When Word War I began, Newfoundland had been without any kind of
military organization for almost half a century. Public-spirited
citizens immediately formed themselves into a Patriotic Association
and within sixty days had recruited, partially equipped, and
dispatched 537 officers and men overseas. 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 died. 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. Nicholson also places the regiment in a larger
historical context through an exploration of the colonization of
Newfoundland and its contributions to the War of 1812, the American
War of Independence, and the American Civil War. The Fighting
Newfoundlanders is an illuminating history of the Blue Puttees and
their community.
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