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Guaranteed original. Complete & intact. This is an original WW1 Newfoundland Regiment Cap Badge for sale. In good condition. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military cap badges for sale including other WW1 Royal Newfoundland Regiment cap badges, collar badges & shoulder titles.
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On 4 September 1914, the Legislative Assembly of Newfoundland passed an Act authorizing the formation of a corps for war service. This is the official date of formation of The Royal Newfoundland Regiment of 1914-1919. The first contingent, consisting of a headquarters and two companies, embarked for Great Britain on 3 October 1914. Through the addition of a second contingent from Newfoundland, it reached battalion strength and was designated as the 1st Newfoundland Regiment in February 1915. It was redesignated as The Royal Newfoundland Regiment on 25 January 1918. During The Great War the battalion-sized regiment was the only North American unit to fight in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. Later in the war the regiment was virtually wiped out at Beaumont Hamel on July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Since then July 1 has been marked as Memorial Day in Newfoundland and Labrador. On the night of 19 September 1915, the battalion landed at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey as part of the 88th Infantry Brigade, 29th Division. The battalion fought in the Dardanelles campaign until 9 January 1916, and after a brief period spent in Egypt, landed in France on 22 March 1916, as part of the 88th Brigade. On 13 September 1918 it was allocated to the 28th Infantry Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division, with whom it continued to fight in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The regiment disbanded on 26 August 1919.
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