait (Reg. #O-11), kneeling to accept the flag.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 37-48), St. John's, NL.
Presentation of a silk Union Jack to the Newfoundland Regiment, Pleasantville, St. John's, October 1, 1914
Colour party, commanded by Lieutenant Robert Holland Tait (Regt. # O-11), kneeling to accept the flag. Note the crown on the flagstaff and the inscription on the flag: "First Newfoundland Regiment".
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 2718), St. John's, NL.
Presentation of a silk Union Jack to the Newfoundland Regiment, Pleasantville, St. John's, October 1, 1914
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 25-7), St. John's, NL.
Presentation of a silk Union Jack to the Newfoundland Regiment, Pleasantville, St. John's, October 1, 1914
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 25-16), St. John's, NL.
The "Flag" guard at Pleasantville, St. John's, 1914
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (Peter Dawson Collection, E 21-6), St. John's, NL.
Men of First Contingent, First Newfoundland Regiment, training on Southside Hills, St. John's, 1914
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Possibly members of D. Company. Soldier on the left is carrying a telephone on his shoulder. The gun may possibly be a Colt automatic machine gun.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-25.1), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers with a gun carriage on Southside Hills, St. John's, ca. 1914
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Possibly members of D. Company. The Colt machine gun was donated to the Regiment by H.D. Reid, president of the Reid Newfoundland Company.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 48-54), St. John's, NL.
D Company, First Newfoundland Regiment, Pleasantville, St. John's, 1915
20 March 1915. Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Officer in front, right is possibly Herbert Outerbridge.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 22-42), St. John's, NL.
D Company, First Newfoundland Regiment, Pleasantville, St. John's, 1915
20 March 1915. Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Officer in front, right is possibly Herbert Outerbridge.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 22-43), St. John's, NL.
D Company, First Newfoundland Regiment, marching at Pleasantville, St. John's, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 22-45), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching, ca. 1915.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 48-40), St. John's, NL.
Men of 2nd Contingent drilling at Fort William, St. John's, ca. 1915
Taken by S.H. Parsons and Son (St. John's, NL). No. 2 Company, 2nd Contingent.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-15.4), St. John's, NL.
Men of 2nd Contingent at Fort William, St. John's, ca. 1915
Taken by S.H. Parsons and Son (St. John's, NL). No. 2 Company, 2nd Contingent.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-15.3), St. John's, NL.
Bugle Band training at Fort William, St. John's, 1915
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 2-44), St. John's, NL.
D Company, First Newfoundland Regiment, marching at Pleasantville, St. John's, 1915
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Marching to city after dinner at Smithville prior to embarking overseas.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-19.1), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 25-8), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 30-23), St. John's, NL.
Governor Davidson and Officers of the Newfoundland Regiment on parade ground, St. John's, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching at Pleasantville, St. John's, 1914
Note the great-coats, civilian hats, and blue puttees. Entitled "Brothers All".
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (A 8-85), St. John's, NL.
Embarking
A Crowd gathered to watch the first contingent of the Newfoundland Regiment break camp at Pleasantville, St. John's, October 3, 1914.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 1537), St. John's, NL.
First Five Hundred on board the S.S. Florizel, at anchor in St. John's, October 4, 1914
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 1249), St. John's, NL.
Officers of the Newfoundland Regiment on board the Florizel, October, 1914
Identified: Front row, l-r: Capt. William Martin [Captain of SS Florizel], James Allan Ledingham (Regiment # O-19), Joseph Nunns (Regiment # O-10, Military Cross), Reginald S.Rowsell (Regiment # O-151, 703, Military Cross).
Second row, l-r: Walter Frederic Rendell (Regiment # O-3; Companion of the British Empire); Conn Alexander (Regiment # O-178); Lamont Paterson (Regiment # O-7, Order of the British Empire); Adolph Ernest Bernard (Regiment # O-157, 845; Military Cross, Croix de Guerre, Mentioned in Despatches); Augustus O'Brien (Regiment # O-172; Mentioned in Despatches).
Third row, l-r: Charles Robert Ayre (Regiment # O-150), Robert Holland Tait (Regiment # O-11, Military Cross); Charles Wighton (Regiment # O-75); Bertram Butler (Regiment # O-152, 258, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross & Bar, Mentioned in Despatches); Michael Francis Summers (Regiment # O-158); Arthur Raley (Regiment # O-149, Miltary Cross).
Top row, l-r: John Wesley March (Regiment # O-109), Arthur William Wakefield (Regiment # O-101).
