During the 20th century two catastrophic wars engulfed the world, the first in 1914 when Germany sent troops into Belguim and threatened France, inciting both France and Great Britain to declare war on Germany. When the countries of the British Empire also declared war on Germany, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador were first to respond sending five hundred troops initially to be trained in Scotland. The Trail of the Caribou has been well documented as the path the Newfoundland regiment took in that conflict. The Trail, is the path they took. The Caribou, their regimental emblem. In my book, The Trail of the Caribou tracks the path of three young Newfoundland recruits throughout the conflict. A partially true story that begins with the arrival of C. Company of the Newfoundland regiment in Scotland. In February 1915 C. Company arrive in Scotland to be trained; billeted in Edinburgh's historic castle they take on guard duty there in the absence of the Scottish regiments away fighting in the war. This book tells how three young recruits, Joe Walker, Harry Murray and Tommy Winton, thousands of miles from their homeland, embark on relationships there before going off to fight in a conflict that would last for years. The first of July 2016 sees the 100th anniversary of a battle fought during that conflict; The battle of the Somme. At Beaumont Hamel on that first day of the battle, The Newfoundland regiment suffered the highest casualties, from 800 officers and men, one third were killed, the rest were wounded, some of them would die of their wounds later.The following day only sixty eight men answered roll call; in this book, it tells the story of the battle and how it influenced the lives of future generations. Read it, as it carries on into the second great world conflict of that century and remember always that this must never happen again.