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, Arthur John	2201	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-05-01
ABBOTT, Eli	2119	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-01-28
ABBOTT, Frederick	2885	1916	No	No	No
ABBOTT, Joseph	2241	1916	No	No	No
ABBOTT, Sidney Horwood	2801	1916	No	No	No
ADAMS, William	2306	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
ADAMS, William George	3282	1916	No	No	No
ADEY, Albert	2076	1916	No	Yes	No
AGNEW, James	2122	1916	No	No	No
ALLEN, Thomas	3333	1916	No	No	No
ALSOP, Robert Carteret	2978	1916	No	No	No
ANDERSON, Elias	3249	1916	No	No	No
ANDERSON, Richard John	2628	1916	No	No	No
ANDREWS, Albert	2345	1916	No	No	No
ANDREWS, Walter	2058	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
ANGEL, Heber	2453	1916	No	No	No
ANTHONY, John Robert	2207	1916	No	No	No
ANTHONY, William Charles	3139	1916	No	No	No
ANTLE, Daniel	2954	1916	No	No	No
ARMSTRONG, Gordon	2461	1916	No	No	Yes	1920-06-02
ARNS, William Frederick	2270	1916	No	No	No
ASPELL, James	3291	1916	No	No	No
ATWOOD, Kenneth	2340	1916	No	No	No
AUGOT, Frank James	2923	1916	No	No	No
AVERY, William	2861 & 8053	1916	No	No	No
AVERY, William	2861 - 8053	1916	No	No	No
BACON, Fred	3301	1916	No	No	No
BADCOCK, Arthur	2314	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-03-03
Badcock, Herbert Ernest	2855	1916	No	No	No
BAILEY, Roy	2210	1916	No	No	No
BAKER, Norman	2714	1916	No	Yes	No
BALDWIN, Walter	3325	1916	No	No	No
BALL, Archibald James	2457	1916	No	No	No
BALL, Hayward	2199	1916	No	No	No
BALL, Matthias	2814	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1919-03-31
BALL, William	2572	1916	No	No	No
BALLAM, Arthur George	3031	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-12-03
BALSOM, Ralph Norman	2395	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-01-29
BALSOM, Roy Leslie	2770	1916	No	No	No
BANNISTER, Israel	2812	1916	No	Yes	No
BARNABLE, John Joseph	3027	1916	No	No	No
BARNES, Ernest	2517	1916	No	No	No
BARRETT, Eugene	3232	1916	No	No	No
BARRETT, George H.	3306	1916	No	No	No
BARRETT, Harvey	2807	1916	No	No	No
BARROW, Daniel	2154	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-09-15
BASTOW, Albert Chesley	2750	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-11-11
BAULD, James	2673	1916	No	Yes	No
BEAZLEY, William L.	3303	1916	No	No	No
BECKETT, William	2134	1916	No	No	No
BELBIN, Herbert	2486	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1918-06-08
BENNETT, George Graham	2888	1916	No	No	No
BENNETT, James	2866	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-03-02
BENNETT, Stewart	3204	1916	No	No	No
BENNETT, Thomas	3258	1916	No	No	No
BENOIT, Walter	2683	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BENSON, J. Wilson	3357	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-12-03
BESON, Patrick	2232	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BEST, Henry Charles	2135	1916	No	No	No
BILLARD, Victor Llewelyn	2494	1916	No	No	No
BIRD, Daniel Vincent	2117	1916	No	No	No
BISHOP, Caleb Golding	2524	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BISHOP, John F.	2780	1916	No	No	No
BLACKALL, John	0-122 - 2220	1916	No	Yes	No
BLACKMORE, Cyril Leslie	3231	1916	No	No	No
BLADGOM [BLAGDON], Thomas	3298	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-09-30
BLAKE, Ambrose Ernest	3138	1916	No	No	No
BLAKE, Levi	2590	1916	No	Yes	No
BLAKE, Samuel	2244	1916	No	No	No
BLANDFORD, George	3237	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-09-16
