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.

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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
BROWN, James Michael	1328	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-12-03
BROWN, Louis	2044	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
BROWN, Patrick Joseph	1053	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-18
BRYANT, Aaron	847	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-01-28
BUGDEN, Leighton	1544	1915	No	No	Yes
BURKE, Garrett	1023	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURKE, Leo Michael	1170	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURRY, Sidney George	1044	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURSEY, Benjamin	1956	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-14
BURSEY, Uriah George	1139	1915	No	No	Yes	1921-04-30
BURT, Eric	1152	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BUTLER, Edward William	1567	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BUTLER, Harry	1897	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BUTLER, Harvey Ronald	1883	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
BUTLER, Ignatius Joseph	1442	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BUTLER, James Llewellyn	1289	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BUTLER, Robert	1282	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-11
BUTT, Edward	1623	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CAHILL, John Joseph	966	1915	Yes	Yes	Yes	1916-07-05
CAREW, John Joseph	1028	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CAREW, Victor	1560	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
CARRIGAN, Edward	993	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CARROLL, Bernard	1903	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CARSONS, John	1192	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CARTER, Thomas	1031	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-05-04
CHRISTOPHER, Leo Joseph	1783	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
CLARKE, Josiah	1934	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
CLEARY, Bernard	1359	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CLEARY, Patrick Michael	1230	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
COISH, Harold Gordon	1400	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COLBOURNE, Beadon S	1675	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
COLES, Albert Victor	1813	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-09-18
COLLINS, John Joseph	863	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-12-06
COLLINS, Martin Bertram	913	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
COLUMBUS, Fred	912	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-10-09
COOK, Alfred Stanley	876	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
COOK, Thomas	1141	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-12-03
COOPER, Ward	1945	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
CORCORAN, Laurence	1635	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COSTELLO, William Patrick	1142	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COULTAS, Norman	1058	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COURAGE, Harrison	1249	1915	No	No	Yes
CRANE, Henry Charles	1405	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-02
CRANFORD, Llewelyn	1663	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CRITCH, Kenneth	1264	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CROCKER, Harrison	1186	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CRON, James Matthew	1585	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CROSBIE, George Graham	1447	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-03
CROUCHER, Nathaniel	1495	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CURLEY, John Thomas	1435	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CURNEW, George Robert	1587	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-04-24
DAY, James Lewis	1484	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-23
DEAN, Norman Kenneth	1477	1915	No	No	Yes	1921-01-30
DEAN, Walter Augustus	949	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-10-25
DELOUCHREY, Harold	1966	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-18
DICK, George	924	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-12
DONNELLY, James John	0-92	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1916-10-12
DORAN, Joseph	1551	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
DOYLE, John Thomas	1014	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DRISCOLL, Arthur	1054	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DRUKEN, Thomas	1363	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-11-01
DUKE, John J.	1964	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DUKE, William	1306	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-12-27
DULLANTY, George	1096	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-11-21
DUNPHY, John Joseph	1480	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EAGAN, Patrick	1764	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-02
EBSARY, Frederick Ernest	1138	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-09-23
EDENS, John Francis Joseph	0-83 - 883	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
EDGECOMBE, Silas	1251	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-11
EDNEY, Samuel Robert	1714	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
ELLIOTT, William	1786	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-03-03
ELLIOTT, William Skeffington	1073	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ETHERIDGE, Gordon	1858	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ETHERIDGE, Richard	1345	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-28
EVANS, Henry	1245	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EVANS, Nicholas Joseph	1767	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EZEKIEL, Joseph	1336	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
FALLON, Stephen	1191	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FARRELL, Martin	1798	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FERGUSON, John Roy	0-205 - 882	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FEWER, Lawrence Joseph	1268	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-06-01
FIELD, John	2003	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
FILLIER, Frank	1377	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FITZGERALD, Thomas Joseph	1645	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
FITZPATRICK, Alphonsus	1904	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-01-29
FLEMING, Richard	1594	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-23
FORD, Gerald	1559	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FORD, James	1955	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-02-26
FORTUNE, William	1194	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
FOWLOW, Richard	886	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-11-23
