I was pleased to lead Canadian delegation to Beaumont-Hamel: Hehr

I felt Frank Sullivan’s sentiments, recently raised in The Hill Times and The Telegram, were serious enough in tone to warrant a direct response here. Can we do better next time? Always.

Newfoundland soldiers in St. John's Road support trench, July 1, 1916. This picture was taken before the start of the attack on Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. Photograph courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 3105), St. John's, Nfld.

Opinion

BY VETERANS AFFAIRS MINISTER KENT HEHR

August 15, 2016

One hundred years ago, on July 1, 1916, far away from home on a battlefield in France, more than 800 sons of Newfoundland advanced through machine gun and artillery fire against incredible odds in defence of their king and country. Only 68 stood for roll call the next day. Seldom else have one peopl...

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