Newfoundland & Labrador

Presented to
The Government and
People of Newfoundland and Labrador
by the
59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment
Royal Artillery Association to commemorate the fiftieth Anniversary
of its formation and service in World War II

The Battle Route of the 59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery (1944-1945)

IN MEMORY
OF
MARGOT DAVIES, M.B.E.

MARGOT, WHO LEFT NEWFOUNDLAND AT AN EARLY AGE, WAS A FRIEND TO THOUSANDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND SERVICEMEN WHO SERVED OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR II

HER WEEKLY BROADCAST "CALLING FROM BRITIAN TO NEWFOUNDLAND," THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, WHICH COMMENCED SHORTLY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST NEWFOUNDLAND TROOPS IN ENGLAND AND CONTINUED UNTIL A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO HER SAD DEMISE ENDEARED HER TO THE PEOPLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND

LORD GRANT THAT WE MAY SEEK RATHER TO COMFORT
THAN TO BE COMFORTED
THAT WHERE THERE IS SADNESS WE MAY BRING JOY
THAT WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR WE MAY BRING HOPE AND WHERE THERE ARE SHADOWS WE MAY BRING THY LIGHT.

ERECTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR AND BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS MEMORIAL FUND INSTITUTED BY EX-GUNNER MAXWELL LITTLE JOHN ROYAL ARTILLERY

Beaumont Hamel 1916
Arras 1917
Langemarck 1917
Cambrai 1917
Courtrai

"The Infantry Man"
presented to the
people of
Newfoundland and Labrador
by the Soldiers, past and present, of the
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
to mark the Regiments 200 years of service to Queen and Country from 25 April, 1795 - 1995

Le Transloy
Ypres 1917, 1918
Poelcappelle
Bailleul
Gallipoli 1915

In Commemoration
of the Service and Sacrifice
made by the
Women during World War II
on the occasion of the
RCAF Women's Division and RAF
Women's Auxiliary Air Force Reunion
in
St. John's, Newfoundland July 4, 1998

We will remember them.

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[first plaque/première plaque]

1914-1918
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN MICHAEL
FRANCIS SUMMERS
LIEUTENANT CECIL B. CLIFT
LIEUTENANT ARTHUR J. HERDER
MEMBERS OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR

[second plaque/deuxième plaque]

1939-1945

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT RICHARD
A. SQUIRES
GUNNER JAMES
WALCOT WINTER
MEMBERS OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE SECOND GREAT WAR

[left memorial/le monument de gauche]

(front/devant)
WWII Veterans
1939 - 1945
FREDERICK FRY
GRAHAM FRY
PETER SOMERTON
HERBERT SOMERTON
MICHAEL SOMERTON
WILLIAM J. SOMERTON
HECTOR SOMERTON
SAMUEL SOMERTON
CHARLES SOMERTON
RAYMOND SOMERTON
WILLIS MITCHELL
LEVI MITCHELL
JORDON MITCHELL
MATTHEW MITCHELL
STEVEN MITCHELL
FREEMAN MITCHELL
FREDERICK GREELEY
JAMES GREELEY
FREDERICK HUSSEY
JONATHAN HUSSEY
GEORGE BISHOP
JAMES HAMMOND

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF
PORTUGAL COVE/ST. PHILIPS
NOVEMBER ??
TO HONOUR ??

(right side/côté droit)
WWII VETERANS
1939 - 1945
MARK HAMMOND
WILLIAM HAMMOND
DAVID HYNES
EDWARD ANTLE
ALBAN FLEMING
HAROLD MILLER
WALLACE MILLER
JOHN MURPHY
WILLIAM CHURCHILL
HARRIS CHURCHILL
ROBERT PICCO
MYLES MURRAY
MADGE MCDONALD
HAZEL CHURCHILL
JACOB MILLER
GEORGE ALLEN
WILLIAM ALLEN
ALEX PEDDLE
STEWART GREELEY
TASKER HARDING
JOHN ALLEN
GEORGE SOMERTON
ANDREW SOMERTON

