During the First World War Newfoundland was a Dominion of the British Empire with a population of 240,000, and not yet part of Canada.

[2] With the close of the Gallipoli Campaign the regiment spent a short period recuperating before being transferred to the Western Front in March 1916.

[3] In France, the regiment regained battalion strength in preparation for the Battle of the Somme.

[5] For all intents and purposes the Newfoundland Regiment had been wiped out, the unit as a whole having suffered a casualty rate of approximately 90%.

[citation needed] In 2024, an unknown Newfoundland soldier killed at Beaumont-Hamel was ceremonially entombed on Memorial Day for the centenary of the province's National War Memorial, in a ceremony attended by Governor General Mary Simon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Andrew Furey.