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The Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Chronology

Extracted from the book "Pilgrimage" by David Parsons

Year Date Location
     
1914 Aug 21 Regiment formed and first men enlisted.
CO Major W.H. Franklin - Training Pleasantville
  Oct 04 Overseas on S.S. Florizel
  Oct 20 Disembarked Plymouth - to Salisbury Planin [Pond Farm Camp]. CO Lt. Col. E.B. Clegg
  Nov 12 CO Lt. Col R. de H. Burton
  Dec 07 To Fort George, Inverness
 
1915 Feb 19 To Edinburgh Castle
  May 11 To Stobs Camp, Hawich
  Aug 02 HQ and 2nd Battalion established at Ayr
  Aug 02 1st Battalion to Aldershot - Badajoz Barracks
  Aug 19 Leave Aldershot
  Aug 20 Embarked Devonport on SS Megantic
  Sep 01 Landed Alexandria - Abbassia Barracks
  Sep 13 Embarked Alexandria on SS Ausonia
  Sep 18 Arrived Mudros
  Sep 20 Landed Gallipoli - SUVLA BAY
  Sep 22 First Casualty
  Dec 06 CO Lt. Col. A.L.Hadow
  Dec 20 Evacuate Suvla Bay
  Dec 22 To Cape Helles
 
1916 Jan 09 Evacuate Cape Helles
  Jan 11 Disembarked SS Varsova at Alexandria - Suez Camp
  Nov to
Feb 22
Western Frontier Force
  Mar 14 Embarked Port Tewfik on MT Alaunia
  Mar 22 Disembarked Marseilles - entrained to Abbeville
  Mar 25 Detrained Pont Remy - march to Buigny L'Abbe
  Mar 31 Maarch to Brucamps
  Apr 01 Bonneville
  Apr 04 Louvencourt
  Apr 13 Englebelmer
  Apr 22 Relieved Worc. Reg't. in Firing Line at Beaumont Hamel
  May 03 Relieved by SWB - Mailly Maillet
  May 3-8 Trench Construction
  May 08 To Louvencourt
  May 18 Front Line Beaumont Hamel
  May 28 To Mailley Maillet
  Jun 07 To Louvencourt
  Jun 15 Front Line
  Jun 23 Relieved by SWB - to Louvencourt
  Jun 25 Trench Raid
  Jun 27 Trench Raid
  Jul 01 BEAUMONT HAMEL
  Jul 06 To Englebelmer
  Jul 08 To Mailly Maillet
  Jul 14 In trenches east of Auchonvillers
  Jul 17 Relieved by SWB - to Acheux
  Jul 23 March to Beauval
  Jul 27 To Candas
  Jul 28 Poperinghe by train
  Jul 30 Bde. reserve [east side of Ypres - Menin Gate. Contruction of X-Line at Potijze]
  Aug 08 Gas attack
  Aug 09 Relieved Worc. Reg't. in Firing Line Bellewaarde Lake area - Railway Wood and Y Wood
  Aug 18 Relieved - to Brandhoek
  Aug 29 Front Line YPRES 16
  Sep 08 To Reserve
  Sep 19 Elverdinghe - contruction L line
  Sep 29 Reserve at Ypres
  Oct 05 Poperinghe - 3 days
  Oct 08 By train to Longeau [near Amiens] - march to Corbie
  Oct 09 Bus to Bernafay Wood
  Oct 10 Via Delville Wood and Flers to Gueudecourt to relieve Royal Fusiliers
  Oct 12 GUEUDECOURT - attack on Hilt Trench
  Oct 13 Relieved by Hampshire Reg't - to Switch Trench between Flers and Delville Wood
  Oct 20 Bernafay Wood - Div. Reserve
  Oct 27 Grease Trench for 1 day - relieved by Aussies
  Oct 28 Corps Reserve - Ville sur Corbie
  Nov 17 LESBOUEFS - relieved 8th. Div. - Nfld. and Worc. in Front NE of Lesbouefs
  Nov 22 Relieved by Hampshires
  Nov 27 Major J. Forbes Robertson, 2 i/c in command
  Dec 09 To Corps Reserve - Carnoy - Meaulte - Mericourt l'Abbe - Fricourt -
road construction at Fricourt and Carnoe
  Dec 14 Entrained to Conde - march to Camps en Amienois
 