Middle: Norman H. Alderdice (Regiment # O-142).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 2735), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment Soldiers leaving St. John's
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). This is either the SS Florizel or the SS Stephano. The two ships were sister vessels and both were used, along with other ships, to transport Newfoundland Soldiers. The Florizel transported the First Five Hundred in October, 1914, and the Stephano transported D Company in March 1915.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 22-41), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment Soldiers leaving St. John's
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). This is either the SS Florizel or the SS Stephano. The two ships were sister vessels and both were used, along with other ships, to transport Newfoundland Soldiers. The Florizel transported the First Five Hundred in October, 1914, and the Stephano transported D Company in March 1915.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 29-7), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment leaving St. John's
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). This is either the SS Florizel or the SS Stephano. The two ships were sister vessels and both were used, along with other ships, to transport Newfoundland Soldiers. The Florizel transported the First Five Hundred in October, 1914, and the Stephano transported D Company in March 1915.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 48-60), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment marching in St. John's before going overseas, 1915
Possibly on King's Bridge Road.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-17.1), St. John's, NL.
2nd Draft of H Company, ca. 1915
Soldiers are wearing greatcoats and balaclava hats, and are led by a band.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 3-174), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment Officers on the SS Florizel
October 1914. Identified: Front row: Herbert H. Goodridge (Regiment # O-154); Michael Francis Summers (Regiment # O-158). Standing, left to right: George T. Carty (Regiment # O-6); Charles Wighton (Regiment # O-75); Augustus O'Brien (Regiment # O-172, Mentioned in Despatches).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 3-94), St. John's, NL.
C Company, Newfoundland Regiment on SS Neptune leaving Furness Withy warf, February 5, 1915
Postcard created by Parsons' Art Store (St. John's, NL). Titled "Good Bye All".
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-21.4), St. John's, NL.
C Company, Newfoundland Regiment, leaving Furness Withy wharf on SS Neptune, February 5, 1915
Postcard created by Parsons' Art Store (St. John's, NL). Titled "Are we downhearted... 'No'".
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-27.3), St. John's, NL.
The SS Neptune carrying troops to join convoy, Feburary 5, 1915
The SS Neptune was used to transport troops to a steamship anchored in The Narrows.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 3-215), St. John's, NL.
D Company, First Newfoundland Regiment, lining rails of SS Stephano, ready to leave for overseas, March 20, 1915
Taken by Robert Palfrey Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-23.1), St. John's, NL.
D Company ready to sail on the SS Stephano, 20 March 1915
Taken by Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Note the balaclava hats. Two women on lower deck at left.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 6037), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers boarding a ship, 1915
Members of the Newfoundland Regiment standing on what may be the Furness Withy pier, preparing to board a vessel. Some are shouldering rifles; others are carrying kit bags.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E 41-34), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers ready to sail overseas, 1915
Note civilian hats on some soldiers.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-2.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers ready to sail overseas, 1915
Note civilian hats on some soldiers.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-19.4), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers ready to sail overseas, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.1), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers ready to sail overseas, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers sleeping on the deck before sailing overseas, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-33.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers on board before sailing overseas, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.3), St. John's, NL.
Officers and Sergeants on board ship
Four Sergeants, one Corporal and two Lance-Corporals posing on deck of a ship, possibly the SS Florizel.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-37.1), St. John's, NL.
Arrival of troops at the railway station, St. John's, 1915
No other information is available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 17-69), St. John's, NL.
Presentation of Colours, Stobs Camp, Scotland, June 10, 1915.
King's Colours, First Newfoundland Regiment, n.d.
Postcard printed by Western Star, June 1915.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-29.2), St. John's, NL.
D Company, Newfoundland Regiment, presenting arms prior to presentation of colours
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland. Officer at right is Captain J. W. March (Regiment #O-109). Identified: Allan Edwards [Regiment # 831]; William Lever [Regiment # 888]; Alfred Banner [?].
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-27.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment marching at Presentation of Colours.
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-9.4), St. John's, NL.
Officiating clergy (representing three denominations) and Lady MacGregor (representing Daughters of the Empire) at Colours Presentation.
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland. Lieutenant John Edward Joseph Fox (Reg #142) is on the right side of the image
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA 40-20.3), St. John's, NL.
Lieut J. E. J. Fox (back to camera) about to receive regimental colours for the First Newfoundland Regiment
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-11.2), St. John's, NL.
