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Title: Ferry named in honour of Newfoundland soldiers
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2011-03-23 20:10:57
Canadian

[martin14]

It's nice, but the people need to learn about the story behind it.

A puttee is the strip of cloth wrapped around the lower leg.

The Newfoundlanders had blue puttees due to a shortage of fabric.

The Regiment served in Gallipoli in 1915, but was wiped out on July 1st 1916,
at Beaumont-Hamel.

Oh and I've heard the ferry has some teething problems.