Tale: The Battle of Beaumont-Hamel
On July 1st, 1916, 806 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment went "over the top" as part of the battle of Beaumont-Hamel. In less than an hour, the regiment was devastated, most killed or wounded within the first 20 minutes of the battle. The next morning, only 68 soldiers answered the roll call.
Tune: Till We Meet Again by Richard A. Whiting & Raymond B. Egan
Sung by Newman Sound, Leslee Heys, piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IxTz1klpoc
We respectfully acknowledge the territory in which we work as the ancestral homelands of the Mi’kmaq and Beothuk. We also recognize the Inuit of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit of NunatuKavut, and the Innu of Nitassinan, as the original people of Labrador.
