Men of Fogo Who Enlisted For Active Service Overseas War of 1914 1918

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Men of Fogo Who Enlisted For Active Service Overseas
Donated by Madonna Goodyear

War of 1914 ~ 1918

Editor's Note:

Enlistment in this war was made in the Royal Newfoundland Infantry Regiment
"Blue Puttees" and served under the British Forces as Newfoundland
at that time was Britain's "Oldest Colony" and member of the British Empire.
Naval enlistment was in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

* indicates Casualty of the War

Name	Unit	Name	Unit	Name	Unit

BAKER, Wilfred * [2263X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	HODGE, Harvey * [9028]	Honourable Artillery Company	SHAVE, Leslie * [1699]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment
BENNETT, Stewart [3204]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	JONES, John		SHAVE, George Rodney * [2039]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment
BEST, William [5300]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	JONES, Llewellyn [2131X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	SHAVE, William [543]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment
BRETT, Jonathan [537]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	LIND, Frank * [541][war hero]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	SIMMS, Arthur John [825X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
BIGNELL, George * [1831X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	LEYTE, Sidney [2104X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	SIMMS, John [MM] * [88]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment
BROWN, Edmund * [815X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	LUDLOW, John [3871]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	SNOW, George [665X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
BUTLER, William * [1428X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	MAHANEY, Jim * [2216X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	SNOW, John
COATES, George * [1147X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	MAHANEY, Thomas*		STONE, Cyril [3410]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment
FARRELL, Joe [927X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	MALCOLM, Arthur		TORRAVILLE, Alfred [2908]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment
FARRELL, Jim [6206]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	MILLER, Mark [2489X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	TORRAVILLE, Ambrose [456X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
FREAKE, Adam [834X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	OAKE, Arthur [5298]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	WILLIS, Elijah [2267X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
FORSEY, Hubert [897X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	PAYNE, Harold		WILLIS, John [1830X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
GINN, Thomas * [2266X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	PAYNE, Horace [2265X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	WOOLRIDGE, Mark * [1490X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
GOODYEAR, Cecil		RANDELL, Fred		WOOLRIDGE, Theodore [2163X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
HART, Charles *	Merchant Marine	RANDELL, Sidney [2163]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	WOOLRIDGE, Thomas [1829X]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
HART, Roland [4176]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	SCOTT, Max * [3379]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment
HISCOCK, Alfred * [3447]	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	SARGEANT, John * [1540]	Royal Newfoundland Regiment

War of 1939 ~ 1945

Royal Navy

Name	Contingent

COLLINS, Kitchener	18th Contingent
CULL, Aaron	3rd Contingent
CULL, Norman	17th Contingent
DOWNER, Cyril	2nd Contingent
EARLE, Harry	4th Contingent
FOLEY, Martin	17th Contingent
FORD, Ralph	16th Contingent
FORSEY, Reg	12th Contingent
GATEHOUSE, Dorman [enlisted from Forestry Unit]	18th Contingent
HART, Nelson	2nd Contingent
HART, Thomas W.	16th Contingent
HARVEY, Nicholas	11th Contingent
HEATH, Edward	11th Contingent
LAYMAN, Ray	2nd Contingent
LUDLOW, Alvin	9th Contingent
MAHANEY, Stan *	18th Contingent
NEWMAN, John	12th Contingent
OGDEN, Michael	18th Contingent
PICKETT, Gus	2nd Contingent
TORRAVILLE, Reg	9th Contingent
WILLIS, Frank	2nd Contingent
WILLIS, Rex	9th Contingent
WALBOURNE, Frank	12th Contingent
WILLIS, Artie	12th Contingent

