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, George	1242	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ADAMS, Herbert Otto	1770	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
ALCOCK, Augustus	0-116 - 1372	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
ALEXANDER, Walter Ernest	1504	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-05
ANDERSON, Israel	1069	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ANDREWS, Joseph	1119	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ANTLE, Gilbert	1899	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ARNOLD, Chesley Gladstone	1386	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
ASPELL, John Joseph	1126	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-27
ATTWOOD, George	1525	1915	No	Yes	Yes	1917-09-25
ATWILL, Duncan	1833	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-11
ATWILL, James	1914	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
AYRE, Edward Alphonses	1009	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
AYRE, Eric S	0-91	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
AYRE, Gerald Walter	0-106 - 869	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BAKER, George	1439	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BALDWIN, Henry Herbert	1523	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
BALDWIN, Uriah	1846	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BARBOUR, Horatio	1419	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARNES, Maxwell	1576	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARTON, John	1485	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BELBIN, Herbert John	1765	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-12
BELLOWS, Stewart	1430	1915	No	No	Yes	2017-08-14
BENNETT, Edward	1470	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-03-03
BENNETT, Hector	910	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BENNETT, William	1229	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BENNETT, William	1071	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BEWHEY, Edward	1144	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-11-30
BISHOP, Archibald Walter	1046	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BISHOP, Wilson	1597	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BLACKMORE, Edgar	1578	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BOLAND, Patrick J.	1601	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-12-21
BOONE, Stewart Malcolm	1219	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BOWMAN, Charles	938	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BRENT, David	1794	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BRINSTON, George	1772	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-07
BROCKLEHURST, George Augustus	848	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-08-16
BROWN, Bertram	1382	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BROWN, Ernest	1493	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-10-12
BROWN, James G.	1984	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-12-09

Military Service Files Database