Members of the Newfoundland Regiment- all of whom received decorations and who alone held the village of Monchy against a heavy counter attack on 14th April 1917. A bronze caribou now stands in Monchy-le-Preux as a memorial to the Regiment
Original reads: ‘BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Officers and men of the Newfoundland Regiment. All of whom received decorations and who alone held the village of Monchy against a heavy counter attack.’
The Battle of Arras 9th April to 16th May 1917
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