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PLEASE USE THE FIELD BELOW TO SEARCH THE MILITARY SERVICE FILES

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.
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Military Service Files Database

561 Military Service Files Database Records matching 1914, "No" fatality. Reset Table
Name Sort descending Service NO. Active Date Commendations P.O.W. Fatality Date of Death
ABBOTT, Jacob 168
Yes
No
No
AITKEN, Ernest Peyton 643
Yes
No
No
ALDERDICE, Norman H 0-142
No
No
No
ALEXANDER, Conn 0-178
No
No
No
ALLEN, Wilfred Thomas 263
No
No
No
ANDERSON, William Stafford 418
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Harold James 777
No
Yes
No
ANDREWS, John Donald 315
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Ralph Martin 55
No
No
No
ANTLE, John Aquilla 663
No
No
No
ATKINS, Thomas Joseph 795
No
No
No
AYRE, Charles R 0-150
No
No
No
BAIN, Lawrie Graham 0-80 - 592
No
No
No
BAIRD, John Joseph 648
No
No
No
BARRON, Thomas Frank 568
No
No
No
BARTLETT, Lewis Goodison 644
No
No
No
BASTOW, William Augustus 676
No
No
No
BATSON, Harold Herbert 0-251 - 744
No
No
No
BATSTONE, Oswald Knight 227
No
No
No
BELBIN, Charles Chesley 0-51 - 167
No
No
No
BELBIN, Charles Chesley 0-51 - 167
No
No
No
BEMISTER, John G. 0-36 - 1181
No
No
No
BENNETT, Dominic 245
No
No
No
BENNETT, Frank 0-121 - 284
No
No
No
BENSON, Eleazer 688
No
No
No
BERNARD, A. E. [Adolph Ernest] 0-157
Yes
No
No
BETHUNE, John Grierson 0-163 - 845
No
No
No
BISHOP, Alexander 57
No
No
No
BISHOP, Elijah 597
No
No
No
BISHOP, Henry 291
No
No
No
BIXBY, Samson 241
No
No
No
BLACKALL, Herbert William 0-86 - 448
No
No
No
BOLAND, James Francis 765
No
No
No
BRADBURY, Edward Charles 103
No
No
No
BRENSON, Sylvester 745
No
No
No
BRETT, Jonathan 537
No
No
No
BRIEN, Patrick 80
No
No
No
BROWN, Charles William 728
No
No
No
BROWN, John Joseph 557
No
No
No
BUCKLEY, William 752
No
No
No
BURDELL, Claude 330
No
No
No
BURKE, James Joseph 718
No
No
No
BURN [BYRNE], Joseph 257
No
No
No
BURNHAM, Ralph 0-85 - 758
No
No
No
BURNS, William Gordon Henderson 0-267 - 160
No
No
No
BURRIDGE, Hubert Frederick 191
No
No
No
BURT, Gladstone Rendell 0-263 - 54
No
No
No
BURT, Harold 323
No
No
No
BURTON, R. de H. [Reginald de Hardwicke] 0-198
No
No
No
BUTCHER, Ernest 430
Yes
No
No
BUTLER, Alfred Francis 460
No
No
No
BUTLER, Bertram 0-152 - 146
Yes
No
No
BUTLER, Charles Oakley 205
No
No
No
BUTLER, George 457
No
No
No
BUTLER, Harold Scott 796
Yes
No
No
BUTLER, Henry Albert 0-199 - 325
No
No
No
BUTT, Edward 851
No
No
No
BYRNE, Alexander 667
No
No
No
BYRNE, Gerald Guy 0-31 - 340
Yes
No
No
CALDWELL, Edward Charles 636
No
Yes
No
CALDWELL, John 151
No
No
No
CANHAM, Arthur Robert 221
Yes
No
No
CARAVAN, Andrew Pierce 740
No
No
No
CARBERRY, Maurice 382
No
No
No
CAREW, William Patrick 469
No
No
No
CARMICHAEL, Thomas Colton 126
No
No
No
CARTER, James 269
No
No
No
CARTY, George Thomas 0-6
Yes
No
No
CASHIN, John Simon 233
No
No
No
CAUL, John Joseph 374
