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
ABBOTT, Jacob	168	1914	Yes	No	No
AITKEN, Ernest Peyton	643	1914	Yes	No	No
ALDERDICE, Norman H	0-142	1914	No	No	No
ALEXANDER, Conn	0-178	1914	No	No	No
ALLEN, Wilfred Thomas	263	1914	No	No	No
ANDERSON, William Stafford	418	1914	No	No	No
ANDREWS, Harold James	777	1914	No	Yes	No
ANDREWS, John Donald	315	1914	No	No	No
ANDREWS, Ralph Martin	55	1914	No	No	No
ANTLE, John Aquilla	663	1914	No	No	No
ATKINS, Thomas Joseph	795	1914	No	No	No
AYRE, Charles R	0-150	1914	No	No	No
BAIN, Lawrie Graham	0-80 - 592	1914	No	No	No
BAIRD, John Joseph	648	1914	No	No	No
BARRON, Thomas Frank	568	1914	No	No	No
BARTLETT, Lewis Goodison	644	1914	No	No	No
BASTOW, William Augustus	676	1914	No	No	No
BATSON, Harold Herbert	0-251 - 744	1914	No	No	No
BATSTONE, Oswald Knight	227	1914	No	No	No
BELBIN, Charles Chesley	0-51 - 167	1914	No	No	No
BELBIN, Charles Chesley	0-51 - 167	1914	No	No	No
BEMISTER, John G.	0-36 - 1181	1914	No	No	No
BENNETT, Dominic	245	1914	No	No	No
BENNETT, Frank	0-121 - 284	1914	No	No	No
BENSON, Eleazer	688	1914	No	No	No
BERNARD, A. E. [Adolph Ernest]	0-157	1914	Yes	No	No
BETHUNE, John Grierson	0-163 - 845	1914	No	No	No
BISHOP, Alexander	57	1914	No	No	No
BISHOP, Elijah	597	1914	No	No	No
BISHOP, Henry	291	1914	No	No	No
BIXBY, Samson	241	1914	No	No	No
BLACKALL, Herbert William	0-86 - 448	1914	No	No	No
BOLAND, James Francis	765	1914	No	No	No
BRADBURY, Edward Charles	103	1914	No	No	No
BRENSON, Sylvester	745	1914	No	No	No
BRETT, Jonathan	537	1914	No	No	No
BRIEN, Patrick	80	1914	No	No	No
BROWN, Charles William	728	1914	No	No	No
BROWN, John Joseph	557	1914	No	No	No
BUCKLEY, William	752	1914	No	No	No
BURDELL, Claude	330	1914	No	No	No
BURKE, James Joseph	718	1914	No	No	No
BURN [BYRNE], Joseph	257	1914	No	No	No
BURNHAM, Ralph	0-85 - 758	1914	No	No	No
BURNS, William Gordon Henderson	0-267 - 160	1914	No	No	No
BURRIDGE, Hubert Frederick	191	1914	No	No	No
BURT, Gladstone Rendell	0-263 - 54	1914	No	No	No
BURT, Harold	323	1914	No	No	No
BURTON, R. de H. [Reginald de Hardwicke]	0-198	1914	No	No	No
BUTCHER, Ernest	430	1914	Yes	No	No
BUTLER, Alfred Francis	460	1914	No	No	No
BUTLER, Bertram	0-152 - 146	1914	Yes	No	No
BUTLER, Charles Oakley	205	1914	No	No	No
BUTLER, George	457	1914	No	No	No
BUTLER, Harold Scott	796	1914	Yes	No	No
BUTLER, Henry Albert	0-199 - 325	1914	No	No	No
BUTT, Edward	851	1914	No	No	No
BYRNE, Alexander	667	1914	No	No	No
BYRNE, Gerald Guy	0-31 - 340	1914	Yes	No	No
CALDWELL, Edward Charles	636	1914	No	Yes	No
CALDWELL, John	151	1914	No	No	No
CANHAM, Arthur Robert	221	1914	Yes	No	No
CARAVAN, Andrew Pierce	740	1914	No	No	No
CARBERRY, Maurice	382	1914	No	No	No
CAREW, William Patrick	469	1914	No	No	No
CARMICHAEL, Thomas Colton	126	1914	No	No	No
CARTER, James	269	1914	No	No	No
CARTY, George Thomas	0-6	1914	Yes	No	No
CASHIN, John Simon	233	1914	No	No	No
CAUL, John Joseph	374	1914	No	No	No
CHAFE, Eric Reginald Augustus	0-49 - 52	1914	Yes	No	No
CHANCEY, George Wilbur	78	1914	No	No	No
CHANNING, John Cuthbert	347	1914	No	No	No
CHRISTOPHER, Thomas	121	1914	No	No	No
CHURCHILL, Ernest St. Clair	0-108 - 281	1914	No	No	No
CHURCHILL, William Maxwell	0-37 - 4	1914	No	No	No
CLARE, Joseph William	0-111 - 536	1914	Yes	No	No
CLARE, Robert	210	1914	No	No	No
CLARIDGE, George	0-300 - 110	1914	No	No	No
CLARKE, Selby	239	1914	No	No	No
CLEARY, John Sullivan	131	1914	No	No	No
CLEARY, William	384	1914	No	No	No
CLEGGE [CLEGG, E.B.].	n/a	1914	No	No	No
CLIFT, John	0-177 - 503	1914	Yes	No	No
CLOUSTON, Andrew Mearns	0-155 - 622	1914	Yes	Yes	No
CLOUSTON, John Hutton	834	1914	No	No	No
CLOUTER, Frederick Augustus	422	1914	No	No	No
COADY, Andrew	775 - 8096	1914	No	No	No
COFIELD, Mark Francis	692	1914	No	No	No
COLBOURNE, Arthur Frederick	444	1914	No	No	No
COLFORD, George	16	1914	No	No	No
COLLINS, John Joseph	578	1914	No	No	No
COLLINS, Matthew	710	1914	Yes	No	No
CONNORS, Thomas Joseph	170	1914	No	No	No
COOMBS, Archibald	492	1914	No	No	No
COOMBS, Thomas	747	1914	No	Yes	No
COOPER, Herbert George	439	1914	No	No	No
COOPER, Herbert George	439	1914	No	No	No
COOPER, James	98	1914	No	No	No
CORNECT, Eugene	429	1914	No	No	No
CORNICK, Edwin	377	1914	No	No	No
COSTELLO, Daniel	860	1914	No	No	No
COX, John	809	1914	Yes	No	No
CRANE, Joseph	736	1914	No	No	No
CROKE, Thomas Joseph	653	1914	No	No	No
CROTTY, Stanley F.	459	1914	No	No	No
CUFF, Heber	524	1914	No	Yes	No
CURRAN, Fred [Donald Wilfred]	122	1914	Yes	No	No
DANIELS, Peter	318	1914	No	No	No
DAVIS, John	738	1914	Yes	No	No
DAWE, Joseph	328	1914	No	No	No
DAWE, Wilfred	184	1914	No	Yes	No
DAWE, William Gordon	97	1914	No	No	No
DAYMOND, Joseph	607	1914	No	No	No
DELANEY, William Albert	581	1914	No	No	No
DEMPSTER, James	755	1914	No	Yes	No
DESROCHES, Daniel Alexander	518	1914	No	No	No
DEWLING, Herbert	45	1914	No	No	No
DEWLING, Stewart	20	1914	Yes	No	No
DICKS, Christopher Bertram	0-38 - 33	1914	No	No	No

ABBOTT, Jacob

168

1914

Yes

AITKEN, Ernest Peyton