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, Alexander	1989	1915	Yes	No	No
ADAMS, George E	0-279 - 1922	1915	No	No	No
ADAMS, Herbert Otto	1770	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
ADAMS, James	1332	1915	No	No	No
ADAMS, William Frederick	879	1915	No	No	No
ADEY, Frank	1668	1915	No	No	No
ADEY, Wilfred	1615	1915	No	No	No
ADEY, William Henry	1614	1915	No	No	No
ALCOCK, Augustus	0-116 - 1372	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
ALEXANDER, Walter Ernest	1504	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-05
ALLAN, Michael Joseph	1618	1915	No	No	No
ALLEN, James Frederick	1541	1915	No	No	No
ANDERSON, Israel	1069	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ANDREWS, Joseph	1119	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ANTHONY, Joseph	1875	1915	No	No	No
ANTLE, Abram Bursey	1732	1915	No	No	No
ANTLE, Gilbert	1899	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ANTLE, William E.	1947	1915	No	No	No
ARNOLD, Chesley Gladstone	1386	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
ASH, John	1811	1915	No	No	No
ASPELL, John Joseph	1126	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-27
ASPELL, John Thomas	1175	1915	No	No	No
ATTWOOD, Charles	1977	1915	No	No	No
ATWILL, Duncan	1833	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-11
ATWILL, James	1914	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
AVERY, Oswald	1842	1915	No	No	No
AYLWARD, John Joseph	1107	1915	No	No	No
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
BAGGS, Robert James	1294	1915	No	No	No
BAILEY, Albert	1613	1915	No	No	No
BAILEY, Wesley Willis	1807	1915	No	No	No
BAIRD, Henry	0-304 - 935	1915	No	No	No
BAIRD, Herbert Edward	1123	1915	No	No	No
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
BALLAM, Samuel Robert	1440	1915	No	No	No
BANFIELD, Albert W.	1687	1915	No	No	No
BARBOUR, Horatio	1419	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARNES, John Thomas	1184	1915	No	No	No
BARNES, Maxwell	1576	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARNES, William Edward	0-23 - 857	1915	No	No	No	1918-04-13
BARRETT, Gregory	1822	1915	No	No	No
BARTER, Alexander	1563	1915	No	No	No
BARTLETT, John William	957	1915	No	No	No
BARTON, John	1485	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BASTOW, Bertram Henry.	1016	1915	No	No	No
BATTEN, Allan Sidwell	2045	1915	No	No	No
BEAZLEY, John Samuel	1742	1915	No	No	No
BELBIN, Herbert John	1765	1915	No	No	Yes	1918-03-12
BELLOWS, Stewart	1430	1915	No	No	Yes	2017-08-14
BELMORE, Robert	1070	1915	No	No	No
BEMISTER, Job Knee	0-299 - 1116	1915	No	No	No
BENNETT, Edward	1470	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-03-03
BENNETT, Hector	910	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BENNETT, Manuel Joseph	1785	1915	Yes	No	No
BENNETT, Wallace Thomas	1787	1915	No	No	No
BENNETT, William	1229	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BENNETT, William	1071	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BENOIT, Austin	1327	1915	No	No	No
BENSON, Frederick Chesley	1049	1915	No	No	No
BEWHEY, Edward	1144	1915	No	No	Yes	1915-11-30
BIRD, Silas	1769	1915	No	No	No
BISHOP, Archibald Walter	1046	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BISHOP, Cyril Washington	970	1915	No	No	No
BISHOP, Frederick	1019	1915	No	No	No
BISHOP, Heber	1478	1915	No	No	No
BISHOP, Samuel	1887	1915	No	No	No
BISHOP, William	1831	1915	No	No	No
BISHOP, Wilson	1597	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BLACKMORE, Edgar	1578	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BLAKE, Kenneth	1643	1915	No	No	No
BLIDE - BLYDE, Philip H.	1650	1915	No	No	No
BOGAN, John Joseph	1050	1915	No	No	No
BOLAND, Michael	1461	1915	No	No	No
BOLAND, Patrick J.	1601	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-12-21
BONNER, Alfred F	868	1915	No	No	No
BOONE, Curtis	1636	1915	No	No	No
BOONE, Edgar	1674	1915	No	No	No
BOONE, Nathan	992	1915	No	No	No
BOONE, Stewart Malcolm	1219	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BOONE, Zenas Walter	1898	1915	No	No	No
BOWDEN, Herbert George	1980	1915	No	No	No
