Military service
Service number:
1268
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
St. John's
Enlistment:
January 23, 1915
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont-Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
H. 14.
Additional information
Son of William and Ellen Fewer, of Placentia, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private Laurence Joseph Fewer
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Photo of LAURENCE JOSEPH FEWER
Portrait of Laurence Fewer colourized -
Picture of Laurence Joseph Fewer
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Group Photo
Soldiers of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Lawrence Joseph Fewer, 2nd Row, far right. -
The Danger Tree
It was erected in remembrance of those Newfoundlanders that died on that fateful day of July 1, 1916 at Beaumont Hamel during the First World War. Other Newfoundlanders who died on July 1, 1916 are also commemorated on this site. -
Biography
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Newfoundland Legion magazine “Lest We Forget”. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of LAURENCE JOSEPH FEWER
Group photo of soldiers of 1st Battalion, RNR, coloured. L.J. Fewer is middle row, far right.
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Joseph Fewer
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Joseph Fewer
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Joseph Fewer
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Joseph Fewer
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Joseph Fewer
Digital gallery of
Private Laurence Joseph Fewer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 42 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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