The remains of an unknown Newfoundland soldier who died in France during the First World War are expected to arrive Saturday in St. John’s, N.L., where preparations are being made for a solemn reburial ceremony on July 1.
For most Canadians, July 1 is Canada Day. But in Newfoundland and Labrador, it is also Memorial Day, a time to remember the hundreds of young men from the Newfoundland Regiment who died on July 1, 1916, during a disastrous battle at Beaumont-Hamel in northern France.
