Newfoundland Royal Navy Reserve

Penny, Andrew Freeman
Butt, William Alfred
Parsons, William T
Moores, Edward P
Noel, George A
Butt, Nathaniel
Harvey, Hedley
Howell, James
Butt, Leander
Butt, Fred

Canadian Army

Rev. Cpl. Davis, Chas F M.S.M
Sgt. Davis, John Shenstone
Butt, William Alfred
Moores, Earnest
Callahan, John

Ist Bn Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Pte. Dean, Walter 949 (Blow Me Down)
Lcpl. Moores, Samual J 943
Pte. Harttree Sidney 1827
Pte. Jeffers, Silas 292

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Rev. Sgt. Parsons John W
Soper, George Plemon
Barrett, Eugene
Howell, Malcolm

United States Army

Sgt. Joyce, Thomas Lloyd

British Army 59th Nfld Heavy Artillery Regiment

Sgt. Clarke, Frederick Allen 971188

Royal Artillery 166th Nfld Field Regiment

W/O. Parsons, Charles Clayton 970304
Gnr. Moores, Roy Clifford 1158067
Bdr. Noel, William LeRoy 971754

Royal Navy

AB. Pike, George Douglas JX202028 (9.11.42)
OS. Davis, Hebert Alston JX24668 (20.10.42)
AB. Davis, Norman Warren JX204997
AB. Noel, Rueben James JX186004
AB. Harvey, Nicholas JX220927

Merchant Navy

Butt, George [also N.O.F.U]
Noel, George Benjamin
Noel, Richard

Merchant Navy

Butt, George [also N.O.F.U]
Noel, George Benjamin
Noel, Richard

British Army 59th Nfld Heavy Artillery Regiment

Sgt. Clarke, Frederick Allen 971188

Royal Canadian Army

Pte. Janes, Raleigh Lester [PP CLI] E101401
Pte. Harvey, James

CWAC

Pte. Butt, MaryAnn

Royal Air Force

ACJ. Clarke, Thomas Ezra? [also MN] 1044214
LAC. Butt, Clarence Reginald 1188509
W/O. Moores, Samuel Angus 798716

Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit

Mullins, Francis (Frank)
Parsons, Maxwell
Harvey, Roy

Royal Canadian Navy

Sub Lt. Noel, George Stanley Wrens
Priddle, Beatrice (Evely) (Flatrock)

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Rev. Sgt. Parsons John W
Soper, George Plemon
Barrett, Eugene
Howell, Malcolm

Merchant Navy

Butt, George [also N.O.F.U]
Noel, George Benjamin
Noel, Richard

Newfoundland Regiment

Cpl. Butt, Roland James 353
Cpl. Davis, William Harrison
Cpl. Harvey, Charles J. 183
Cpl. Davis, Clifford 485

Royal Artillery 166th Nfld Field Regiment

W/O. Parsons, Charles Clayton 970304
Gnr. Moores, Roy Clifford 1158067
Bdr. Noel, William LeRoy 971754

Newfoundland Regiment

Cpl. Butt, Roland James 353
Cpl. Davis, William Harrison
Cpl. Harvey, Charles J. 183
Cpl. Davis, Clifford 485

RCA Medical Corps

Capt. Pottle, Clarence Herbert (Flatrock)

Royal Canadian Air Force

F/Sgt. Parsons, Joseph T. Horwood R280610
Sgt. Davis, Charles William
LAC Noel, Selby

WAFS

LAW. McIntyre, Jean Winnifred (Bowers) W305113
LAW. Pye, Melvina (Butt) W314392

Newfoundlanders, R.N.

Churchill said to his government
When the war had just begun
I need a number of small boatmen
For our little ships to run
Get me the Newfoundlanders,
Say 10 hundred in all
And little did he realize
Three thousand would hear the call.
They came from our little villages,
Our towns and hamlets too,
From our cities east and west
To wear the navy blue.
They left our shores for England
To Naval depots they did go
To learn the ways,
The Navy ways,
In preparation for the show.
After training they were drafted
To many different ships,
Some sailed to their eternity,
These were one-way trips.
Their blood was spilled at Dunkirk
And off the beaches of Dieppe,
They died in the North Atlantic,
Their graves forever, are windswept.
They stood watches on the cruises
And on destroyers too,
And many corvettes sailed down the Clyde
With Newfoundlanders in their crew.
They fought as men in their hour,
They gave their very all,
Let’s remember always our sailors,
Who answered their country’s call.

United States Air Force

Sgt. Noel. Roland, L.

William Coysh
1916

Onward they swept in the flower of their manhood,
Our lads from Newfoundland, far from the sea.
Onward thy swept until the last man had fallen
Had fallen for Britain, the land of the free.
With guns in front and rear, With death and danger near,
To them unknown was fear, Gallant five hundred.
Oh, well we might love the fair land that bore us,
That can boast of sons so loyal and true,
Who gave us their all to keep the flag flying,
The flag of our Empire, the red, white and blue.
For no braver deed hath e’er been recorded
Then their steady advance o’er the shell riv’en soil,
The scene of long months of horror and anguish
Amid death and danger, privation and toil
On swept the gallant band, Falling on every hand
O’er that dread No Man’s Land Went that five hundred!

*Upon returning to Newfoundland in 1917 described as
‘medically unfit” Coysh was assigned special duty as a
quartermaster sergeant, a warrant officer.
Following the war William Coysh moved
to Highland Park, Detroit, U.S.A.
He died at the Maddison Community
Hospital on 4 November 1977.

Selections from the archives, live from St. John’s, NL

Royal Canadian Army

Pottle, Eric (Flatrock)
Butt, Ben
Butt, Bud

Royal Canadian Navy

Noel, Dale

Royal Canadian Air Force

Evely Raymond (Flatrock)
Parsons, Yvonne
Thomas, Gary

Canadian Army

M/cpl. Parsons, Robert
Parsons, Kenneth
Parsons, Dwayne
Parsons, Lindsey
Parsons, Darrell
Cpl. Noel, Scott
Noel, Crystal
Snow, Jason
Snow, Scott

Canadian Army Reserves

M/cpl Noel, Beverly
Snow, Dale

Canadian Navy

Murphy, Davis
Noel, Michael