NTV to provide live coverage from Memorial Day ceremony from 10:30 a.m. to Noon
July 1 is a time of celebration in Canada. In this province, it’s also a solemn day of remembrance. It marks one of the darkest days in the province’s history, the day a generation of Newfoundlanders were lost in the Battle of the Somme.
The Memorial Day ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the National War Memorial. NTV News will be covering the ceremony live.
The Newfoundland National War Memorial now includes a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, dedicated to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who died in service during the First World War and have no known grave. The tomb contains the remains of an unidentified soldier from the First World War, repatriated from France for last year’s 100th anniversary of the war memorial. The tomb is a black granite sarcophagus inscribed with “Known Unto God” in English and French, and a forget-me-not flower, a symbol of the Newfoundland Regiment.
On 1 July 1916, Allied forces launched a major offensive in France during the First World War. The opening of the Somme offensive turned into one of the deadliest days in the history of modern warfare. At the village of Beaumont-Hamel, the Newfoundland Regiment suffered catastrophic losses. More than 80 percent of the soldiers who advanced that day were either killed or wounded. In one morning, the regiment suffered approximately 700 casualties, including more than 300 dead.
NTV’s live coverage, hosted by Ben Cleary, begins at 10:30 a.m.. It will also be streamed on ntv.ca
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