1917 Jan 11 Camps en Amienois to Corbie
  Jan 15 Corbie - march to Meaulte
  Jan 16 Meaulte
  Jan 17 Carnoy
  Jan 18 Guillemont
  Jan 19 LE TRANSLOY - Front Line
  Jan 24 Moved NE - left 1/2 of 87 Bde. sector
  Jan 27 In support attack by Inniskilling Fusiliers and Border Reg't
  Feb 02 To Carnoy
  Feb 06 By bus to Coisey to rest camp
  Feb 18 March vie Meaulte, Carnoy, Boourleaux Wood
  Feb 23 Relieved Lancaster Fusiliers at Sailly-Saillisel
  Feb 25 Withdrawn to Hardecourt
  Mar 02 SAILLY-SAILLISEL - relieved Royal Fusiliers, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Lancaster Fusiliers
held trenches for 52 hours
  Mar 03 Relieved by Lancaster Fusiliers
  Mar 05 Meaulte - Division Reserve
  Mar 19 To Camps en Amienois
  Mar 28 Left Camps en Amienois march vie Picquingy, Vignacourt, Beauval, Grenas and Pommera, Ivernigyh, Coullement, to Gouy en Artois
  Apr 11 Rehearsal for attack
  Apr 12 March to Les Fosses Farm [near Arras] relieved Battalion of 12th Division on road to Monchy le Preux from Le Bergere farm on Cambrai Road
  Apr 14 MONCHY
  Apr 18 Composite Battalion of Essex and Nfld. Regiments in Reserve Trench at Orange Hill
  Apr 22 To Les Fosses Farm
  Apr 23 LES FOSSES FARM - String Trench - guarding Right Flank 88th Brigade
  Apr 24 Relieved by Middlesex Reg't. - march to Arras Rest 3 weeks - Bayencourt, Berneville
  May 02 Recall to Arras - 29 Division in support
  May 06 Lt. Col. Hadow resumes command
  May 14 Division Reserve - trenches at Tilloy
  May 17 To Dugouts at Railway Triangle [near Arras]
  May 25 Front Line north of Monchy
  May 29 Relieved by Essex Reg't.
  Jun 04 Arras to Bonneville by train
  Jun 27 By train to Proven
  Jul 6-12 YSER CANAL - Front Line
  Jul 12/13 Trench Raid
  Jul 17/18 Trench Raid
  Jul 12 Training in Proven area
  Aug 08 29th Division in line North of Ypres-Staden RR
  Aug 16 STEENBEEK
  Aug 17 Relieved by 86th Brigade - to Elverdinghe
  Aug 20-24 CANNES FARM - Front Line
  Aug 24 Penton Camp [near Proven] for 3 weeks
  Sep 26 WIJDENDRIFT - Front Line NW of Langemarch Sep 30 - Penton Camp
  Oct 07 From Cardoen Camp to Yser Canal Bank
  Oct 09 BROENBEEK
  Oct 10 Relieved by Hampshire Reg't
  Oct 11 29 Division relieved by 17 Division vie Elverdiinghe to Swindon Camp [Proven]
  Oct 17 Entrained to Saulty - march to Berles-au-Bois
  Nov 17 Berles - Boisleux au Monts - entrain to Peronne
  Nov 18 Via Moislains to Sorel-le-Grand
  Nov 20 Sorel to Gouzeaucourt to Villers Plouick
 
