While most Canadians associate July 1 with the celebration of Canada Day, in Newfoundland and Labrador July 1 is also Memorial Day, commemorating Newfoundland's heavy losses in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel in World War I. Of the 801 soldiers of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment who went into battle at Beaumont-Hamel on the morning of July 1, 1916, 733 were killed or wounded, in less than an hour. Join Newfoundlanders in remembering and honoring the courage shown and the price paid by those young men.
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