FREAKE, James	1611	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FRY, William	1550	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FURLONG, David J.	919	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-01-11
GALGAY, Francis Joseph	892	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GALPIN, John	1526	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GARDNER, Edward James	1247	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GARDNER, Theophilus	1580	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-11
GEAR, George	901	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-30
GEORGE, Joshua	2015	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GILLETT, Philip	1697	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-06-20
GILLINGHAM, Charles	1445	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-09-28
GOSSE, Thomas Joseph	1051	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
GOUGH, Chesley James	893	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GRACE, Martin Joseph	1272	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-15
GRANT, Edward Peter	1797	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-08-16
GREELEY, Matthew	1574	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GREEN, Moses	1757	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
GROUCHY, Thomas Joseph	1771	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-04-17
GROVES, Daniel	1724	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
GULLAGE, Hubert V.	1682	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GUY, Ambrose	2005	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GUY, Chester Cameron	1475	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HAGEN, James George Washington	978	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-21
HAINES, Albert	1110	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HALIDAY, Abel	1885	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
HALL, James	1935	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
HALL, William	1949	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-10-27
HANCOCK, Albert	1853	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-10
HANCOCK, John	946	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HANN, William S.	1830	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
HARBIN, Wilfred T.	953	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HARDING, William	995	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
HARE, Harvey	988	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-05-26
HARNETT, Frank	1612	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HARRIS, George William	1321	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HARRIS, Harvey	1114	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HARTTREE, Sidney	1827	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-08-03
HAWKINS, George	1606	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HAYES, Patrick Joseph	1239	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HAYWARD, Arthur Seaburn	1648	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HEALE, Robert William	843	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-03
HEARN, Augustine	1024	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
HEATH, Adolphus Garrett	1166	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-24
HEFFORD, Thomas Berkley	1532	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HIBBS, John Leslie	1496	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-12-06
HICKEY, Edward	1920	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-12-03
HICKEY, Robert	1309	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-15
HICKEY, William	1341	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-10
HILLIARD, Silas	1970	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-08-24
HISCOCK, Samuel	1283	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-11-04
HOLLAHAN, Joseph	1133	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HOLLAND, Michael J.	1634	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HOLLETT, George	1799	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
HOLLOWAY, Robert Palfrey	0-29	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
HUDSON, Peter Joseph	1689	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-04
HULAN, Howard	1568	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-05-02
HUMPHRIES, Alfred	1825	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-08-09
HURDLE, Arthur William	1091	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-21
HUSSEY, Francis Joseph	1533	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HYNES, Aloysius	1715	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-19
HYNES, Harry	1621	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HYNES, James Joseph	1095	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-11-18
IVANY, William Cox.	1201	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
IVANY, William Garland	1476	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JACOBS, Frederick James	1297	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-04-12
JAMES/JANES, Frederick	1275	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JAMES/JANES, George R.	1642	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JANES, Maxwell	982	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JANES, Stephen	1113	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-12-06
JERRETT, Frank	1437	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
JOHNSON, Alfred	1571	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JOHNSTON, George	1930	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
JONES, Arthur	1806	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JONES, Nathaniel	1932	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-21
JOYCE, William	1952	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-09-08
KEARLEY, Eber	1450	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KEEFE, Aloysius	1971	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
KEEFE, Saul	2043	1915	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-14
KENT, Martin Patrick	1270	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
KEOUGH, Martin	1584	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-29
KING, Alexander	1881	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-09-04
KING, Ephraim	1572	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-04-12
KING, George Joseph	1153	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-03-08
KING, Joseph Andrew	1356	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KNOWLING, William A.	1693	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
LAMBERT, John	1744	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-04-06
LANE, Gideon Harland	1482	1915	No	Yes	Yes
LANNIGAN, James Joseph	1124	1915	No	No	Yes
LANNON, Michael Francis	967	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LANNON, William Joseph	1519	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-06-18

ABBOTT, George

1242

1915

Yes

1916-07-01