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The below are numbers that were collected to the end of March 1919 concerning the Regiment after the war was over. These numbers will give you an idea of the number of people that lost their lives in the war, were casualties or prisoners of war. Discharges Number of men discharged from Royal Newfoundland Regiment, which includes men discharged medically unfit and disabilities contracted while on Active Service, and also under demobilization regulations. 2352 Number of Officers retired and placed on the Reserve of Officers 79 Number of Officers relinquished their commissions in Regiment 5 Number of Officers resigned 6 Transferred to other Units 3 Attached from Regiment to Other Units 6
Dismissed
1____ Casualties of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Total Record of deaths (all ranks) Killed in Action 564 Died of Wounds 244 Missing Presumed Dead 270 Died of Disease 148 Drowned 2 Accidentally Killed 3
Suicide
1___ Missing not yet accounted for 18 Number of Officers and Men wounded which include
Officers and Men Record of Prisoners of War Number of Officers& Men taken prisoners by the Enemy 174 Number of Prisoners of War repatriated to England 145 Died as Prisoners of War in Enemy’s
hand
29__ Total Numbers Total number of Men (all ranks) accepted Royal
Newfoundland Regiment Total number enlisted in Great Britain and accepted
for Service in Royal Commissioned in Great
Britain
1___ Total number of Men rejected as medically unfit for Service in the Regiment 6184 Total number of Men offered for Service 12,523 Total number of Men embarked for Overseas from Newfoundland 4984 Total number of Officers and Men who proceeded from
United Kingdom A) 38 Officers and 1140 Other Ranks served in
Gallipoli 1178 Source: MG 439, Box 1, File 2. The Rooms, Provincial Archives, St. John’s, NL
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