One hundred years ago today the guns fell silent. The "war to end all wars", the war that had begun in August 1914, the war that would be "over by Christmas" finally dragged to it close at 11 am (Paris time) on 11th November 1918. "The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month". The bloody, brutal slaughter had left destruction in Europe and grief, loss and heartache around the world. When war came, the Dominion of Newfoundland responded quickly and unstintingly. Tragically, Newfoundland would never recover from its losses.
The Newfoundlanders' fight began at a training ground set up at Pleasantville.
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| Site of Training Ground |
For so many of those heroic Newfoundlanders it ended in cold, foreign soil, far from home. Lieutenant General Sir Douglas Haig named them "BETTER THAN THE BEST"!
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| GALLIPOLI |
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