(left side/côté gauche)
WWI VETERANS
1914 - 1918
EDGAR SOMERTON
ARCHIBALD GREELEY
SAMUEL MILLER
ANNIAS MILLER
STEPHEN NEARY
SOLOMON CHURCHILL
PETER HAMMOND
ALBERT WATKINS
MICHAEL HYNES
ERNEST BISHOP
GEORGE FRY
DANIEL CHURCHILL
ALBERT CHURCHILL
EDGAR HIBBS
THOMAS MITCHELL
ARTHUR JONES
CHARLES DRUKEN
JACOB PICCO
SAUL SQUIRES
NATHANIAL SOMERTON
JORDON HIBBS
ELI HAMMOND

[center memorial/le monument du milieu]

(front/devant)
THOMAS CHURCHILL
C/JX 181403

JOHN CHURCHILL
RTP/R 312192

ROBERT C. EARLE
P/JX 188879

WALTER GREELEY
LT/JX 216837

DAVID KING
C/JX 230144

HAYWARD S. MITCHELL
P/JX 188931

ALBERT. L. MILLER
P/JX 188900

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF
THIS COMMUNITY WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR II

1939    1945

(right side/côté droit)
GNR.
ANDREW CHURCHILL
970700

PTE.
L.H. CHURCHILL
SN3494

(back/arrière)
ROYAL
CANADAIN NAVY

HMCS MARGAREE

MASTER SEAMAN
WILLIAM E. HYNES
SHIP'S DIVER

NATO STANDING
NAVAL FORCE
ATLANTIC

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
8 FEBRUARY 1991

MADEIRA
ISLANDS

PORTUGUESE
TERRITORIES

(left side/côté gauche)
RALPH PICCO

AMBROSE HARDING

RICHARD A. SQUIRES

[right memorial/le monument de droit]

(front/devant)
ROYAL
NFLD REGIMENT
LCE CPL. MATTHEW
GREELEY. NO 1574.

MICHAEL J. ROSS
PTE. NO 250.

JAMES HALL
PTE. NO 1935.

WILLIAM HALL
PTE. NO 1949.

PETER SOMERTON
PTE. NO 2779.

WALTER GREELEY
PTE. NO 3080612.

SAMUEL SOMERTON
PTE. NO 715203.

(right side/côté droit)
NEWFOUNDLAND

THE ROYAL
NEWFOUNDLAND
REGIMENT

CORPORAL
HERBERT J BELBIN
NO 1765

PRIVATE
ARTHUR J JONES
NO 1806

ROYAL ARMY
SERVICE CORPS

SERGEANT
WILLIAM WARRILOW
NO TS/1053

ALSO A VETERAN OF
THE BOER WAR

(left side/côté gauche)
NFLD ROYAL
NAVAL RESERVE

HERBERT SOMERTON
NO 720X

JOHN F. HIBBS
NO 737X

HAROLD MILLER
NO 1578X

ERECTED BY A
GRATEFUL PEOPLE
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS
COMMUNITY WHO IN THE
GREAT WAR GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR KING AND
COUNTRY.
1914 — 1918.

[steles/stèles]
(left)
WORLD WAR II

ERIC ABBOTT
ALEXANDER ANDREWS
MALCOLM BLUNDON
CYRIL CHURCHILL
JESSIE L CHURCHILL
LLOYD CHURCHILL
DAWSON G FRY
FRANCIS GLADNEY
GRANVILLE GREELEY
KATHLEEN GREELEY
MALCOLM GREELEY
ALBERT R HAMMOND
GEORGE WM HARDING
JOSEPH HARDING
??
ANGUS W HIBBS
ELLA HUSSEY
JOHN JANES JR
GEORGE JONES
ELEAZER KING
JOHN LAWLOR
JACK LEGROW
TED LEGROW
ELLA MILLER
FREDRICK MILLER
WALTER MILLER
WILLIAM MILLER
CYRIL MITCHELL
DONALD MITCHELL
ERNEST MITCHELL
KENNETH MITCHELL
STEWART MITCHELL
CHARLES MITCHELL JR
THOMAS O'BRIEN
ERNEST O'QUINN
ROLLAND H PARSONS
DUNCAN PICCO
THEOPHILUS PICCO
HENRY A PILGRIM
THOMAS PURCELL SR
JAMES A QUIGLEY
PHOEBE REID (MILLER)
AMBROSE SOMERTON
CLARNENCE SOMERTON
MADGE SOMERTON
EDGAR SOMERTON JR
ARTHUR SQUIRES
RICHARD W SQUIRES
ROBERT SQUIRES
THOMAS SQUIRES
ALFRED S TUCKER
MOSES TUCKER
ORMAN WHALEN
TASKER HIBBS
HUBERT H HIBBS

