HIS3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Ammunition Ship, Putty
29 Mar 2016
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The great war in europe and at home. Associated with the united kingdom but with canadian features. East coast as close as front line as most canadians could get during the irst world war: place were consequences of ighing had the most impact. First world war were canadians consolidated as a naion. For mariimes it was represented of how canada was breaking from the empire. Old stock was less likely to enlist: young canadians would enlist usually. In the mariimes there was relaively fewer people born in britain, the people who they were geing had been there for a generaion or tow: moivaion wasn"t place they were born but an afectaion of empire. Early responses: first week 275 people volunteered, training started a week later, no uniforms, they had to make the uniforms locally. They did not have any puty; best colour they could do was get blue.
