beaumont hamelthe fallen

Abbot, GeorgeAbbot, Stanley

Alexander, Walter ErnestAnderson, IsraelAndrews, Joseph

Antle, GilbertAtwill, James

Ayre, Edward AlphonsusAyre, Eric S.

Ayre, Gerald WAyre, Wilfred D.Barbour, HoratioBarnes, Maxwell

Barrett, Leonard JosiahBartlett, Joseph Patrick

Barton, JohnBastow, Frederick Donald

Bennett, WilliamBishop, Wilson

Boone, Stewart MalcolmBowman, Charles

Breen, JohnBrent, David

Broderick, MichaelBrown, Bertram

Brown, Edward JohnBurge, Allen

Burke, GarrettBurke, Leo Michael

Burry, Sidney GeorgeButler, Edward William

Butler, HarryButler, Ignatius Joseph

Cahill, John JosephCahill, Martin Joseph

Callahan, RodgerCarew, John JosephCarew, John Joseph

Carrigan, EdwardCarroll, ThomasCarsons, John

Carter, Llewelyn JamesChafe, Ernest Leslie

Cleary, BernardCleary, Charles Allen

Cleary, JohnCoish, Harold Gordon

Cole, Edward LouisConnors, James Patrick

Coombs, HarryCorcoran, Laurence Joseph

Costello, William PatrickCoultas, Norman

Courage, HarrisonCrane, Henry CharlesCranford, Llewelyn C.

Critch, KennethCrocker, Harrison

Crosbie, George GrahamCroucher, Nathaniel

Curley, John ThomasDawe, Henry Charles

Dick, GeorgeDohaney, William Patrick

Doyle, John ThomasDriscoll, Arthur

Duke, JohnDunphy, John Joseph

Dunphy, WilliamEagan, PatrickEdgar, Edwin Jr

Edgecombe, SilasEdwards, John Charles

Elliott, JohnElliott, William Skeffington

Ellis, John JosephEtheridge, Gordon

Evans, HarryEvans, Joseph Wellington

Evans, NicholasFallon, Stephen

Farrell, Martin PatrickFerguson, J. Roy

Ferguson, Stewart SmallFewer, Laurence Joseph

Fillier, FrankFord, Gerald

Fowler, WilliamFrampton, JohnFreake, James

French, John JosephFry, William

Galgay, Francis JosephGardner, Edward James

Gardner, TheophilusGarf, Fred

Gillam, Arthur WilfredGladney, Edward Francis

Grant, William HayesGreeley, Matthew

Guy, Chester CameronHaines, AlbertHancock, John

Harbin, Wilfred T.Harnett, Frank

Harris, George WilliamHarris, Harvey Newman

Hatfield, George BernardHawkins, George

Hayes, Patrick JosephHayward, Arthur S.

Heale, Robert WilliamHeaney, James Patrick

Hefford, Thomas BerkleyHerder, Hubert C.

Higgins, Edmund JamesHockley, John Herbert

Holden, LukeHollahan, Joseph

Holland, Michael JohnHoward, James John

Hudson, Peter J.Hussey, Francis Joseph

Hutchins, HaroldHynes, Harry

Hynes, Richard Edward DCMIvany, William Garland

Jackman, BertJackman, Michael Joseph

Janes, FrederickJanes, George Robert

Janes, MaxwellJeans, John Allan

Jeffers, SilasJohnson, Alfred

Johnson, John JosephJones, Arthur

Jupp, Clifford H.O.Kearley, Eber

Kelly, Michael FrancisKelly, Thomas Joseph

Kennedy, Michael FrancisKing, Alexander

King, Joseph AndrewKnight, William

Knight, William BlacklerLahey, Robert Joseph

Lannigan, James JosephLannon, Michael FrancisLannon, William JosephLearning, Samuel John

Lebuff, RobertLeshana, William Edward

Lilly, AugustusLind, Francis Thomas

Linehan, DavidLuff, Samuel

Lukins, GeorgeLukins, JohnLyons, Allan

MacDougall, AlexanderMackay, Andrew Joseph

Maddigan, Richard JosephMaher, James J.