MARCOING MASNIERES
 
  Nov 21 Reserve at Masnieres
  Nov 22 Relieved by Middlesex Reg't
  Nov 25 In Trenches at Beaurevoir Line
  Nov 28 Reserve at Maarcoing
  Nov 30 Held Line at Marcoing Copse
  Dec 03 German attacks - withdrew with South Wales Borderers along Canal Bank
relieved by Hampshires at 9 PM to 1/2 mile rear of Front Line
  Dec 04 Withdrew to Etricourt - train to Mondicourt - march to Humbercourt
  Dec 18 Humbercourt to Boubers sur Canche
  Dec 19 To Le Parcq
  Dec 20 To Fressin Lt. Col. Hadow retires as CO. Temporary CO- Lt. Col. J.R. Meiklejohn
     
1918 Jan 01 CO - Lt. Col. J.S. Woodruffe
  Jan 06 Fressin to Zudausques [St. Omer]
  Jan 18 To Wizernes - entrain to Brandhoek - to Hasler Camp [St. Jans]
  Jan 26 Front Line - Vindictive Crossing [North of Passchendaele]
  Jan 30 Relieved - support positions at Bellevue
  Feb 03 To Wieltje - entrain to Brandhoek
  Feb 12 Reserve Steenvorde
  Feb 19 To Poperinghe - work parties
  Mar 07 VINDICTIVE CROSSROADS - Front Line - N. of Passchendaele
Front Line 5 days and 4 days - working on trenches when out of the Front Line
  Mar 21 German Offensive began
  Apr 09 Relieved from Front Line N. of Passchendaele
  Apr 10 BAILLEUL
  Apr 10 To Van Hugel Station [Wieltje] - train to St. Jan Ter Biezen - to Bailleul - debussed at La Creche for defence of Steenwerck - attached to 34th Division
  Apr 11 De Broecken Farm
  Apr 12 Bailleul Rd. near Railway Line - fell back to De Seule Crossroads
  Apr 13 Withdrew against attacks - relieved by Northumberland Reg't
  Apr 15 March to Croix de Poperinghe
  Apr 18 Front Line - Ridge at Croix de Poperinghe
  Apr 21 Relieved by French
  Apr 22 Bus to Hondeghem [Hazebrouck]
  Apr 29 Left 29th Division - to Etaples
  Apr 30 Camp at St. Josse - relieved Honourable Artilllery Company as HQ Guard
billeted at Ecuires [near Montreuil]
  Jun 01 Major A.E. Bernard - acting CO
  Jun 30 CO - Lt. Col. T.G. Mathias
  Jun - Jul TDraining at Camiers - encamped at Equihen
  Aug Guarding P.O.W.
  Sep 11 To 2nd Army, 9th Division, 28th Brigade
  Sep 12 From Boulonge via Poperinghe to Wormhoult
  Sep 18 Joined 28th Brigade
  Sep 20 To Front Line via Proven, Seige Camp [NE of Vlam]
relieved 26 Brigade North of Hellfire Corner
  Sep 28 Attack through Westhoek to Polygon Wood
  Sep 29 Advance from Polygon Wood to KEIBERG RIDGE to Strooiboomhoek
  Sep 30 In reserve
  Oct 02 To Front Line at LEDEGHEM
  Oct 6/7 Relieved and to Keiberg
  Oct 13 To Front for attack on Steebeck
  Oct 14 VICTORIA CROSS to Pte. T Rickett during attack at De Beurt Farm near Drie Masten
  Oct 15 To St. Catherine Capelle [North of Coutrai] - in reserve 4 days
  Oct 19/20 RIVER LYS CROSSING from Bavichove to Beveren
  Oct 20 Bavichove to VICHTE
  Oct 21 Held line relieved in evening - to Harlebeke
  Oct 24 To Vichte
  Oct 25 To attack INGOYGHEM RIDGE - cancelled
  Oct 26 Relieved to Harlebeke, billeted at Bavichove
  Nov 11 at Harlebeke
  Nov 14 March to Germany
  Dec CO - Lt. Col. A.E. Bernard
  Dec 4 Entered Germany as part of the Army of Occupation
     
1919 Feb 14 Withdrew from Germany
  May 03 Victory Parade, London
  Jun 01 Arrived St. John's
 

List of Abbreviations

Bde

Brigade

Div. Division
Regt. Regiment
2 i/c Second in Command

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