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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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