Lady MacGregor presenting colours to Lieut. J. E. J. Fox
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-9.1), St. John's, NL.
Lieut. J. E. J. Fox bearing Regimental Colours
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA 37-7.4), St. John's, NL.
Lieut. J. E. J. Fox bearing Regimental Colours
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-11.1), St. John's, NL.
Lieut. J. E. J. Fox bearing Regimental Colours.
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland. Soldiers in formation after the presentation of Colours. Holding the Colours is Lieut. J.E.J. Fox.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 40-9), St. John's, NL.
Lieut. J. E. J. Fox receives Regimental Colours
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-13.2), St. John's, NL.
Colour Party march past Scot's Regiment. The Pipe Band is located up front followed by the Regiment Drum and Bugle Band.
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland. Holding the Colours is Lieut. J.E.J. Fox.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-9.3), St. John's, NL.
First Newfoundland Regiment march past after Presentation of Colours.
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-29.1), St. John's, NL.
Presentation of Colours.
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland. William MacGregor and dignitaries with assembled soldiers during the presentation of the colours ceremony. Note the members of a Scottish Regiment in the foreground.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 40-19.1), St. John's, NL.
Lady MacGregor presenting colours to Lieut. J. E. J. Fox.
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland. Identified: Lieutenant John Edward Joseph Fox (Reg #142).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA 37-13.2), St. John's, NL.
Presentation of Colours.
10 June 1915. Stobs Camp, near Hawick, Scotland. William MacGregor with members of the clergy representing three denominations after the presentation of Colours ceremony. Lieut. J. E. J. Fox is holding the furled Colours. Note the women present.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 40-20.4), St. John's, NL.
Britain
Tents of the Newfoundland Regiment at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Tents with soldiers relaxing, some posing for the photograph. Soldier standing guard near the centre of the photograph has a Ross rifle.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-17.2), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
An informal group shot. Three members of Newfoundland Regiment; one from another regiment (possibly British); and one person in civilian clothes. Tents in background.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-3.17), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA 36-4.6), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-3.4), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-4.3), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Pay day at Stobs Camp.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA 36-3.18), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-4.4), St. John's, NL.
Athletic Events at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Identified: Front row: Tulk; Eric Chafe (Regiment # 52); Hubert Watts [Rupert?] . Second row: Archibald Gooby (Regiment # 154); Stan Green (Regiment # 108); Roy Grandy (Regiment # 662).
Back row: Eric Robertson (Regiment # 497); Bren Sinnott (Regiment # 830); Ralph Andrews (Regiment # 55); Fred LeGrow; Jack Edwards (Regiment # 450). Note shirts emblazoned with "N.F.L.D."
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-35.2), St. John's, NL.
Athletic Events at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Identified: L-R Front row:Eric Robertson (Regiment # 497); Stan Green (Regiment # 108); Jack Edwards (Regiment # 450).
Back row: Bren Sinnott (Regiment # 830); Archibald Gooby (Regiment # 154); Fred LeGrow. Note shirts emblazoned with "N.F.L.D."
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-35.1), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
The soldier is possibly Lieut. Hector Hugh Alexander Ross, Regiment # O-96, 768 or Francis H. Knight [?]. Regiment # O-76, 287.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-4.23), St. John's, NL.
Bayonet Practice, Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA-37-33), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Kit and equipment scattered in front of tent. A bag has Chas. R. Ayre written on it. There is another person barely visible in the tent.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-4.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers boarding a train in Britain, 1915
NCOs [Non-Commissioned Officers] shown in front are Sergeants Norman McLeod (Regiment # 158), [Victor W.] Miles (Regiment #214), and Harris Oke ( Regiment #565); Len Stick (Regiment #1) is seen leaning out window. Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-17.4), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers boarding a train in Britain, 1915
A group of officers are standing next to the train.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.5), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers boarding a train in Scotland, ca. 1915.
Soldiers from other regiments in the foreground.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.4), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers on board a train in Scotland, ca. 1915
Military personnel and civillans in the foreground.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-19.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment Drum and Bugle Band, Aldershot, England, 1915
Identified: Front row, l-r: C. Field, Alexander Hennebury (Regt. # 461), Eric McKenzie Robertson (Regt.# 497), Ernest Pike, Sgt. John Joseph Oakley (Regt.# 392), Sgt. Walter Cameron Taylor (Regt.# 452), J. Nichol.
Centre row, l-r: J. Blyde (Regt. # 280; killed in action, Gallipoli), S/M Andrews, L/Cpl. Finlay McK. [McNeil] Campbell Richards (Regt. # 8), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Edward George Nauftall [Noftall], [?] Tilley, unidentified, unidentified.
