Volume 20 www.legionnl.com 15 continued.... The Governor must have agreed, as he instructed her to go to the Church Lad’s Brigade Armoury to see the Commanding Officer. Joseph Seaward was paged and, the CO gave him an honourable discharge from the Regiment. The next day Joseph went aboard a Navy Ship in St. John’s harbour, quite likely H.M.S. “Calypso”, and attempted to join the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. The Sentry directed him to a Naval Officer who asked him to leave the ship. Joseph returned home and worked in Clarenville as a “water nipper”, unloading coal boats for the Reid Newfoundland Railway, and fishing for herring to supplement his parent’s income. He lived at home until 1923 when he became a member of the Newfoundland Constabulary. He served with the Constabulary for twenty-five years, retiring in 1948. He passed away in 2001 in his 103rd year. Isaiah and Bartholomew returned home to Clarenville at the end of the war. Isaiah raised a family there, and Bart lived in Clarenville for some time after the war but eventually moved to Canada for work. On the 17th of December, 1917, four months after the death of Horatius, King George awarded the title “Royal” to the Newfoundland Regiment, the first time this honour had been given in over 101 years and only the third time in the history of the British Army that it had been given during a time of war. We will Remember ...
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