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, Stanley	283	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ASH, Archibald	575	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-02-23
AYRE, Wilfred Douglas	0-104 - 164	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARNES, Lawrence	528	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-08-14
BARRETT, Harold George	0-69 - 798	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-08-16
BARRETT, Leonard Josiah	372	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARTLETT, Joseph Patrick	629	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARTLETT, Rupert Wilfred	0-17 - 166	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-30
BARTLETT, William Washer	270	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-03-19
BASTOW, Frederick Donald	700	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
BASTOW, Gordon Clarence	930	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-11
BENDELL, James Alexander	207	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BENNETT, Peter Francis	770	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BEST, Frank Gordon	42	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BLYDE, Michael John	280	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-09-26
BOWDEN, Hugh Pierson	526	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BRADLEY, Wilfred	398	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-09-17
BREEN, John	67	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BRODERICK, Michael	808	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-03
BROWN, Edward John	545	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURGE, Allen	624	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CAHILL, Martin Joseph	258	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CALLAHAN, Rodger John	344	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CAREW, David Michael	776	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-10-07
CAREW, John Joseph	651	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CARROLL, Thomas	274	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CARTER, James Henry	222	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
CARTER, Llewellyn James	198	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-02
CHAFE, Ernest Leslie	709	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CHAPLIN, John Fielding	584	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-01-01
CLARE, Lawrence Edward	343	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
CLARKE, George Rankin	271	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-11-24
CLEARY, Charles Allen	679	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CLEARY, John	288	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CLIFT, Cecil Bayly	0-174 - 505	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
COLE, Edward Louis	195	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-06-28
COLE, Samuel	0-63 - 465	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
COLLINS, James	567	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
COLLINS, William Joseph	82	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-10-28
COMOR, Maurice	725	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-12-05
CONNORS, Daniel Francis	649	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CONNORS, James Patrick	209	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CONSTANTINE, Peter Joseph	563	1914	No	No	Yes	1920-04-08
COOK, Henry William	483	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
COOK, William	553	1914	No	No	Yes	1918-04-26
COOMBS, Harry	393	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COOPER, Peter J.	786	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
CRANE, Nathaniel	363	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CUFF, George Little	630	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CUMMINGS, Arthur	815	1914	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-14
DAWE, Henry Charles	589	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DOHANEY, William Patrick	496	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DUNPHY, John	44	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-12-12
DUNPHY, William	15	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EBSARY, Hubert Edgar	339	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-12-01
EBSARY, Hubert Edgar	339	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-12-01
EBSARY, Samuel Joseph	0-110 - 501	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-15
EDGAR, Charles Legallais	0-203 - 199	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-02-26
EDGAR, Edwin	737	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EDGECOMBE, Edward Francis	40	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-08-21
EDWARDS, John Charles	450	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-21
ELLIOTT, John	22	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ELLIS, John Joseph	443	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ELSWORTH, James	625	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-11-04
EVANS, Joseph Wellington	181	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EVANS, Leonard	658	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-11
FERGUSON, Stewart Small	95	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FOWLOW - CLARKE, William.	81	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FRAMPTON, John	626	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FREEBAIRN, Buchanan W.	724	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-10-23
FRENCH, John Joseph	63	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GARDNER, Cyril	0-65 - 824	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
GARF, Fred	125	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GEAR, James Joseph	695	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
GILLAM, Arthur Wilfred	454	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GLADNEY, Edward Francis	335	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GOOD, Robert Joseph	219 - 8176	1914	No	No	Yes	1921-07-24
GOOD, Robert Joseph	219 - 8176	1914	No	No	Yes	1921-07-24
GOODYEAR, Stanley Charles	0-40 - 334	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-10
GORMAN, Joseph Julian	794	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-03-30

ABBOTT, Stanley

283

1914

Yes

1916-07-01