Back row, l-r: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Capt. Eric Reginald Augustus Chafe M.C. (Regt.# O-49/52), unidentified.
No individuals identified are noted as musicians in their service records or in lists of known bandsmen. On the attached list, Oakley and Taylor are named as Sergeants. They were not promoted to Sergeant rank until 1916 and are wearing Corporal stripes in this photo. Chafe received promotion to Capt. in 1918; was Lance/Corporal in this photo.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B-3-21), St. John's, NL.
A Company on Parade at Aldershot, England, Aug. 1915
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Bandmaster L. L. Worthington and the Regimental Band with mascot, Sable Chief, at Ayr, 1916.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division St. John's, NL.
The Band, conducted by Bandmaster L. L. Worthington, plays outside the Royal Exchange, London, England, September 24, 1917.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division St. John's, NL.
The Regimental Band, with mascot, Sable Chief, and his handler, Pte. Hazen Fraser
The Band set out from Chelsea Barracks London to play at the 3rd London General Hospital during Newfoundland Week, September 1917.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Troops standing at attention, n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 25-15), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching in Britain, n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-23.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers at target practice in Britain, n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-25.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers at camp in Britain, n.d.
Soldiers are possibly getting dressed.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-25.4), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching in Britain, n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.6), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers on parade in Britain, 1915
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-33.3), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers engaged in tug of war in Britain, n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-23.4), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment recreational activities, Britain, 1915
Two soldiers wrestling, a crowd of uniformed soldier gathered around them.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 3-12), St. John's, NL.
Gallipoli
Colonel Dr. Cluny Macpherson in Egypt, September 1915
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (Macpherson Collection A 24-155), St. John's, NL.
Captain Frew, medical officer, at Suvla Bay, 1915
Capt. Alexander Frew was attached to Newfoundland Regiment as Medical Officer, 17 Aug. 1915-1 Sept. 1916.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA-37-1), St. John's, NL.
Pte. Maher in B Company's Officer's Mess Room, Suvla Bay, 1915
Private Pierce Maher, Regiment #591.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA-37-3), St. John's, NL.
Capt. Frew, M. C., and Lt. Col. Hadow at Suvla Bay, 1915
Capt. Alexander Frew (left) was attached to Newfoundland Regiment as Medical Officer, 17 Aug. 1915-1 Sept. 1916. Lt. Col. Arthur L. Hadow (right) was appointed Commanding Officer 6 December 1915.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-1.2), St. John's, NL.
Captain Nunns, Suvla Bay, 1915
Captain Joseph Nunns, Regiment #O-10.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA-37-1), St. John's, NL.
B Company in front line, Suvla Bay, 1915
Capt. Conn Alexander (Regiment # O-178) (left) and Capt. Joseph Nunns (Regiment # O-10) (right).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-1.3), St. John's, NL.
B Company in front line, Suvla Bay, 1915
"DeLisle's Dream" is possibly a name given to this dugout. Maj.-Gen. Sir Beauvoir de Lisle took command of the 29th Division (of which the 1st. Newfoundland Regiment was part) on 4 June 1915.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-1.4), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland trenches after a November storm, Suvla Bay, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-1.6), St. John's, NL.
Front line trenches, Suvla Bay, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-3.3)St. John's, NL.
Looking toward the Turkish line, Suvla Bay, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-3.2), St. John's, NL.
Front line trenches, Suvla Bay, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-3.4), St. John's, NL.
Cape Helles, Gallipoli
Photo taken between December 22, 1915 and January 9, 1916.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 3-15 A), St. John's, NL.
Walter F. Rendell, Adjutant
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
The Somme
Newfoundland soldiers in St. John's Road support trench, July 1, 1916
This picture was taken before the start of the attack on Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 3105), St. John's, NL.
An enemy shell bursting at Beaumont Hamel, 1916
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 2-42), St. John's, NL.
Barbed wire at Beaumont Hamel, 1916
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 2732), St. John's, NL.
Crater formed by the mine at Hawthorne Ridge, 1916
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 2-45), St. John's, NL.
King of Belgium leaving Beaumont Hamel, 1917
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 2-40), St. John's, NL.
Railway station ruins at Beaumont Hamel, 1917
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 2-38), St. John's, NL.
Battle of Albert after a mine explosion, July 1916
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 2-49), St. John's, NL.
