Newfoundland Archives, QE II Library, Memorial University, 2014.
-----. personal interview. March 3, 2014.
Philip Gubbs, “The Historic First of July.” In The World War I Reader , edited by Michael S. Neiberg, 185-190. New York: New York UP, 2007.
Rowland, David. The Stress of Battle: Quantifying Human Performance in Combat . London: TSO, 2006.
Simkin, John. “Football and The First World War.” Spartacus Educational , accessed August 2015. http://spartacuseducational.com/FWWfootball.htm .
Sweet, Barb. “Service Monday Will Remember the Arrival of the 1914 War Telegram,” The Telegram , August 2, 2014.
Terret, Thierry, and J.A. Mangan, eds. Sport, Militarism and the Great War . London: Routledge, 2012.
Todman, Dan. The Great War: Myth and Memory . London: Hambledon and London, 2005.
Trueman, Chris. “The Home Front 1914 to 1918.” The History Learning Site . http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/home_front_1914_to_1918.htm .
Verhey, Jeffrey. “‘War Enthusiasm’: Volunteers, Departing Soldiers, and Victory Celebrations.” In The World War I Reader , edited by Michael S. Neiberg, 279-297. New York: New York UP, 2007.
Wilhelm of Germany to Nicholas II of Russia. “The Willy-Nicky Telegrams.” In The World War I Reader , edited by Michael S. Neiberg, 88-93. New York: New York UP, 2007.
Winter, Jay, and Jean-Louis Robert, eds. Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1918 . Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1997.
Information on Eric Robertson’s health and personal and financial situation are sourced from his Department of Veteran’s Affairs file: AI-2013-00076.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Iain McCurdy and Edward Riche for their thoughts and insight given to earlier drafts of the manuscript. Thanks to James and Rhonda at Breakwater Books. And thanks to Bert Riggs for bringing this, and so many other great Newfoundland stories, to our attention.
J OAN S ULLIVAN is the editor of the Newfoundland Quarterly . As a freelance journalist, her interviews, reviews, and commentary have appeared in The Telegram , The Globe and Mail , and on CBC Radio’s Tapestry . As a playwright, director, and actor, Sullivan has worked with the Atlantic Fringe Festival in Halifax, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and the Document Theatre Collective in St. John’s. Her book In the Field , about Stephen Norris of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, won the 2013 Rogers Communications Award for Non-Fiction. She lives in St. John’s.
-----. personal interview. March 3, 2014.
Philip Gubbs, “The Historic First of July.” In The World War I Reader , edited by Michael S. Neiberg, 185-190. New York: New York UP, 2007.
Rowland, David. The Stress of Battle: Quantifying Human Performance in Combat . London: TSO, 2006.
Simkin, John. “Football and The First World War.” Spartacus Educational , accessed August 2015. http://spartacuseducational.com/FWWfootball.htm .
Sweet, Barb. “Service Monday Will Remember the Arrival of the 1914 War Telegram,” The Telegram , August 2, 2014.
Terret, Thierry, and J.A. Mangan, eds. Sport, Militarism and the Great War . London: Routledge, 2012.
Todman, Dan. The Great War: Myth and Memory . London: Hambledon and London, 2005.
Trueman, Chris. “The Home Front 1914 to 1918.” The History Learning Site . http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/home_front_1914_to_1918.htm .
Verhey, Jeffrey. “‘War Enthusiasm’: Volunteers, Departing Soldiers, and Victory Celebrations.” In The World War I Reader , edited by Michael S. Neiberg, 279-297. New York: New York UP, 2007.
Wilhelm of Germany to Nicholas II of Russia. “The Willy-Nicky Telegrams.” In The World War I Reader , edited by Michael S. Neiberg, 88-93. New York: New York UP, 2007.
Winter, Jay, and Jean-Louis Robert, eds. Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1918 . Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1997.
Information on Eric Robertson’s health and personal and financial situation are sourced from his Department of Veteran’s Affairs file: AI-2013-00076.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Iain McCurdy and Edward Riche for their thoughts and insight given to earlier drafts of the manuscript. Thanks to James and Rhonda at Breakwater Books. And thanks to Bert Riggs for bringing this, and so many other great Newfoundland stories, to our attention.
J OAN S ULLIVAN is the editor of the Newfoundland Quarterly . As a freelance journalist, her interviews, reviews, and commentary have appeared in The Telegram , The Globe and Mail , and on CBC Radio’s Tapestry . As a playwright, director, and actor, Sullivan has worked with the Atlantic Fringe Festival in Halifax, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and the Document Theatre Collective in St. John’s. Her book In the Field , about Stephen Norris of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, won the 2013 Rogers Communications Award for Non-Fiction. She lives in St. John’s.
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