Private Lester Barbour #3907 died of wounds 100 years ago
One hundred years ago, on March 10, 1918, Private Lester Densmore Barbour, # 3709 of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the son of Edward and Mary Barbour of Newtown, Bonavista Bay died of wounds in Belgium. Lester joined the Newfoundland Regiment in the field on December 11, 1917. He was later wounded in the trenches on […]
Colonel in Chief Princess Mary Visit 1964
In 1964 the Colonel in Chief, Princess Mary of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment paid a visit to her regiment for the 50th Anniversary of the start of the First World War. She visited the troops and Veterans from both world wars in St. John’s and Corner Brook. She arrived in the Royal Yacht Britania. Our archives contain […]