A wounded man is brought in at the Battle of Albert, 1916
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 6067), St. John's, NL.
A captured German trench, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 2-44), St. John's, NL.
Soldiers shaving in trenches, November 1916
Taken by Lt. John Warwick Brook.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 2-37), St. John's, NL.
Paramilitary Groups
Church Lads' Brigade, ca. 1915
Taken by S. H. Parsons and Sons (St. John's, NL).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 6066), St. John's, NL.
Church Lads' Brigade drilling on Signal Hill, St. John's, ca. 1910
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 33-71), St. John's, NL.
Catholic Cadet Corps drill on St. George's Field, St. John's, ca. 1910
Taken by S.H. Parsons and Sons (St. John's, NL).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 33-73), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Highlanders in kilts, ca. 1910
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (G 14-18), St. John's, NL.
Officers of the Methodist Guards, ca. 1910
Taken by Holloway, Robert Palfrey, 1887-1917; Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). Identified: back l-r: Rev G. Foreshaw, chaplain, A. Co.; Capt. W. Pippy; Lieut. A. Pratt; Surgeon-Lieut. Cluny Macpherson, MDCM; Lieut. L. Mews; Rev. J.V. Westlake, chaplain, B. Co.; Capt. J.W. [John] March; Capt. J.S. Ayre; Lieut. H. Ayre, paymaster; Lieut. A. Mews, bandmaster.
Front l-r: Capt. J.P. Blackwood; Rev. F.R. Matthews, BA, Batt. Chaplain; Lieut. A. [Arthur] Herder; Lieut. Col. The Hon. J. S. Pitts, CMS, President; Lieut. Eric Ayre, Adjutant; Major Chas. [Charles] Hutchings, KC; Capt. Alex. Rooney, paymaster.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 1-199), St. John's, NL.
Church Lads' Brigade Armoury, ca. 1930 (colour enhanced photo)
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 33-15), St. John's, NL.
Miscellaneous
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers with unidentified women, n.d.
Possibly taken outside the Bungalow at Bowring Park, St. John's, NL.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (C 4-14), St. John's, NL.
Christmas dinner for servicemen, 1915
Members of the Newfoundland Regiment, Newfoundland Naval Reserve, and civilian guests at Christmas dinner hosted by Governor Sir Walter Davidson. Possibly taken at Government House.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 3-179), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers outside Prince's Rink, St. John's, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 34-19), St. John's, NL.
First Newfoundland Regiment with mascot, Sable Chief
1917-1918. Hazen Fraser (Regt. # 2404) was the handler of Sable Chief, the mascot of the Newfoundland Regiment. Sable Chief was presented to the 2nd. Battalion in April, 1917 by a Canadian officer at Ayr. The dog was killed by a lorry in 1918.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 1534), St. John's, NL.
Field Service for First Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, 1915
Taken at Stobs Camp.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-33.6), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers
1914-1915.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 40-10.2), St. John's, NL.
Cheque presented to Women's Patriotic Association by the St. John's Curling Association
Taken by Elsie Holloway, Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL). The cheque for $1025 was presented to the Women's Patriotic Association by the Curling Association, representing net funds raised by the curlers on Soldiers and Sailors Day, 24 January 1916 for war effort. The cheque is surrounded by portraits of members of the Association on its Honour Roll.
Top: Cyril Carter, Dr. [Cluny] Macpherson, W. H. Franklin, James Ledingham, Charles R. Ayre.
Second row: James Grieve, Frank Bennett, Gerald Harvey, Dr. [James St. Pierre] Knight.
Third row: Herbert Rendell, R.C. Grieve, Harold Mitchell, Charles Duder, Jr., G. B. Tuff, Cyril Duley. Corners: William Cook, Duncan Eaton.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-8.5), St. John's, NL.