BLUNDON, Charles	2800	1916	No	No	No
BOLLARD, George Edward	2334	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BOONE, Phineas	2720	1916	No	No	No
BOOTH, John	2405	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BOWDRIDGE, William George	2884	1916	No	No	No
BOWER, W. C. E.	0-227	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-10-19
BOWERS, Benjamin	2516	1916	No	No	No
BOYCE, Norman	2928	1916	No	No	No
BOYD, Alphonso	2745	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BRADBURY, Edgar James	2781	1916	No	Yes	No
BRAGG, Harold	3324	1916	No	No	No
BRAGG, Robert	2863	1916	No	No	No
BRAKE, George E.	2716	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-25
BRAKE, John Thomas	2937	1916	No	No	No
BRAKE, Michael Bernard	3039	1916	No	No	No
BRAZIL, Richard	2217	1916	No	No	No
BRAZIL, Richard	2217	1916	No	No	No
BRENSON, Samuel	2588	1916	No	No	No
BRETT, Edgar	2694	1916	No	No	No
BRINSTON, Angus Perry	2851	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-08-16
BROCKLEHURST, Edward S.	2519	1916	No	No	No
BROOKES, Charles Edward	2142	1916	No	No	No
BROPHY, John Joseph	3280	1916	No	No	No
BROWN, Allan W.	2722	1916	No	No	No
BROWN, Alphaeus	0-276 - 2062	1916	No	No	No
BROWN, Harry	2101	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-08-12
BROWN, John	2803	1916	No	No	No
BROWN, John W.	2564	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-12-11
BROWN, Orlando	2670	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-02-25
BROWN, Robert	2197	1916	No	Yes	No
BROWN, Thomas	2613	1916	No	No	No
BROWN, William	2183	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-05-09
BROWN, William W.	2435	1916	No	No	No
BRUSHETT, A. H.	3121	1916	No	No	No
BRUSHETT, Leander	3302	1916	No	No	No
BRYAN, John	3109	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BRYANT, William	3315	1916	No	No	No
BRYDON, David	2124	1916	No	No	No
BUCKLEY, Arthur	2359	1916	No	No	No
BUFFETT, Henry	2798	1916	No	No	No
BUGDEN, John Stanley	2815	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BURDEN, Richard	2761	1916	No	No	No
BURGE, William George	2757	1916	No	No	No
BURGESS, Arthur N.	0-273 - 3285	1916	No	No	No
BURKE, John	3172	1916	No	No	No
BURKE, Leonard Patrick	2759	1916	No	No	No
BURKE, Martin	2838	1916	No	No	No
BURSEY, Arch	2290	1916	No	No	No
BURSEY, George	2677	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-10-02
BURSEY, Goliath	2381	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-30
BURSEY, Stewart	2328	1916	No	No	No
BURSEY, Walter John	2931	1916	No	No	No
BURT, Charles	2647	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-04-13
BURTON, George Louis	2415	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BURTON, John	2947	1916	No	No	No
BURTON, Robert	2702	1916	No	No	No
BURTON, Samuel	2355	1916	No	No	No
BURTON, Willis G.	3199	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-07-10
BUSSEY, William	2350	1916	No	No	No
BUTCHER, Alexander Thomas	2363	1916	No	No	No
BUTLER, Alexander Jennings	2537	1916	No	No	No
BUTLER, Bernard	2956	1916	No	No	No
BUTLER, Ernest	2150	1916	No	Yes	No
BUTLER, John Bedford	2794	1916	No	No	No
BUTLER, John James	2477	1916	No	No	No
BUTLER, Thomas Charles	2990	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-03-02
BUTLER, Wilson	2938	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BUTT, Charles Carrington	2400	1916	No	No	No
BUTT, Edward	3190	1916	No	No	No
BUTT, Samuel	2520	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-22

ABBOTT, Arthur John

2201

1916

Yes

1917-05-01