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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.
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Military Service Files Database

782 Military Service Files Database Records matching 1914, "No" P.O.W. 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, 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, 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, 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
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
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, William Gordon 97
No
No
No
DAYMOND, Joseph 607
No
No
No
DELANEY, William Albert 581
No
No
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
FRANKLIN, William Hodgson (W.H.) 0-27
Yes
No
No
FRASER, Nutting Stewart 0-47 - 1183
No
No
No
FREEBAIRN, Buchanan W. 724
No
No
Yes
FRENCH, John Joseph 63
No
No
Yes
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, Cyril 0-65 - 824
Yes
No
Yes
GARDNER, Hamor 645
Yes
No
No
GARF, Fred 125
No
No
Yes
GARLAND, Charles Frederick 0-185 - 182
No
No
No
GARLAND, George Stanley 200
No
No
No
GEAR, James Joseph 695
No
No
Yes
GELLATELY, William Thomas 100
No
No
No
GEORGE, William 720
No
No
No
GILBERT, Noel 617
No
No
No
GILLAM, Arthur Wilfred 454
No
No
Yes
GLADNEY, Edward Francis 335
No
No
Yes
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
GOOD, Robert Joseph 219 - 8176
No
No
Yes
GOOD, Robert Joseph 219 - 8176
No
No
Yes
GOODRIDGE, Herbert 0-154
No
No
No
GOODYEAR, Josiah Robert 0-166 - 573
No
No
No
GOODYEAR, Stanley Charles 0-40 - 334
Yes
No
Yes
GORDON, Gilbert Thomas 64
No
No
No
GORMAN, Joseph Julian 794
No
No
Yes
GOSSE, Ira Joseph 716
No
No
Yes
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
GRANT, William Hayes 0-159 - 410
No
No
Yes
GREEN, John Henry Stanley 0-118 - 108
No
No
Yes
GREEN, William Joseph 320
No
No
No
GREENE, Augustine Peter 251
No
No
No
GREENE, Gordon 156
No
No
No
GREENE, Walter Martin 0-43 - 266
Yes
No
Yes
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
HALL, William 352
No
No
Yes
HAMMOND, Arthur 79
Yes
No
No
HAMMOND, Charles 594
No
No
No
HANEY/HEANEY, James Patrick 476
No
No
Yes
HANN, Jacob 90
No
No
No
HANNAFORD, John Joseph 792
No
No
No
HARDING, Herbert 353
No
No
Yes
HARDY, Edward 677
No
No
Yes
HARDY, John 760
No
No
Yes
HARDY, William Frank 179
No
No
Yes
HARNETT, Walter Joseph 458
No
No
No
HARSANT, Lawrence George 341
No
No
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
HATFIELD, George Bernard 65
No
No
Yes
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, Hubert Clinton 0-79 - 3
No
No
Yes
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
HIGGINS, Edmund James 756
No
No
Yes
HIPDITCH, John 240
No
No
No
HISCOCK, George Craniford 342
No
No
No
HOARE, Edward John 453
No
No
Yes
HOCKLEY, John Herbert 216
No
No
Yes
HOGAN, Alden Joseph 237
No
No
No
HOLDEN, Luke 329
No
No
Yes
HOLDEN, Patrick 555
No
No
Yes
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
HOWARD, James John 560
No
No
Yes
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, James 564
No
No
Yes
HUNT, Nicholas Prout 0-252 - 762
No
No
No
HURLEY, William Joseph 11
No
No
No
HUSSEY, William Thomas 356
No
No
Yes
HUTCHINGS, William Frederick Cyril 538
No
No
No
HUTCHINS, Harold 602
