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Office , but this 1s not good e nough for the hiEltorian of tbe future to do
justice t o the glorious career of" our immortal Regiment . We require details,
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and t o get at the facts ve must have them f rom those heroes who participated In
the great st r ugg l e , who 'Jere f or t un ate e nou gh to survive and
ful ly' q ualified to
give their pers onal experience dur ing t he ca mped gn , and thus wi l l be pr eserved the
meMory of the hundreds of our counta-ymen of the Roya l Ne wfoundland Re gi ment , vh o
vere of ficially a cknovkedg ed by the Oommender'-dn-Cbdef", Sir Douglas Ralg to be
IlBett er t han the Best " .
-~~~ e:;-or por a l- ~y~~~ se rv ; s th;-th8nks~ ~f - hi~ ~ountr; -inhi; ende ;~o; t~
perpet ua t e the glorious car eer
of the Newfound land Regiment, a s 'We l l a s to de scr-Ibe
their ver-rcus movements, their victories end reve r se s, the i ndividual brav ery and
e scapes of his comrades in Egypt, Gaillpoli, Flanders, Pr-anc e an d eve ry other
por tion of the sce ne of tolar i n whic h they took such a pror:dnent and historic a
part. Ther e are sccre s of our heroes vho can do \.that Ience -Corpor-eI Ry&D i s no v
doing, 'JI'iting up their experience s a nd recd ni s ce nce s connected \lith the glorious
care er of t heir Regiment. Each one viII hav e eome'thfng to r e l ate that his
c omrade s have e i t her f orgo tten or kncv not hi ng about, a nd if such a ccur-se i s
pursued 'We shall have enough material, not alone to suppl y the hist orian of the
future with suff icie nt faot s t o make ... very large c okume, but suffi cient t o run
i nto mllny volumes, an d t hus tra nandt to post erity for all time a complete a nd
r eliable a oc oun t of t he great deeds of the Ne wfoundland Regim ent, \lI"i t ten an d
handed do w froo. proof indi~table by those vho ver-e ther e and t ook an a ctive pa r t
in great battles in which the Nevfoun dIand Regiment eo distinguish ed itself as t o
become the mos t t alke d of, t he most writun a bout an d the most highly honored
Regiment in t he grea t Brit ish Army , and 'these statement s a r e fully borne out by
t he i"act
t hat His Majesty King George V baa be en pleased t o confer up on t he
Regiment the title of "Royal" in rec ognit i on of their heroi c ser-v dce e ,