WATCH | Newfoundlanders pay tribute to Unknown Soldier of the First World War

A month after repatriation from France, Newfoundland’s Unknown Soldier now lies in state in St. John’s before being entombed at the National War Memorial on Monday. Some 1,300 Newfoundlanders and Labradorians died in the First World War, decades before the province joined Canada.

WATCH | Newfoundlanders pay tribute to Unknown Soldier of the First World War
Three soldiers carry a coffin draped in the Canadian flag

A month after repatriation from France, Newfoundland’s Unknown Soldier now lies in state in St. John’s before being entombed at the National War Memorial on Monday. Some 1,300 Newfoundlanders and Labradorians died in the First World War, decades before the province joined Canada.