BOWEN, Frances Joseph	1753	1915	No	No	No
BOWMAN, Charles	938	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BOWRING, George	1132	1915	No	No	No
BOYD, Joseph F.	1854	1915	No	No	No
BRACE, James Joseph	969	1915	No	No	No
BRADBURY, Malcolm	1188	1915	No	No	No
BRAITHWAITE, Ernest Livingstone	1313	1915	No	No	No
BRAKE, Alphonsus Joseph	1762	1915	No	No	No
BRAKE, Edmund	1653	1915	No	No	No
BRAKE, Frank	1269	1915	No	No	No
BRAKE, Harrison	1409	1915	No	No	No
BRAZIL, Matthew	1368	1915	Yes	No	No
BRENT, David	1794	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BRIEN, Michael	1146	1915	No	No	No
BRINSTON, George	1772	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-07
BROCKLEHURST, George Augustus	848	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-08-16
BRODNICK, Edward	1951	1915	No	No	No
BROMSEY, Joseph Martin	1424	1915	No	No	No
BROWN, Alfred Leo	1987	1915	No	No	No
BROWN, Bertram	1382	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BROWN, Bertram Field	1781	1915	No	No	No
BROWN, Charlie	1491	1915	No	No	No
BROWN, David	1319	1915	Yes	No	No
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
BROWN, Robert Gill	1565	1915	No	No	No
BRUSHETT, Samuel J.	1758	1915	No	No	No
BRYANT, Aaron	847	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-01-28
BUCKLEY, John Joseph	1315	1915	No	No	No
BUCKLEY, Sydney	1625	1915	No	No	No
BUDGELL, Stanley	1856	1915	No	No	No
BUGDEN, Leighton	1544	1915	No	No	Yes
BURDEN, Frederick William	M-9-15-25	1915	No	No	No
BURKE, Garrett	1023	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURKE, Leo Michael	1170	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURKE, Martin	1007	1915	No	No	No
BURRY, Sidney George	1044	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURSEY, Benjamin	1956	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-14
BURSEY, Frederick	1162	1915	No	No	No
BURSEY, Frederick John	1348	1915	No	No	No
BURSEY, Uriah George	1139	1915	No	No	Yes	1921-04-30
BURT, Eric	1152	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BURTON, Brendan J.	2033	1915	No	No	No
BUTLER, Charles	905	1915	Yes	No	No
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, John Joseph	1434	1915	No	No	No
BUTLER, Kenneth Augustine	1180	1915	No	No	No
BUTLER, Nathaniel	1444	1915	No	No	No
BUTLER, Robert	1282	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-11
BUTT, Edward	1623	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CAHILL, Alphonsus	1545	1915	No	No	No
CAINES, Isaac	1619	1915	No	No	No
CAINES, Walter	1954	1915	No	No	No
CANDOW, William	1510	1915	No	No	No
CAREW, John Joseph	1028	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CAREW, Victor	1560	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
CAREW, William	1339	1915	No	No	No
CAREY, Edward	1370	1915	No	No	No
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, Charles Fred	1403	1915	Yes	No	No
CARTER, Cyril Boyd	0-95	1915	No	No	No
CARTER, Donald W.	2032	1915	No	No	No
CARTER, John	1360	1915	No	No	No
CARTER, Kenneth James	1814	1915	No	No	No
CARTER, Thomas	1031	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-05-04
CASHIN, Peter John	0-160 - 1387	1915	No	No	No
CHALKER, Charles George	1736	1915	No	No	No
CHEESEMAN, Ernest B	1927	1915	Yes	No	No
CHIPMAN, Robert	1320	1915	No	No	No
CHISLETT, Jesse	1795	1915	No	No	No
CHRISTOPHER, Leo Joseph	1783	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
CHURCHILL, Daniel	1518	1915	No	No	No
CLARK, Howard Samuel	1455	1915	Yes	No	No
CLARK, William Henry	1003	1915	No	No	No
CLARKE, Allan	1655	1915	No	No	No
CLARKE, Grant	1502	1915	No	No	No
CLARKE, Josiah	1934	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
CLARKE, Stephen	1933	1915	No	No	No
CLAYTON, Arthur C	0-231	1915	No	No	No
CLEARY, Bernard	1359	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CLEARY, David R.	1679	1915	No	No	No
CLEARY, Leo	1536	1915	No	No	No
CLEARY, Patrick Michael	1230	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
COISH, Harold Gordon	1400	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COISH, William James	1048	1915	No	No	No

ABBOTT, George

1242

1915

Yes

1916-07-01