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The fighting Newfoundlander : a history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment / G.W.L. Nicholson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholson, G. W. L. (Gerald William Lingen), 1902-1980.
- Series:
- Carleton library ; no. 209.
- Carleton library series ; 209
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--Newfoundland and Labrador.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Newfoundland Regiment--History.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Newfoundland Regiment--Registers.
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Newfoundland Regiment--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 614 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Fighting Newfoundlander is a vivid history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment - the "Blue Puttees" - and its heroic contributions to the war effort. Gerald Nicholson details the harrowing experiences of the Newfoundland Regiment (the only Canadian unit) at Gallipoli and later at Beaumont Hamel where 710 of the 801 officers and men who took part in the assault were casualties. He also follows them to the Third Battle of Ypres and Cambrai, for which they were granted the title "Royal" - the only army unit to receive such a distinction during World War I.
- Contents:
- Before the first regiment
- The regiments of the 1700's
- Newfoundlanders in the War of 1812
- When war came
- first five hundred
- Gallipoli
- Reinforcing the regiment
- Beaumont Hamel
- Gueudecourt
- Sailly-Saillisel and Monchy-le-Preux
- The Steenbeek and the Broembeek
- Cambrai
- The German April offensive
- The advance to victory
- The tradition lives on
- App. A Honour roll, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, First World War
- App. B Honours and awards, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, First World War
- App. C Battle honours
- App. D Articles of engagement approved by Governor Richard Evans for the Newfoundland volunteers, 1779
- App. E Proposals for raising a corps of infantry in the island of Newfoundland, September 12, 1780
- App. F Extracts from the regimental orders of the earliest Newfoundland regiment
- App. G Special order of the day by the Colonel, the Royal Scots (the royal regiment).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612865947
- 9780773583665
- 0773583661
- 9781282865945
- 1282865943
- 9780773575448
- 0773575448
- OCLC:
- 923233817
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