War of 1812
The regiment was significantly involved in the War of 1812. As it was called then, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment of Fencible Infantry 1803-1816.
In May 1812, weeks before outbreak of the war with the United States, Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, commander of his Majesty’s Forces in Upper Canada, deployed the regiment into smaller companies or detachments, combined with other units or regiments in defensive positions all over the province. Some were even employed as marines onboard naval vessels on the Great Lakes - known as His Majesty's Provancial Marine.
Battles in which elements of the regiment took part during the war of 1812; Skirmish at Canard River July 16, 1812, Battle of Detroit Aug 16 1812, Battle of the River Raisin or Frenchtown, Michigan January 22, 1813. British raid on Ogdensburg, New York February 22, 1813. Battle of York (Toronto) April 27, 1813. Battle of Fort George (Niagara-on-the-Lake) May 25–27, 1813. British Raid on Sacket's Harbour NY. May 29, 1813. Battle of Lake Erie September 10, 1813, Battle of the Thames or Moraviantown October 5 1813. Battle of Michilimackinac or Mackinac August 4, 1814. British capture of American naval vessels Tigress September 3, 1814 and Scorpion September 6, 1814 on Upper Lake Huron.
It was largely distributed throughout the zone as attached sub-units and not as a formed battalion. It was disbanded in 1816. A monument depicting a toy soldier of the 1813 Royal Newfoundland Regiment standing over a fallen American toy soldier was unveiled in Toronto in November 2008.
Then in 2012, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Government of Canada, responding to recommendations made by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Advisory Council, as well as similar recommendations made by an advisory committee to the Minister of Canadian Heritage for the War of 1812, awarded the Royal Newfoundland Regiment three battle honours. One was for the victory at Detroit in 1812, the second for its role at the battle of Maumeee in 1813 and the third was awarded to the regiment as a general "theatre honour" ("Defence of Canada 1812-15"), for its service in other successful engagements during the war.
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