Newfoundland Regiment

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infantry regiment military unit

The Newfoundland Regiment was a distinguished infantry unit from the Dominion of Newfoundland that fought with heavy losses on the Western Front during World War I, most notably at the Battle of the Somme.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Newfoundland Regiment canonical	2
Royal Newfoundland Regiment	2

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infantry regiment ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	British Empire ⓘ
associatedWith	Newfoundland national identity ⓘ
battleHonour	Arras 1917 ⓘ Cambrai 1917 ⓘ Somme 1916 ⓘ Ypres 1917 ⓘ
branch	infantry ⓘ
casualties	heavy losses on the Western Front ⓘ
commandStructure	British Army formations ⓘ surface form: British Army formations on the Western Front
commemoration	Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial ⓘ surface form: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial in France
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ
decorations	multiple individual gallantry awards to its members ⓘ
distinction	one of the first Dominion units to see action in World War I ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
heritage	lineage continued by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in the Canadian Army ⓘ
honour	Royal prefix granted after World War I ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memorializedIn	Newfoundland and Labrador war memorials ⓘ
nickname	Blue Puttees ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	sustained proportionally very high casualties compared to its size ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ Battle of Beaumont-Hamel ⓘ Battle of Cambrai ⓘ surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917) First Battle of Ypres ⓘ surface form: Battle of Ypres Battle of the Somme ⓘ
notableFor	high casualty rate at Beaumont-Hamel on 1 July 1916 ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
raisedBy	Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ surface form: Dominion of Newfoundland government
raisedIn	island of Newfoundland ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland
recruitmentArea	Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
role	front-line infantry operations ⓘ
service	British Expeditionary Force ⓘ Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subsequentName	Newfoundland Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Newfoundland Regiment
theatre	Western Front ⓘ
type	volunteer unit ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial → commemorates → Newfoundland Regiment ⓘ

Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial → symbolOf → Newfoundland Regiment ⓘ

Battle of Courcelette → involvedUnit → Newfoundland Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Newfoundland Regiment → subsequentName → Newfoundland Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Newfoundland Regiment