OTHER ENLISTMENTS

Name	Regiment

BENNETT, Stewart	59th Heavy Regiment [R.A.]
EARLE, Charley	Air Force
GAVIN, George	59th Heavy Regiment [R.A.]
GODWIN, Richard	Navy
HEATH, Gower	Navy
JONES, Annie	Air Force
LAYMAN, Gertrude
LODER, Thomas	Navy
LUDLOW, Ernest	Navy
MAHANEY, Frank	59th Heavy Regiment [R.A.]
MAHANEY, Harold	Forestry ~ Royal Air Force
MILLER, Ned	Merchant Navy **
OAKE, Arthur	Merchant Navy
OAKE, Frank	Navy
OAKE, Harry
OAKE, Roland Jr.	Navy
OAKE, Stanley	R.A.F. ~ Search & Rescue
RANDELL, Len	Royal Air Force
SCOTT, Lorna
SIMMS, Frank	166th Field Regiment [R.A.]
SIMMS, Ned
SIMMS, Wilson	Newfoundland Regiment
SNOW, Leonard	Forestry ~ Royal Air Force
SNOW, Mary	Air Force
STUCKLESS, Guy	Royal Air Force
WHEATON, Dorman	Navy [enlisted at Deer Lake]
WILLIS, Roy
WILLIS, Harvey	Merchant Navy

** Captains and crews of coastal vessels and freighters engaged in work
on the high seas were automatically members of the Merchant Navy

KoreanWar

Name	Unit

DELANEY, Alfred	Canadian Army
SIMMS, Roy [ See Note]	Canadian Army

Commander Austen Oake RCN, [Ret'd]
North Side, Fogo, NFLD

Enlistment in the Canadian Forces

Name	Contingent

BENNETT, Don	RCN
BEST, Harvey	NAVAL R
GILL, Arthur	RCN
OAKE, Austen [Rank of Commander]	RCN
OAKE, Frank	RCN
OAKE, Harold Jr.	Army
OAKE, Ray	RCAF
PURCHASE, Harold	RCN
SIBLEY, David	RCN
TORRAVILLE, Ray	RCAF
VOKEY, Eric	RCN

Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit
Fogo Island Residents

Name	Service #

ANTHONY, Ross	717
BANKS, Garfield	723
BENNETT, Frederick	724
BRYAN, Donavon	725
BRYAN, William	726
COLE, Gregory	744
DWYER, Augustine	754
FAREWELL, James	766
FINN, Cyril	763
FREAKE, Arthur	764
FREAKE, Joseph	767
FREAKE, Leonard	765
GATEHOUSE, Dorman	777
GINN, Edward	778
GREENE, Arthur	779
HART, Charlie	790
HART, Chesley	791
HART, Roland	789
HEATH, George	787
HEATH, Simeon	788
MAHONEY, Harold	832
MAHONEY, Stanley G.	830
NEWMAN, Jack [Enlisted in the British Forces]	845
NIPPARD, Allan	847
NIPPARD, Charlie	848
NIPPARD, Archibald	846
OAKE, Allan	850
OAKE, Stanley C.	851
OAKE, Thomas	849
PAYNE, Cyril	859
PAYNE, Maxwell	855
PAYNE, William J.	862
PEDDLE, Leo	857
PICKETT, Edward	861
PICKETT, Frank	863
PICKETT, Lambert	864
PICKETT, Leo	856
POMEROY, Cecil [Enlisted]	866
POMEROY, Claude	858
POMEROY, Harry	860
POPE, Stanley	865
RENDELL, Leonard [Enlisted in the British Forces]	879
SCOTT, Lloyd C.	890
SIMMS, John W.	643
SHEA, Mark	894
SMALL, Joseph	892
SNOW, Leonard	893
STRICKLAND, Edward	891
WALBOURNE, Augustus	922
WALBOURNE, Edward W.	925
WALBOURNE, Leo	927
WALBOURNE, Raymond	924
WALBOURNE, Stanislaus	929
WALBOURNE, William J.	926
WHEATON, Jonas	923
WILLIS, Artie [Enlisted in the British Forces]	95
WILLIS, Thomas	928

The following names are on the War Memorial in the Anglican Cemetery in Fogo

Army

SHAVE, E. Leslie
SHAVE, C. Roderick
BUTLER, Edward W.
SIMMS, John H. [MM and Bar]
HART, John W.
HISCOCK, Alfred S.
PAYNE, Harold

Merchant Marine

HART, Charles

Navy

COATES, George
COATES, Harold
WOOLRIDGE, W. Mark
RANDELL, Frederick
MILLER, Fred
MAHANEY, James A.

"They Died That We Might Live"
Erected by St. Andrew's congregation in memory of parishioners who fell in the Great War of 1914 ~ 1918

NOTE: According to Don Bennett [R.C.N.], Roy Simms served in the Royal Canadian Navy on board HMCS Nootka in Korea

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