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In 1914 Newfoundland raised and maintained a regiment that over the next four years was kept at battlefield strength through voluntary enlistment. The Regiment was integrated with the British army, serving mainly with the 29th British Division. Its losses in several battles were greatly felt within the small dominion of 242,000 residents, and keeping the Regiment at battle strength was difficult but achieved. The Regiment symbolized Newfoundland’s participation in the war and became a great source of national pride for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians., 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War

A government-appointed civilian organization, the Newfoundland Patriotic Association (NPA), administered Newfoundland’s war effort for three years under the leadership of Governor Sir Walter Davidson. Davidson consulted regularly with his Prime Minister, Sir Edward Morris, in all decision-making matters. Funding for the Association whose mandate it was to maintain the Newfoundland regiment, came from its own fund raising efforts as well as from the Newfoundland Legislature. In July 1917, Newfoundland politicians formed a unity coalition government and gave control of the war effort to the newly established Department of Militia. In 1918, Newfoundland adopted conscription to maintain personnel for the Regiment, whose ranks were severely depleted in several battles., 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War