No
No
No
CHAFE, Eric Reginald Augustus 0-49 - 52
Yes
No
No
CHANCEY, George Wilbur 78
No
No
No
CHANNING, John Cuthbert 347
No
No
No
CHRISTOPHER, Thomas 121
No
No
No
CHURCHILL, Ernest St. Clair 0-108 - 281
No
No
No
CHURCHILL, William Maxwell 0-37 - 4
No
No
No
CLARE, Joseph William 0-111 - 536
Yes
No
No
CLARE, Robert 210
No
No
No
CLARIDGE, George 0-300 - 110
No
No
No
CLARKE, Selby 239
No
No
No
CLEARY, John Sullivan 131
No
No
No
CLEARY, William 384
No
No
No
CLEGGE [CLEGG, E.B.]. n/a
No
No
No
CLIFT, John 0-177 - 503
Yes
No
No
CLOUSTON, Andrew Mearns 0-155 - 622
Yes
Yes
No
CLOUSTON, John Hutton 834
No
No
No
CLOUTER, Frederick Augustus 422
No
No
No
COADY, Andrew 775 - 8096
No
No
No
COFIELD, Mark Francis 692
No
No
No
COLBOURNE, Arthur Frederick 444
No
No
No
COLFORD, George 16
No
No
No
COLLINS, John Joseph 578
No
No
No
COLLINS, Matthew 710
Yes
No
No
CONNORS, Thomas Joseph 170
No
No
No
COOMBS, Archibald 492
No
No
No
COOMBS, Thomas 747
No
Yes
No
COOPER, Herbert George 439
No
No
No
COOPER, Herbert George 439
No
No
No
COOPER, James 98
No
No
No
CORNECT, Eugene 429
No
No
No
CORNICK, Edwin 377
No
No
No
COSTELLO, Daniel 860
No
No
No
COX, John 809
Yes
No
No
CRANE, Joseph 736
No
No
No
CROKE, Thomas Joseph 653
No
No
No
CROTTY, Stanley F. 459
No
No
No
CUFF, Heber 524
No
Yes
No
CURRAN, Fred [Donald Wilfred] 122
Yes
No
No
DANIELS, Peter 318
No
No
No
DAVIS, John 738
Yes
No
No
DAWE, Joseph 328
No
No
No
DAWE, Wilfred 184
No
Yes
No
DAWE, William Gordon 97
No
No
No
DAYMOND, Joseph 607
No
No
No
DELANEY, William Albert 581
No
No
No
DEMPSTER, James 755
No
Yes
No
DESROCHES, Daniel Alexander 518
No
No
No
DEWLING, Herbert 45
No
No
No
DEWLING, Stewart 20
Yes
No
No
DICKS, Christopher Bertram 0-38 - 33
No
No
No
DONOVAN, Michael 531
No
No
No
DOOLEY, Francis Joseph 818
No
No
No
DOOLEY, John Joseph 474
No
No
No
DRISCOLL, Michael 717
No
No
No
DUDER, Charles Robert 668
No
No
No
DULEY, Cyril Chancey 0-39 - 872
Yes
No
No
DUNN, John 173
No
No
No
EARLE, Clifford 17
No
No
No
EARLE, William Thomas 819
No
No
No
EATON, Duncan McKinnon 811
No
No
No
EATON, Duncan McKinnon 811
No
No
No
EATON, William John 137
No
No
No
EDWARDS, Allan 831
No
No
No
EDWARDS, William Dowden 0-16 - 659
Yes
No
No
ENGLISH, Patrick Joseph 698
No
No
No
ERLEY, Joseph 116
No
No
No
EVANS, Nelson 661
No
No
No
EVANS, Thomas Bowning 642
No
No
No
FARRINGTON, William 694
No
No
No
FIANDER, Samuel 467
No
No
No
FIELD, Charles William 115
No
No
No
FIELD, Larry 153
No
No
No
FIFIELD, Isaac 420
No
No
No
FILLIER, Maximillian William 507
No
No
No
FITZGERALD, John Martin 295
Yes
No
No
FITZPATRICK, Leo Joe 793
Yes
No
No
FLEMING, Richard Francis 357
No
No
No
FORAN, Sebastian 0-55 - 708
No
No
No
FORSEY, Bernard 0-215 - 12
No
No
No
FOWLER, James Francis 311
No
No
No
FOX, John Edward Joseph 0-81 - 142
No
No
No
FRANKLIN, William Hodgson (W.H.) 0-27
Yes
No
No
FRASER, Nutting Stewart 0-47 - 1183
No
No
No
FROST, Charles Sydney 0-123 - 58
Yes
No
No
GALGAY, Nicholas Augustus 338
No
No
No