(center)
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF
THIS COMMUNITY TO HONOUR
THOSE WHO SERVED IN CONFLICTS
RETURNED HOME AND
HAVE SINCE PASSED

WORL WAR I
BERT CHURCHILL
FREDRICK CHURCHILL
WILLIAM H CHURCHILL
EDGARD CLARKE
GEORGE GREELEY
JACBO GREELEY
MERRILL HAMMOND
GEORGE A HARDING
HENRY HARDING
SAMUEL HARDING
HECTOR HIBBS
HERBER JONES
SAMUEL KING
ANDREW LAWLOR
DANIEL MILLER
JOHN MILLER
ARTHUR E MITCHELL
CHARLES MITCHELL

ERNEST MITCHELL
FRANK MITCHELL
WILLIAM MITCHELL
ZACHEUS MITCHELL
ARTHUR MITCHELL
??
WILLIS MITCHELL SR.
PHILIP PICCO
RALPH PICCO
ARTHUR SOMERTON
EARNEST SOMERTON
SOLOMON SOMERTON
STEPHEN SOMERTON
WILLIAM J SOMERTON
CHARLES SOMERTON SR
GEORGE A SQUIRES
RICHARD W SQUIRES
RICHARD A. SQUIRES
EDMOND MITCHELL SR

(right)
KOREA
JOHN PAPPAS
GUS PENDER
JIM PENDER
THOMAS M PURCELL JR

PEACEKEEPERS
DEREK PURCELL
ROY SQUIRES
LEWIS TUCKER
CECIL W SOMERTON
AUSTIN PICCO

AFGHANISTAN
TEENA HARRIS

P.T.E. Edward Hiscock

died of pneumonia

Thornecliffe

Dec 25 1915

P.T.E Henry Chas Dawe

Killed in action

Beaumont Hamel

July 1, 1916

P.T.E. Cecil Parmiter

Killed in action

Beaumont Hamel

July 1, 1916

P.T.E. George Miller

Killed in action

Beaumont Hamel

July 1, 1916

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[front/devant]

(plaque)
IN PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE CANADIAN FORCES, AND
OTHER CANADIANS, WHO SERVED AND SACRIFICED
THEIR LIVES AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO
PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF HUMANITY,
AND TO BRING SECURITY AND STABILITY TO THE PEOPLE
OF AFGHANISTAN.

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, IN COOPERATION WITH
THE NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR COMMAND OF THE
ROYAL CANDIAN LEGION AND THE PROVINICAL
MILITARY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRES, AND WAS
UNVEILED BY THE HONOURABLE DANNY WILLIAMS
Q.C., PREMIER OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR,
IN THE YEAR 2008 A.D. DURING THE REIGN OF
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

AFGHANISTAN

(plaque)
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PERPETUAL
REMEMBRANCE OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
CANADIAN NAVY, ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY,
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, AND OTHER UNITED
NATIONS FORCES, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND IN DEFENCE OF THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED
NATIONS, IN THE FORCES OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN
ELIZABETH II, AND OTHER CANADIANS WHO
PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE DURING THE KOREAN
CONFLICT. THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE
KOREAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION AND WAS
UNVEILED BY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR IN YEAR
1980 A.D.

