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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

802 Military Service Files Database Records matching 1914. Reset Table
Name Sort descending Service NO. Active Date Commendations P.O.W. Fatality Date of Death
ABBOTT, Jacob 168
Yes
No
No
ABBOTT, Stanley 283
No
No
Yes
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
ASH, Archibald 575
Yes
No
Yes
ATKINS, Thomas Joseph 795
No
No
No
AYRE, Charles R 0-150
No
No
No
AYRE, Wilfred Douglas 0-104 - 164
No
No
Yes
BAIN, Lawrie Graham 0-80 - 592
No
No
No
BAIRD, John Joseph 648
No
No
No
BARNES, Lawrence 528
No
No
Yes
BARRETT, Harold George 0-69 - 798
Yes
No
Yes
BARRETT, Leonard Josiah 372
No
No
Yes
BARRON, Thomas Frank 568
No
No
No
BARTLETT, Joseph Patrick 629
No
No
Yes
BARTLETT, Lewis Goodison 644
No
No
No
BARTLETT, Rupert Wilfred 0-17 - 166
Yes
No
Yes
BARTLETT, William Washer 270
No
No
Yes
BASTOW, Frederick Donald 700
No
No
Yes
BASTOW, Gordon Clarence 930
No
No
Yes
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
BENDELL, James Alexander 207
No
No
Yes
BENNETT, Dominic 245
No
No
No
BENNETT, Frank 0-121 - 284
No
No
No
BENNETT, Peter Francis 770
No
No
Yes
BENSON, Eleazer 688
No
No
No
BERNARD, A. E. [Adolph Ernest] 0-157
Yes
No
No
BEST, Frank Gordon 42
Yes
No
Yes
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
BLYDE, Michael John 280
No
No
Yes
BOLAND, James Francis 765
No
No
No
BOWDEN, Hugh Pierson 526
Yes
No
Yes
BRADBURY, Edward Charles 103
No
No
No
BRADLEY, Wilfred 398
No
No
Yes
BREEN, John 67
No
No
Yes
BRENSON, Sylvester 745
No
No
No
BRETT, Jonathan 537
No
No
No
BRIEN, Patrick 80
No
No
No
BRODERICK, Michael 808
No
No
Yes
BROWN, Charles William 728
No
No
No
BROWN, Edward John 545
No
No
Yes
BROWN, John Joseph 557
No
No
No
BUCKLEY, William 752
No
No
No
BURDELL, Claude 330
No
No
No
BURGE, Allen 624
No
No
Yes
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
CAHILL, Martin Joseph 258
No
No
Yes
CALDWELL, Edward Charles 636
No
Yes
No
CALDWELL, John 151
No
No
No
CALLAHAN, Rodger John 344
No
No
Yes
CANHAM, Arthur Robert 221
Yes
No
No
CARAVAN, Andrew Pierce 740
No
No
No
CARBERRY, Maurice 382
No
No
No
CAREW, David Michael 776
No
No
Yes
CAREW, John Joseph 651
No
No
Yes
CAREW, William Patrick 469
No
No
No
CARMICHAEL, Thomas Colton 126
No
No
No
CARROLL, Thomas 274
No
No
Yes
CARTER, James 269
No
No
No
CARTER, James Henry 222
No
No
Yes
CARTER, Llewellyn James 198
No
No
Yes
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
CHAFE, Ernest Leslie 709
No
No
Yes
CHANCEY, George Wilbur 78
No
No
No
CHANNING, John Cuthbert 347
No
No
No
CHAPLIN, John Fielding 584
No
No
Yes
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, Lawrence Edward 343
No
No
Yes
CLARE, Robert 210
No
No
No
CLARIDGE, George 0-300 - 110
No
No
No
CLARKE, George Rankin 271
No
No
Yes
CLARKE, Selby 239
No
No
No
CLEARY, Charles Allen 679
No
No
Yes
CLEARY, John 288
No
No
Yes
CLEARY, John Sullivan 131
No
No
No
CLEARY, William 384
No
No
No
CLEGGE [CLEGG, E.B.]. n/a
No
No
No
CLIFT, Cecil Bayly 0-174 - 505
No
No
Yes
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
COLE, Edward Louis 195
No
No
Yes
COLE, Samuel 0-63 - 465
No
No
Yes
COLFORD, George 16
No
No
No
COLLINS, James 567
No
No
Yes
COLLINS, John Joseph 578
No
No
No
COLLINS, Matthew 710
Yes
No
No
COLLINS, William Joseph 82
No
No
Yes
COMOR, Maurice 725
No
No
Yes
CONNORS, Daniel Francis 649
No
No
Yes
CONNORS, James Patrick 209
No
No
Yes
CONNORS, Thomas Joseph 170
No
No
No
CONSTANTINE, Peter Joseph 563
No
No
Yes
COOK, Henry William 483
No
No
Yes
COOK, William 553
No
No
Yes
COOMBS, Archibald 492
No
No
No
COOMBS, Harry 393
No
No
Yes
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
COOPER, Peter J. 786
No
No
Yes
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
CRANE, Nathaniel 363
No
No
Yes
CROKE, Thomas Joseph 653
No
No
No
CROTTY, Stanley F. 459
No
No
No
CUFF, George Little 630
No
No
Yes
CUFF, Heber 524
No
Yes
No
CUMMINGS, Arthur 815
No
Yes
Yes
CURRAN, Fred [Donald Wilfred] 122
Yes
No
No
DANIELS, Peter 318
No
No
No
DAVIS, John 738
Yes
No
No
DAWE, Henry Charles 589
No
No
Yes
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
DOHANEY, William Patrick 496
No
No
Yes
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
DUNPHY, John 44
No
No
Yes
DUNPHY, William 15
No
No
Yes
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
EBSARY, Hubert Edgar 339
No
No
Yes
EBSARY, Hubert Edgar 339
No
No
Yes
EBSARY, Samuel Joseph 0-110 - 501
No
No
Yes
EDGAR, Charles Legallais 0-203 - 199
No
No
Yes
EDGAR, Edwin 737
No
No
Yes
EDGECOMBE, Edward Francis 40
No
No
Yes
EDWARDS, Allan 831
No
No
No
EDWARDS, John Charles 450
No
No
Yes
EDWARDS, William Dowden 0-16 - 659
Yes
No
No
ELLIOTT, John 22
No
No
Yes
ELLIS, John Joseph 443
No
No
Yes
ELSWORTH, James 625
No
No
Yes
ENGLISH, Patrick Joseph 698
No
No
No
ERLEY, Joseph 116
No
No
No
EVANS, Joseph Wellington 181
No
No
Yes
EVANS, Leonard 658
No
No
Yes
EVANS, Nelson 661
No
No
No
EVANS, Thomas Bowning 642
No
No
No
FARRINGTON, William 694
No
No
No
FERGUSON, Stewart Small 95
No
No
Yes
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
FOWLOW - CLARKE, William. 81
No
No
Yes
FOX, John Edward Joseph 0-81 - 142
No
No
No
FRAMPTON, John 626
No
No
Yes