Mahoney, Malcolm CyrilManning, Augustus J.Martin, Eric Shannon

Martret, JosephMasters, William

McNeil, Donald FrazerMcHiven, William Robert

Meadus, RobertMelee, ThomasMellor, Fred C.

Mercer, Maxwell JamesMercer, Robert

Miles, Victor WilliamMiller, George

Mooney, James RaymondMoore, Eric

Morgan, WilliamMorris, James R.Morris, Kenneth

Morrissey, John ThomasMorton, Joseph

Moyes, AllanMurphy, Edward Joseph

Murphy, LawrenceNelson, Charles

Newhook, George FredNewman, Archibald Mark

Nichols, Campbell Withycombe

Noseworthy, HermanO’Brien, William Vincent

O’Driscoll, AlbertO’Flynn, Michael JosephO’Keefe, William JosephO’Leary, James Joseph

Ollerhead, WilliamO’Neill, Michael Joseph

Osmond, Douglas McNeilParmiter, Cecil

Parsons, Aubrey L.Parsons, Charles Albert

Paul, Reginald J.Peckford, EdwardPennell, William

Penney, AugustusPenney, Josiah H.Perran, William G.

Piercey, John CharlesPike, George EdwardPike, James JosephPike, Stanley Gordon

Pinsent, Stanley StewartPitman, Richard

Porter, Archibald HaroldPorter, Robert Branfitt

Power, James MatthewProwse, William Patrick

Quigley, Michael JosephReid, Charles

Reid, Robert BruceReid, William Joseph

Rendell, Arthur JamesRendell, Clifford

Rice, John JosephRichardson, Patrick

Rideout, SydneyRogers, Edward JosephRoss, Michael Joseph

Ross, R. WallaceRossiter, Matthew

Rowsell, Edward ClaytonRowsell, H.J.R.Russell, William

Ryall, William ThomasRyan, William Joseph

Seymour, ThomasShave, Edwin L.

Short, Richard M.Shortall, Richard A.

Simms, George PercivalSimms, Robert RonaldSmall, George Stewart

Smith, JosiahSmith, Zachariah

Snelgrove, John CharlesSnow, Douglas K.

Snow, Frederick E., MMSnow, John S.

Sparkes, GeorgeSpurrell, Frank J.Steele, Owen W.

Strathie, Harry GrovesStride, Ambrose WilliamsStrong, Norman Wheatley

Stuckless, SilasSummers, Michael Francis

Taylor, Alfred PennyTaylor, Charles F.

Taylor, George HaywardTaylor, Herbert

Templeman, DonaldThomas, Walter

Walsh, Michael FrancisWarford, Garland

Watkins, Robert JamesWest, EdwardWest, Stanley

Westcott, Harry T.Whalen, Augustin

Wheeler, FrederickWhite, FrederickWhite, William

White, William ArthurWhite, Willis

Whitten, Edgar CharlesWight, Arthur

Wilcox, FrederickWilliams, Robert John

Winsor, GeorgeWinter, Edward Rozier

Winter, Randolph MilliganWoodford, Frank

Woodman, KennethYoung, Arthur Harold

Newfoundland soldiers before the battle at Beaumont-HamelPhoto: The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 3105)

The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland MemorialPhoto: Mike Di Tomaso, the Vimy Foundation

100 years ago, the 1st Newfoundland Regiment faced devastating losses at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Going “over the

top,” Newfoundlanders were completely exposed to intense machine gun fire and the attack was a horrific failure. Within 20 minutes, approximately 85% of those

who had started forward were dead, dying or wounded.

While the casualty list varies, most records indicate that 287 Newfoundlanders were killed in this battle, on the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army. Due in part to the incredible courage and bravery demonstrated at Beaumont

Hamel, King George V honoured the Regiment’s actions by granting it the designation “Royal”.

The Vimy Foundation is actively working to ensure that Beaumont Hamel and other major battles of the First World War involving Canadians and

Newfoundlanders are recalled and our losses commemorated.

july 1, 1916

we will remember them.

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