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Fighting Newfoundlander
ISBN: 9780773575448
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Great Britain -- Army -- Royal Newfoundland Regiment;

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.

Colonel Gerald W.L. Nicholson (1902-1980) served with the Prince Albert Volunteers. He is the author of The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945 and Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, both part of the official history of the Canadian Army.Colonel Gerald W.L. Nicholson (1902-1980) served with the Prince Albert Volunteers. He is the author of The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945 and Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, both part of the official history of the Canadian Army.