No.5 Platoon, B Company, 1915
Identified: Row 1, left to right: Pte. J. Howard [James John], Regt. # 560; Pte. R. Martin [William Ronald]
Row 2, left to right: Pte. C. Burdell [Claude], Regt. # 330; Pte. W. Roost [William J.], Regt. # 76; Pte. F. Garf [Fred], Regt. # 125; Pte. W. A. Small [William Archibald], Regt. # 614; Pte. M. Kennedy [Michael Francis]
Row 3, left to right: Pte. J. Elliott [John], Regt. # 22; Pte. J. Hipditch [John], Regt. # 240; Pte. G. Raine [sic] [George Albert Raines], Regt. # 381; Pte. H. J. Randell [Hubert Job Randall?], Regt. # 94; Pte. C. Rowsell [Edward Clayton Rowsell]
Row 4, left to right: Pte. C. Rogers [Charles Dalton], Regt. # 389; Pte. R. Lahey [Edward?], Regt. # 259; Pte. W. Thompson [Walter], Regt. # 138; Pte. L. Rendell [Leonard True], Regt. # 231; Pte. E. Nicol [sic] [John Ethelburt Burden], Regt. # 129; Pte. G. Clarke [George Rankin]
Row 5, left to right: Pte. H. Janes [Harold Wesley], Regt. # 197; Pte. A. Mallam [Allan Wright], Regt. # 413; Sergt. L. Stick [Leonard Tretheway], Regt. # 0-71, 1; Lieut. J. Ledingham [James A.], Regt. # 0-19; Sergt. J. McConnel [sic] [Isaiah McConnell], Regt. # 396.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 25-13), St. John's, NL.
Off duty Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, France, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers at meal time, France, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Repair shop, Berneville, France, 1917
Taken by Lt. John Warwick Brook. Sergeant Edward Snook, Regiment #640, Regimental cobbler.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA-36-29-1), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment Soldiers Being Issued Food in their Mess Tins, n.d.
The food was a "Mulligan" stew, made from whatever ingredients are at hand. Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-29.2), St. John's, NL.
Joe Goodyear and his mount, n.d.
Josiah Robert Goodyear, Regiment #573, O-166. Possibly taken at Aldershot, England.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B-3-10), St. John's, NL.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Nangle, Catholic padre, n.d.
Royal Newfoundland Regiment # O-20.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 15-6), St. John's, NL.
Charles R. Ayre, n.d.
Regiment #O-150.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-8.4), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldier, n.d.
Taken by O'Davis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA-40-16), St. John's, NL.
Father Thomas Nangle, n.d.
Regiment #O-20.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA-40-19), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldier, n.d.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 40-10.1), St. John's, NL.
Group of Officers, 1st Newfoundland Regiment.
(Left to Right) DONNELLY, Captain, JAMES JOHN, M C. "1st Bn. [Battalion] Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Killed in action 12th October 1916. Age 34. Son of William and Bridget Donnelly, of St. John's, NL. . XII. B. 6." OUTERBRIDGE, Lieutenant, NORMAN. "1st Bn. [Battalion] Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Killed in action at Monchy-le-Preux 14th April 1917. Age 33. Son of Sir Joseph and Lady Outerbridge, of St. John's; husband of Mary Evaleen Outerbridge (nee Shea), of 36, Monkstown Rd., St. John's, NL. . III. A. 47." LEDINGHAM, Captain, JAMES ALLAN. "Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Killed at Langemarck 9th October 1917. Age 29. Son of John and Anna Maria Brown Ledingham, of 35, Military Rd., St. John's." RENDELL, Captain, HERBERT, M C. "1st Bn. [Battalion] Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Killed in action 29th September 1918. Age 29. Son of Herbert and Lizzie Rendell, of St. John's, NL. . VI. F. 16." Lt. H. Rendell, PIPPY, Captain, W. CARTER, Lieutenant From Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Royal Newfoundland Regiment," World War One: The War Dead of the Commonwealth (Berkshire, England: August 1998, re-published). (Photo: Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL. VA 37-23).
Section Group Photo—Section 9, Platoon 3. K. Goodyear.
(Photo: Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL. B-3-163).
Newfoundland hockey team with officials and spare men, n.d.
Identified: back row l-r: Rex White, Sydney Bennett (Regiment #0-52/2895), Jack Strong, Duke Winter (Marmaduke Winter, Regiment #2896).
Second row l-r: Hayward Williams (Regiment #3001), Charlie Strong (Regiment #0-9/30), Lionel Duley (Regiment #0-200/2945), Stan Newman (Stanley Newman, Regiment #0-57/36).
Front row l-r: Ernest Churchill (Regiment #0-108/281), Harry Mews (Regiment #0-134/2834).
Players in hockey uniforms are the regular players. Those in army uniform acted as officials, goal judges, time keepers, etc. and also as spare players. Uniforms include a sweater with a caribou crest, the Regimental emblem.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment death certificate, 1 July 1916
Private Garrett Burke died 1 July 1916 at Beaumont Hamel. Full text: 1st Newfoundland Regiment. The Great European War 1914. This Certifies that No. 1023 Private Garrett Burke has laid down his life for King and Country.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (MG 956.11), St. John's, NL.