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, Jacob	168	1914	Yes	No	No
ABBOTT, Stanley	283	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
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, John Donald	315	1914	No	No	No
ANDREWS, Ralph Martin	55	1914	No	No	No
ANTLE, John Aquilla	663	1914	No	No	No
ASH, Archibald	575	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-02-23
ATKINS, Thomas Joseph	795	1914	No	No	No
AYRE, Charles R	0-150	1914	No	No	No
AYRE, Wilfred Douglas	0-104 - 164	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BAIN, Lawrie Graham	0-80 - 592	1914	No	No	No
BAIRD, John Joseph	648	1914	No	No	No
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
BARRON, Thomas Frank	568	1914	No	No	No
BARTLETT, Joseph Patrick	629	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARTLETT, Lewis Goodison	644	1914	No	No	No
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
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
BENDELL, James Alexander	207	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BENNETT, Dominic	245	1914	No	No	No
BENNETT, Frank	0-121 - 284	1914	No	No	No
BENNETT, Peter Francis	770	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BENSON, Eleazer	688	1914	No	No	No
BERNARD, A. E. [Adolph Ernest]	0-157	1914	Yes	No	No
BEST, Frank Gordon	42	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-09
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
BLYDE, Michael John	280	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-09-26
BOLAND, James Francis	765	1914	No	No	No
BOWDEN, Hugh Pierson	526	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BRADBURY, Edward Charles	103	1914	No	No	No
BRADLEY, Wilfred	398	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-09-17
BREEN, John	67	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BRENSON, Sylvester	745	1914	No	No	No
BRETT, Jonathan	537	1914	No	No	No
BRIEN, Patrick	80	1914	No	No	No
BRODERICK, Michael	808	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-03
BROWN, Charles William	728	1914	No	No	No
BROWN, Edward John	545	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BROWN, John Joseph	557	1914	No	No	No
BUCKLEY, William	752	1914	No	No	No
BURDELL, Claude	330	1914	No	No	No
BURGE, Allen	624	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
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
CAHILL, Martin Joseph	258	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CALDWELL, John	151	1914	No	No	No
CALLAHAN, Rodger John	344	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CANHAM, Arthur Robert	221	1914	Yes	No	No
CARAVAN, Andrew Pierce	740	1914	No	No	No
CARBERRY, Maurice	382	1914	No	No	No
CAREW, David Michael	776	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-10-07
CAREW, John Joseph	651	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CAREW, William Patrick	469	1914	No	No	No
CARMICHAEL, Thomas Colton	126	1914	No	No	No
CARROLL, Thomas	274	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CARTER, James	269	1914	No	No	No
CARTER, James Henry	222	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
CARTER, Llewellyn James	198	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-02
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
CHAFE, Ernest Leslie	709	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CHANCEY, George Wilbur	78	1914	No	No	No
CHANNING, John Cuthbert	347	1914	No	No	No
CHAPLIN, John Fielding	584	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-01-01
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, Lawrence Edward	343	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
CLARE, Robert	210	1914	No	No	No
CLARIDGE, George	0-300 - 110	1914	No	No	No
CLARKE, George Rankin	271	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-11-24
CLARKE, Selby	239	1914	No	No	No
CLEARY, Charles Allen	679	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CLEARY, John	288	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
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, Cecil Bayly	0-174 - 505	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
CLIFT, John	0-177 - 503	1914	Yes	No	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
COLE, Edward Louis	195	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-06-28
COLE, Samuel	0-63 - 465	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
COLFORD, George	16	1914	No	No	No
COLLINS, James	567	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
COLLINS, John Joseph	578	1914	No	No	No
COLLINS, Matthew	710	1914	Yes	No	No
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
CONNORS, Thomas Joseph	170	1914	No	No	No
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, Archibald	492	1914	No	No	No
COOMBS, Harry	393	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COOPER, Herbert George	439	1914	No	No	No
COOPER, Herbert George	439	1914	No	No	No
COOPER, James	98	1914	No	No	No
COOPER, Peter J.	786	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
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
CRANE, Nathaniel	363	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CROKE, Thomas Joseph	653	1914	No	No	No
CROTTY, Stanley F.	459	1914	No	No	No
CUFF, George Little	630	1914	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CURRAN, Fred [Donald Wilfred]	122	1914	Yes	No	No
DANIELS, Peter	318	1914	No	No	No
DAVIS, John	738	1914	Yes	No	No
DAWE, Henry Charles	589	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DAWE, Joseph	328	1914	No	No	No
DAWE, William Gordon	97	1914	No	No	No
DAYMOND, Joseph	607	1914	No	No	No
DELANEY, William Albert	581	1914	No	No	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
DOHANEY, William Patrick	496	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DONOVAN, Michael	531	1914	No	No	No
DOOLEY, Francis Joseph	818	1914	No	No	No
DOOLEY, John Joseph	474	1914	No	No	No
DRISCOLL, Michael	717	1914	No	No	No
DUDER, Charles Robert	668	1914	No	No	No
DULEY, Cyril Chancey	0-39 - 872	1914	Yes	No	No
DUNN, John	173	1914	No	No	No
DUNPHY, John	44	1914	No	No	Yes	1915-12-12
DUNPHY, William	15	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EARLE, Clifford	17	1914	No	No	No
EARLE, William Thomas	819	1914	No	No	No
EATON, Duncan McKinnon	811	1914	No	No	No
EATON, Duncan McKinnon	811	1914	No	No	No
EATON, William John	137	1914	No	No	No
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, Allan	831	1914	No	No	No
EDWARDS, John Charles	450	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-21
EDWARDS, William Dowden	0-16 - 659	1914	Yes	No	No
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
ENGLISH, Patrick Joseph	698	1914	No	No	No
ERLEY, Joseph	116	1914	No	No	No
EVANS, Joseph Wellington	181	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EVANS, Leonard	658	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-11
EVANS, Nelson	661	1914	No	No	No
EVANS, Thomas Bowning	642	1914	No	No	No
FARRINGTON, William	694	1914	No	No	No
FERGUSON, Stewart Small	95	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FIANDER, Samuel	467	1914	No	No	No
FIELD, Charles William	115	1914	No	No	No

ABBOTT, Jacob

168

1914

Yes

ABBOTT, Stanley