Royal Newfoundland Regiment: Britain
Tents of the Newfoundland Regiment at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Tents with soldiers relaxing, some posing for the photograph. Soldier standing guard near the centre of the photograph has a Ross rifle.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-17.2), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
An informal group shot. Three members of Newfoundland Regiment; one from another regiment (possibly British); and one person in civilian clothes. Tents in background.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-3.17), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA 36-4.6), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
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Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-3.4), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
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Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-4.3), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Pay day at Stobs Camp.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, (VA 36-3.18), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-4.4), St. John's, NL.
Athletic Events at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Identified: Front row: Tulk; Eric Chafe (Regiment # 52); Hubert Watts [Rupert?] . Second row: Archibald Gooby (Regiment # 154); Stan Green (Regiment # 108); Roy Grandy (Regiment # 662).
Back row: Eric Robertson (Regiment # 497); Bren Sinnott (Regiment # 830); Ralph Andrews (Regiment # 55); Fred LeGrow; Jack Edwards (Regiment # 450). Note shirts emblazoned with "N.F.L.D."
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-35.2), St. John's, NL.
Athletic Events at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Identified: L-R Front row:Eric Robertson (Regiment # 497); Stan Green (Regiment # 108); Jack Edwards (Regiment # 450).
Back row: Bren Sinnott (Regiment # 830); Archibald Gooby (Regiment # 154); Fred LeGrow. Note shirts emblazoned with "N.F.L.D."
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-35.1), St. John's, NL.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
The soldier is possibly Lieut. Hector Hugh Alexander Ross, Regiment # O-96, 768 or Francis H. Knight [?]. Regiment # O-76, 287.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-4.23), St. John's, NL.
Bayonet Practice, Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-33), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching in front of Acreknowe farm at Stobs, Scotland, n.d.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-23.2), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Kit and equipment scattered in front of tent. A bag has Chas. R. Ayre written on it. There is another person barely visible in the tent.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 36-4.2), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers at target practice, likely at Stobs Camp, Scotland, n.d.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-25.2), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, likely at Stobs Camp, Scotland, n.d.
Soldiers are possibly getting dressed.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-25.4), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers marching in front of Acreknowe farm at Stobs, Scotland, n.d.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.6), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers on parade, likely at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-33.3), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment recreational activities, Britain, 1915
Two soldiers wrestling, a crowd of uniformed soldier gathered around them.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 3-12), St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers engaged in tug of war, likely at Stobs Camp, Scotland, n.d.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-23.4), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers boarding a train, likely at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
NCOs [Non-Commissioned Officers] shown in front are Sergeants Norman McLeod (Regiment # 158), [Victor W.] Miles (Regiment #214), and Harris Oke ( Regiment #565); Len Stick (Regiment #1) is seen leaning out window.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-17.4), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers boarding a train, likely at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915
A group of officers are standing next to the train.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.5), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers boarding a train, likely at Stobs Camp, Scotland, 1915.
Soldiers from other regiments in the foreground.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-31.4), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment soldiers on board a train, likely at Stobs Camp, Scotland, ca. 1915
Military personnel and civilians in the foreground.
Image courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 37-19.2), St. John's, NL. Location information courtesy of Allan Kilpatrick, Historic Environment Scotland (HES). For more information on Stobs Camp visit the HES Stobs Camp Database.
Newfoundland Regiment Drum and Bugle Band, Aldershot, England, 1915
Identified: Front row, l-r: C. Field, Alexander Hennebury (Regt. # 461), Eric McKenzie Robertson (Regt.# 497), Ernest Pike, Sgt. John Joseph Oakley (Regt.# 392), Sgt. Walter Cameron Taylor (Regt.# 452), J. Nichol.
Centre row, l-r: J. Blyde (Regt. # 280; killed in action, Gallipoli), S/M Andrews, L/Cpl. Finlay McK. [McNeil] Campbell Richards (Regt. # 8), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Edward George Nauftall [Noftall], [?] Tilley, unidentified, unidentified.
Back row, l-r: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Capt. Eric Reginald Augustus Chafe M.C. (Regt.# O-49/52), unidentified.
No individuals identified are noted as musicians in their service records or in lists of known bandsmen. On the attached list, Oakley and Taylor are named as Sergeants. They were not promoted to Sergeant rank until 1916 and are wearing Corporal stripes in this photo. Chafe received promotion to Capt. in 1918; was Lance/Corporal in this photo.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B-3-21), St. John's, NL.
A Company on Parade at Aldershot, England, Aug. 1915
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Troops standing at attention, n.d.
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Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 25-15), St. John's, NL.
Bandmaster L. L. Worthington and the Regimental Band with mascot, Sable Chief, London, September 1917.
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Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment Band, Hyde Park, 1917.
The caption on the back of the image reads:
"'Newfoundland Week' in London. A small section of the large crowd which assembled at Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 22, 1917, to hear the band of the Newfoundland Regiment. The crowd established a war-time record for Hyde Park."
Reproduced by permission of John Farrell, Edmonton, Alberta.
The Regimental Band, with mascot, Sable Chief, and his handler, Pte. Hazen Fraser
The Band set out from Chelsea Barracks London to play at the 3rd London General Hospital during Newfoundland Week, September 1917.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment Band at the 3rd London General Hospital, 1917.
The caption on the back of the image reads:
"'Newfoundland Week'. The matron of the 3rd London Genl. Hosp. taking a snapshot of 'Sable Chief', the famous mascot of the Newfoundland Regt. At Wandswoth, Sunday, 23/9/17."
Reproduced by permission of John Farrell, Edmonton, Alberta.
The Band, conducted by Bandmaster L. L. Worthington, plays outside the Royal Exchange, London, England, September 24, 1917.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.
Newfoundland Regiment Band at Buckingham Palace, 1917.
The caption on the back of the image reads:
"Newfoundland Regiment Band in the Forecourt at Buckingham Palace, 27/9/17. Bandmaster Worthington leaving the palace after being decorated by H.M. the King."
Reproduced by permission of John Farrell, Edmonton, Alberta.
Newfoundland Regiment Band Performing at Buckingham Palace, 1917.
The caption on the back of the image reads:
"Newfoundland Regiment Band playing in the Forecourt at Buckingham Palace, 27/9/17. Bandmaster Worthington Conducting."
Reproduced by permission of John Farrell, Edmonton, Alberta.