GANE, Sidney 0-103
No
No
No
GARDINER, John 144
No
No
No
GARDNER, Hamor 645
Yes
No
No
GARLAND, Charles Frederick 0-185 - 182
No
No
No
GARLAND, George Stanley 200
No
No
No
GELLATELY, William Thomas 100
No
No
No
GEORGE, William 720
No
No
No
GILBERT, Noel 617
No
No
No
GLADNEY, James Joseph 771
No
No
No
GLADNEY, William Joseph 417
Yes
No
No
GODDEN, Malcolm 0-182 - 615
No
No
No
GOOBY, Archibald 154
Yes
No
No
GOODRIDGE, Herbert 0-154
No
No
No
GOODYEAR, Josiah Robert 0-166 - 573
No
No
No
GORDON, Gilbert Thomas 64
No
No
No
GOUDIE, James W. 714
No
No
No
GOUGH, Frank George 132
No
No
No
GOUGH, Ralph 781
No
No
No
GRANDY, Roy Stanley 0-233 - 662
No
No
No
GREEN, William Joseph 320
No
No
No
GREENE, Augustine Peter 251
No
No
No
GREENE, Gordon 156
No
No
No
GRIEVE, Robert Cecil 13
No
No
No
GRIFFIN, James Patrick 577
No
No
No
GRIMES, Rupert 773
No
No
No
GROUCHY, Philip John 369
No
No
No
GULLIVER, George McFarlane 937
No
No
No
GUSHUE, George W. 785
No
No
No
HACKETT, Thomas Joseph (aka Thomas Murphy) 408
No
No
No
HAMMOND, Arthur 79
Yes
No
No
HAMMOND, Charles 594
No
No
No
HANN, Jacob 90
No
No
No
HANNAFORD, John Joseph 792
No
No
No
HARNETT, Walter Joseph 458
No
No
No
HARSANT, Lawrence George 341
No
No
No
HARTLEY, Arthur Percy 174
No
Yes
No
HARTLEY, Leonard Vincent 294
No
No
No
HARVEY, Alfred Stanley 767
No
No
No
HARVEY, Gerald Cockburn 0-33 - 333
No
No
No
HARVEY, Wilfred Eric 324
No
No
No
HARVEY, William Thomas 751
No
No
No
HAWKER, Walter Clarke 0-265 - 1843
No
No
No
HAYLEY, Robert 489
No
No
No
HAYWARD, John 627
No
No
No
HEAD, Louis 743
No
No
No
HEATER, Herbert Stephen 180
No
No
No
HEATH, Ernest 829
No
No
No
HENDERSON, Robert 471
No
No
No
HENNEBURY, Alexander 461
Yes
No
No
HENNEBURY, Ewen Stanley 19
No
No
No
HERDER, Ralph Barnes 0-113 - 34
No
No
No
HIBBS, James Francis 299
No
No
No
HICKEY, James Joseph 113
No
No
No
HICKEY, John Joseph 586
No
No
No
HICKEY, John Joseph 252
No
No
No
HICKEY, Richard John 779
No
No
No
HICKEY, William Francis 119
No
No
No
HICKS, Henry George 0-72 - 833
Yes
No
No
HIPDITCH, John 240
No
No
No
HISCOCK, George Craniford 342
No
No
No
HOGAN, Alden Joseph 237
No
No
No
HOOPER, Albert Norman 248
No
No
No
HORAN, Thomas Anthony 212
No
No
No
HOSKINS, Lawrence Amour 449
No
No
No
HOULAHAN, James Patrick 500
No
No
No
HOWELL, Moses 462
No
No
No
HOWLETT, C. 0-153
No
No
No
HUMPHREY, Thomas 375
No
No
No
HUMPHRIES, William 588
No
No
No
HUNT, Nicholas Prout 0-252 - 762
No
No
No
HURLEY, William Joseph 11
No
No
No
HUTCHINGS, William Frederick Cyril 538
No
No
No
INNES, Robert Elrick 820
No
No
No
IRVINE, James Main. 0-42 - 49
No
No
No
JACKMAN, George Arthur 118
No
No
No
JACKMAN, Thomas Joseph 854
No
No
No
JAMES, Cecil Stanley 0-12 - 102
No
No
No
JAMES, Charles Robert 436
No
No
No
JAMES, Thomas Lincoln 370
No
No
No
JANES, Alwin Ambrose 734
No
No
No
JANES, Harold Clark 0-308 - 109
Yes
No
No
JANES, Harold Wesley 197
No
No
No
JANES, Thomas Patrick 136
No
No
No
JANES, Walter Harold 56
No
No
No
JENSEN, Jens William 569
No
No
No