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

(plaque)
NEWFOUNDLAND

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE
OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO MEN OF
THE NEWFOUNDLAND ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE,
THIRTEEN HUNDRED MEN OF
THE ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT,
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN MEN
OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND MERCHANTILE MARINE AND
OF ALL THOSE OTHER NEWFOUNDLANDERS OF OTHER UNITS
OF HIS MAJESTY'S OR ALLIED FORCES WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES BY SEA AND LAND FOR THE DEFENSE OF
THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
FOR ENDURING, WITNESS, ALSO, TO THE SERVICE MEN OF
THIS ISLAND, WHO, DURING THAT WAR FOUGHT,
NOT WITHOUT HONOR IN THE NAVIES AND ARMIES
OF THE EMPIRE.
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THEIR
FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN, AND WAS UNVEILED
BY FIELD MARSHALL EARL HAIG, K.T.,
G.C.B., O.M. ETC. FIRST OF JULY 1924.
"LET THEM GIVE GLORY UNTO THE LORD AND DECLARE
HIS PRAISE IN THE ISLANDS."     ISAIAH 42.12

EGYPT     FRANCE
GALLIPOLI     BELGIUM
THE SEVEN SEAS

(plaque)
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PERPETUAL
REMEMBRANCE OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN
MEMEBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, ROYAL CANADIAN
NAVY, ROYAL ARTILLERY, NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT,
CANADIAN ARMY, ROYAL AIR FORCE, ROYAL CANADIAN
AIR FORCE, OTHER ARMY UNITS AND TWO HUNDRED AND
SIXTY SIX MEMBERS OF THE MERCHANT MARINE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM WHILE SERVING
IN THE FORCES OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE SIXTH
AND ALL THOSE NEWFOUNDLANDERS WHO SERVED IN ALLIED
UNITS AND WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE DURING
WORLD WAR TWO. THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR AND
BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION AND WAS UNVEILED
IN THE SILVER JUBLIEE YEAR OF HER MOST GRACIOUS
MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND.
NOVEMBER ELEVENTH, 1977.

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

(plaque)
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF THE ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT
OF FENCIBLE INFANTRY WHO FOUGHT AND DIED ON LAND
AND AS SAILORS, GUNNERS AND MARINES ON THE
GREAT LAKES IN SERVICE OF HIS MAJESTY IN THE
DEFENCE OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA IN THE WAR OF 1812-15.
THEIR EXECEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND SERVICE IN THE BATTLES OF
DETROIT, FORT ERIE, FRENCHTOWN, OGDENSBURG, YORK, FORT MEIGS,
FORT GEORGE, SACKETS HARBOR, LAKE ERIE, MICHILIMACKINAC,
AND THE CAPTURE OF THE AMERICAN WARSHIPS USS TIGRESS AND
SCORPION WERE RECOGNIZED IN 2012 BY THE GOVERNMENT
OF CANADA AND RESULTED IN THE AWARDING OF
THE BATTLE OF HONOURS "DETROIT", "MAUMEE"
AND "DEFENCE OF CANADA 1812 - 15"
TO THE ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT.

THIS PLAQUE PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND
REGIMENT ADVISOR COUNCIL
IN 2013 ON THE OCCASION OF THE 200TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR OF 1812-15.

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(plaque)
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE OF THE
YOUNG MEN OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR WHO SERVED IN THE
ROYAL FLYING CORPS, THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE AND
SUBSEQUENTLY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AS FIGHTER, BOMBER,
AND RECONNAISSANCE PILOTS AND OBSERVERS, MANY OF WHOM
GAVE THEIR LIVES WILLINGLY. THEIR EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND
SERVICE ENSURED BRITISH DOMINION OVER THE SKIES DURING
WORLD WAR 1 (1914-1918). THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED
FOREVER BY A FREE AND GRATEFUL NATION.

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY HONORARY
COLONEL WILLIAM MAHONEY, O.M.M., O.N.L., C.D. AND
VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA IN THE YEAR 2020 A.D.
DURING THE REIGN OF
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II