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Excerpt from the Hand Book, Gazetteer an Almanac
Edited by J.R. Smallwood
1940
Donated by Don Tate

Newfoundland in the Great War, 1914-1918

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [RNR]
Total number of Men accepted by the RNR for service overseas	6277
Total number enlisted in Great Britain and accepted for service in RNR	61
Commissioned in Great Britain	1
Sub Total	6339
Total number of Men rejected as medically unfit for service in the Regiment	6184
Total number of Men who offered for service	12523
Total number of Men embarked for overseas from Newfoundland	4984
Total number of Officers and Men who proceeded from United Kingdom to theatres of war
[a] 88 Officers and 1140 Other Ranks served in Gallipoli	1178
[b] 105 Officers and 4108 Other Ranks served in France or Belgium	4253
Casualties of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Total Record of Deaths [all Ranks]
Killed in Action	564
Died of Wounds	244
Died of Disease	270
Drowned	2
Accidentally Killed	3
Suicided	1
Number of Officers and Men wounded [which includes Officers and Men wounded serveral times]	2314
Prisoners of War [Regiment]
Number of Officers and Men taken prisoners by the enemy	174
Number who died as prisoners of war in enemy's hands	29
Honors and Awards [Royal Newfoundland Regiment]
Victoria Cross	1
C.M.G.	2
D.S.O.	4
M.C.	28
Bar to M.C.	6
D.C.M.	32
Bar to D.C.M.	1
M.M.	105
O.B.E.	1
Royal Victoria Medal	1
Meritorious Service Medal	2
Mentioned in Despatches	22
Allied Medals	21
Total	234
Royal Naval Reserve
Pre-War Establishment	500
Total Who Served in Navy	2053
Killed in Action	167
Invalided	124
Newfoundland Forestry Corps [Regiment]
Total number of Officers and Men accepted	498
Enlisted and accepted in Great Britain	2
Rejected as medically unfit	278
Total	778

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