Reg. #41
| Name: | Gladstone Guzzwell |
| Date of Birth: | Jun 14, 1917 |
| Location at Birth: | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Date of Passing: | Apr 12, 1994 |
| Location at Passing: | St. John's, NL, Canada |
Ranger Force Career
| Regimental Number: | 41 |
| Date Enlisted: | Jul 14, 1936 |
| Date Discharged: | Dec 15, 1941 |
| Length of Service: | 5 years 5 months |
Posting History
| Detachment | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Whitbourne Headquarters | Jun 29, 1936 | Oct 1936 |
| North West River Detachment | Oct 1936 | Jun 1937 |
| Port aux Basques Detachment | Jun 1937 | Dec 1937 |
| Twillingate Detachment | Dec 16, 1937 | |
| Marystown Detachment | Jan 1938 | Jun 1938 |
| Badger Detachment | Jun 1938 | Jul 1938 |
| Hebron Detachment | Sep 1938 | Sep 1939 |
| Burin Detachment | Sep 23, 1939 | Nov 1939 |
| Whitbourne Headquarters | Nov 23, 1939 | |
| Forteau Detachment | Dec 1939 | Oct 1941 |
| Nain Detachment |
Rank History
Beyond the Ranger Force
Occupation History
Construction worker, Fort Pepperrell, St. John’s, post-Ranger Force.
Taxi cab operator.
Mail Contractor starting in 1950.
Postal Fleet Supervisor until retirement in 1982.
From the Library
| Newfoundland Rangers Harold (Regt. #23), left, and Gladstone (Regt. #41) Guzzwell, right: the Guzzwell brothers | ||
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| Date Published | 1938 | |
| Attribution | The Rooms Provincial Archives, MG 612, Series VA 126-128 VA 127-49.1 | |
| Note | The Guzzwell brothers were just one of sixteen sets of brothers who served in the Newfoundland Ranger Force. |
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| Newfoundland Rangers Harold (Regt. #23) and Gladstone (Regt. #41) Guzzwell with Sergeant Edward Delaney (Regt. #16) | ||
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Author | |
| Date Published | 1935 | |
| Attribution | The Rooms Provincial Archives, MG 612, Series VA 126-128 VA 127-48.1 | |
| Note | Newfoundland Rangers Harold (Regt. #23), left, and Gladstone (Regt. #41), centre, Guzzwell with Sergeant Edward Delaney (Regt. #16), right. The Guzzwell brothers were just one of sixteen sets of brothers who served in the Newfoundland Ranger Force. Sergeant Delaney was the Sergeant-in-charge of Quartermaster Stores at Whitbourne. |
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| Newfoundland Ranger Gladstone Guzzwell (Regt. #41), left, and RCMP Corporal Dodsworth, right | ||
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Author | |
| Date Published | 1939 | |
| Attribution | The Rooms Provincial Archives, MG 612, Series VA 126-128 VA 127-50.1 | |
| Note | On deck of the RMS Nascopie, Hebron, Labrador. |
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| First nine of the Newfoundland Ranger Force to go to Labrador detachments | ||
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Author | |
| Date Published | 1935 | |
| Attribution | The Rooms Provincial Archives, MG 612, Series VA 126-128 VA 127-18.1 | |
| Note | Identified, (l-r): Leslie Chaffey (Regt.#7); Harry Walters (Regt. #29); David Morgan (Regt. #8); Fred Noseworthy (Regt.#19); Sergeant Edward Martin (Regt. #10); Corporal Frank Mercer (Regt.#35); Edward English (Regt. #3); S. Morris Christian (Regt. #26); and Gladstone Guzzwell (Regt. #41). |
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| Monthly Conditions, Forteau, 1940-09 | ||
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Author | Guzzwell, G.C. |
| Date Published | Oct. 6, 1940 | |
| Attribution | The Rooms Provincial Archives, GN 13/4, Box 3 | |
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