Military Service Files

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The Military Service Files database includes an entry for all individuals identified in the military service files and/or military service ledgers of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and Newfoundland Forestry Companies the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and Newfoundland Forestry Companies duplicate remove, held by The Rooms Provincial Archives as part of GN 19 Newfoundland military service records (Great War) collection.

Included are the over 6700 members of the First Newfoundland Regiment (later "Royal") and the Newfoundland Forestry Companies, including officers, other ranks, Drum and Bugle Corps, attached specialists and special duty assignments.

An individual's complete service file is attached where available. Service files do not exist for all individuals identified in the records. In this instance, a database record was created based on content recorded in the Military Service ledgers.

Using the Military Service Files database

The records are keyword searchable and sortable based on the column headings: Name, Community, Service number, Age at enlistment, Next of kin, Occupation, Active date, Date of death and Religion. POW status and Fatality status are yes/no searchable fields.

To search for a specific individual, enter their name and/or service number.
To view the attached service file, click on the individual's name.
To view details of an individual's commendations, select the pdf file at the right
To sort the results of a large search, click on the column heading.
To search for Prisoners of War, use the keyword POW.
Notes concerning variant names, misfiled documents, additional service, etc. are included as required.

On This Page:

Name Sort descending	Service NO.	Active Date	Commendations	P.O.W.	Fatality	Date of Death
ABBOTT, Jacob	168	1914	Yes	No	No
AITKEN, Ernest Peyton	643	1914	Yes	No	No
ASH, Archibald	575	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-02-23
BARRETT, Harold George	0-69 - 798	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-08-16
BARTLETT, Rupert Wilfred	0-17 - 166	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-30
BERNARD, A. E. [Adolph Ernest]	0-157	1914	Yes	No	No
BEST, Frank Gordon	42	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BOWDEN, Hugh Pierson	526	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BUTCHER, Ernest	430	1914	Yes	No	No
BUTLER, Bertram	0-152 - 146	1914	Yes	No	No
BUTLER, Harold Scott	796	1914	Yes	No	No
BYRNE, Gerald Guy	0-31 - 340	1914	Yes	No	No
CANHAM, Arthur Robert	221	1914	Yes	No	No
CARTY, George Thomas	0-6	1914	Yes	No	No
CHAFE, Eric Reginald Augustus	0-49 - 52	1914	Yes	No	No
CLARE, Joseph William	0-111 - 536	1914	Yes	No	No
CLIFT, John	0-177 - 503	1914	Yes	No	No
CLOUSTON, Andrew Mearns	0-155 - 622	1914	Yes	Yes	No
COLLINS, Matthew	710	1914	Yes	No	No
COX, John	809	1914	Yes	No	No
CURRAN, Fred [Donald Wilfred]	122	1914	Yes	No	No
DAVIS, John	738	1914	Yes	No	No
DEWLING, Stewart	20	1914	Yes	No	No
DULEY, Cyril Chancey	0-39 - 872	1914	Yes	No	No
EDWARDS, William Dowden	0-16 - 659	1914	Yes	No	No
FITZGERALD, John Martin	295	1914	Yes	No	No
FITZPATRICK, Leo Joe	793	1914	Yes	No	No
FRANKLIN, William Hodgson (W.H.)	0-27	1914	Yes	No	No
FROST, Charles Sydney	0-123 - 58	1914	Yes	No	No
GARDNER, Cyril	0-65 - 824	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
GARDNER, Hamor	645	1914	Yes	No	No
GLADNEY, William Joseph	417	1914	Yes	No	No
GOOBY, Archibald	154	1914	Yes	No	No
GOODYEAR, Stanley Charles	0-40 - 334	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-10
GREENE, Walter Martin	0-43 - 266	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
HAMMOND, Arthur	79	1914	Yes	No	No
HENNEBURY, Alexander	461	1914	Yes	No	No
HICKS, Henry George	0-72 - 833	1914	Yes	No	No
HYNES, Richard Edward	807	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JANES, Albert Evelyn	702	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-14

Military Service Files Database