No
No
Yes
HYNES, John Francis 238
No
No
Yes
HYNES, Lemuel Edward 806
No
No
Yes
HYNES, Richard Edward 807
Yes
No
Yes
INNES, Robert Elrick 820
No
No
No
IRVINE, James Main. 0-42 - 49
No
No
No
JACKMAN, Arthur Joseph 533
No
No
Yes
JACKMAN, Bert 697
No
No
Yes
JACKMAN, George Arthur 118
No
No
No
JACKMAN, Michael Joseph 733
No
No
Yes
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, Albert Evelyn 702
Yes
No
Yes
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
JEANS, John Allan 424
No
No
Yes
JEFFERS, Silas 292
No
No
Yes
JENSEN, Jens William 569
No
No
No
JOHNSON, John Joseph 135
No
No
Yes
JOY, Edward 502
Yes
No
Yes
JUPP, Henry Clifford Oliver 0-206 - 157
No
No
No
JUPP, Leonard John 162
No
No
No
KANE (KEANE), Walter Arthur 803
No
No
Yes
KANE, George 208
No
No
Yes
KAVANAGH, Arthur Joseph 106
No
No
No
KEARLEY, Walter 552
No
No
No
KEARNEY, William Wallace 68
No
No
No
KEATS, Hubert John 613
No
No
No
KEATS, William 203
No
No
Yes
KEEGAN, Kevin J. 0-13 - 766
Yes
No
No
KEEL, Frederick 490
No
No
No
KELLY, Ernest 27
No
No
No
KELLY, John Joseph 188
No
No
No
KELLY, Michael Francis 148
No
No
Yes
KELLY, Thomas Joseph 178
No
No
Yes
KENNEDY, Leo Terrance 224
No
No
No
KENNEDY, Michael Francis 255
No
No
Yes
KENNEDY, Ralph 678
No
No
No
KENNETT, William Patrick 127
No
No
No
KERSHAW, Robert 0-59 - 406
No
No
Yes
KIRBY, Stanley S. 242 (microfilmed as 0-242)
No
No
No
KNIGHT, Francis H. 0-76 - 287
No
No
No
KNIGHT, George Samuel 309
No
No
Yes
KNIGHT, William 373
No
No
Yes
KNIGHT, William Blackler 290
No
No
Yes
LACEY, Roland Stephen 77
No
No
No
LAHEY, Edward 259
No
No
No
LAHEY, Robert Joseph 254
No
No
Yes
LAMBERT, James 387
Yes
No
No
LANG, James Patrick 0-266 - 870
No
No
No
LANGMEAD, George Jr. 0-22 - 14
No
No
Yes
LARNER, Cyril 426
No
No
No
LAWLOR, Edward Joseph 477
No
No
No
LAWLOR, Richard Joseph 929
No
No
No
LAWLOR, Thomas Joseph 535
Yes
No
No
LEARNING, George 764
No
No
No
LEGROW, Frederick 9
No
No
No
LEGROW, Frederick Pratt 404
No
No
No
LEMESSURIER, Francis 853
No
No
No
LEMESSURIER, Philip Sorsoliel 0-128 - 62
No
No
No
LESEMAN, Roy Bennett 220
No
No
No
LESHANA, William Edward 799
No
No
Yes
LESLIE, Clarence Vivian 632
No
No
No
LEWIS, David 96
No
No
No
LEWIS, John 189
No
No
No
LIDSTONE, Harold 163
Yes
No
Yes
LILLY, Augustus 194
No
No
Yes
LIND, Francis Thomas 541
No
No
Yes
LODGE, Samuel Thomas 165
No
No
Yes
LONG, William John 0-140 - 48
No
No
No
LOVEYS, James Newton 359
No
No
No
LUFF, John 350
No
No
No
LUKINS, George 544
No
No
Yes
LUKINS, John 547
No
No
Yes
MACDONNEL, John Patrick 582
No
No
Yes
MACKAY, Andrew Joseph 572
No
No
Yes
MACKAY, John Joseph 278
No
No
No
MADDEN, Sylvester 149
No
No
No
MADDICK, Henry Morton 140
No
No
No
MADDICK, John Withycombe 628
No
No
No
MADDIGAN, Michael 47
No
No
No
MADDIGAN, Michael Joseph 183
No
No
No
MADDIGAN, Richard Joseph 826
No
No
Yes
MAGANNAM, Charles 713
No
No
No
MAHER, Pierce 591
No
No
No
MAHON, James Thomas 114
No
No
No
MALLAM, Allan Wright 413
No
No
No
MALONEY, Joseph Francis 385
No
No
No
MANNING, Augustine Joseph 177
No
No
Yes
MANNING, Peter Joseph 687
No
No
No
MANSFIELD, Edward 749
No
No
No
MANSFIELD, Peter Francis 85
No
No
No
MANSTON, William 327
No
No
No
MANUEL, Alfred 721
Yes
No
Yes
MANUEL, Willis 272
No
No
No
MARCH, John Wesley 0-109
Yes
No
No
MARKS, Stanley Thomas 150
No
No
No