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, 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
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, Hugh Abercrombie	0-179 - 2120	1916	Yes	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
ANSTEY, Alfred	3182	1916	Yes	No	No
ANTHONY, John Robert	2207	1916	No	No	No
ANTHONY, William	2247	1916	Yes	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
BALDWIN, Walter	3325	1916	No	No	No
BALL, Archibald James	2457	1916	No	No	No
BALL, Hayward	2199	1916	No	No	No
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
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
BEAZLEY, William L.	3303	1916	No	No	No
BECKETT, William	2134	1916	No	No	No
BENDALL/BENDELL, Freeman	3187	1916	Yes	No	No
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
BENNETT, Victor Sydney	0-52 - 2895	1916	Yes	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
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, 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
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, Orlando	2670	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-02-25
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
BULGIN, Augustus	2427	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-13
BURDEN, Richard	2761	1916	No	No	No
BURGE, Daniel	3117	1916	Yes	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, 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
BUTT, Samuel H.	3033	1916	No	No	No
BYRNE, Edward Joseph	2579	1916	No	No	No
CAHILL, John	2081	1916	No	No	No
CAHILL, Thomas	3343	1916	No	No	No
CAINES, John	2829	1916	No	No	No
CAINES, William	3045	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-09-28
CAKE, Alfred E.	2463	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-04
CANDOW, John	3246	1916	No	No	No
CARAVAN, Allan	2393	1916	No	No	No
CAREW, Thomas Joseph	2206	1916	No	No	No
CAREW, Vincent	3140	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-07-10
CARPENTER, William	2824	1916	No	No	No
CARROLL, John	2886	1916	No	No	No
CARROLL, John Thomas	3042	1916	No	No	No
CARROLL, Richard A.	2668	1916	No	No	No
CARTER, Albert	2348	1916	No	No	No
CARTER, Arthur Leslie Wood	2321	1916	No	No	No
CARTER, Harry J.	2193	1916	No	No	No
CAVE, Joseph	2944	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-07-10
CHAFE, Ernest Frederick	2906	1916	No	No	No
CHAFE, Fred	2097	1916	No	No	No
CHAFE, Frederick Harold	3317	1916	No	No	No
CHAFE, George	3236	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-04-13
CHAFE, Jacob	2264	1916	No	No	No
CHAFE, Martin F.	2578	1916	No	No	No
CHAFE, Robert George	2074	1916	No	No	No
CHAFFEY, Arthur J.	3014	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-12-03
CHAFFEY, Chesley Granville	2789	1916	No	No	No
CHAFFEY, Edgar David	3015	1916	No	No	No
CHALK, Alpheaus	2208	1916	No	No	No
CHAMBERS, Malcolm G.	2369	1916	No	No	No
CHANCEY, John T.	2310	1916	No	No	No
CHAPLIN, Harold G.	0-243	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-06-05
CHATMAN, William	2212	1916	No	No	No
CHAULK, Isaac John	2271	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CHAULK, Lewis	2567	1916	No	No	No
CHAULK, William J	3376	1916	No	No	No
CHAYTOR, Charles	3168	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-12-03
CHEFFEY, Albert	2337	1916	No	No	No
CHESON [CHAISSON], Julian	2791	1916	No	No	No
CHRISTIAN, Francis James	2168	1916	No	No	No
CHRISTIANSON, Ralph	2595	1916	No	No	No
CHUCK, Charles	2496	1916	No	No	Yes	1919-01-16
CHUCK, George	2497	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CHURCHILL, Cecil Augustus	2451	1916	No	No	No
CLARK, Ambrose	2295	1916	No	No	No
CLARK, Harry - Henry	2368	1916	No	No	No
CLARK, William	2268	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CLARKE, Dorman	2387	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-03-04
CLARKE, George	2541	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
CLARKE, George Max	2973	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-04-18
CLARKE, Thomas	3311	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-09-28
CLARKE, Walter J.	2574	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CLOUSTON, Alan Roy	0-282 - 2320	1916	No	No	No
CLUETT, Vincent	0-97	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-26
COBB, William George	2772	1916	No	No	No
COFIELD, William F.	3126	1916	No	No	No
COISH, William Clyde	3200	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-09-28
COLBOURNE, Victor	3360	1916	No	No	No
COLEMAN, Francis (Frank)	2527	1916	No	No	No
COLES, Charles	2166	1916	No	No	No
COLLETT, Arthur	2481	1916	No	No	No
COLLINS, Edward	2991	1916	No	No	No
COLLINS, George W.	2448	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
COLLINS, Joseph	3210	1916	No	No	No
COLLINS, Leo James	2952	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-09-16
COLLINS, Samuel	2505	1916	No	No	No
COLLINS, Thomas	3288	1916	No	No	No
COLUMBUS [COLUMBE], Frank	2296	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
CONNORS, Patrick J	0-303 - 0-310 - 2182	1916	No	No	No
CONRAN, Michael	2209	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-03-03
CONSTABLE, Arch B	0-275 - 2109	1916	No	No	No
CONSTANTINE, Leo Francis	3212	1916	No	No	No
COOK, James	2600	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-04
COOK, Leander	2237	1916	No	No	No
COOPER, Lewis Rowsell	0-100 - 2913	1916	No	No	No
CORINA, Alfred	2140	1916	No	No	No
CORNICK, Frank	2147	1916	No	No	No
CORNICK, Raymond Albert	2825	1916	No	No	No
COSSER, Thomas	3010	1916	No	No	No
COUGHLAN, Edward Morris	3261	1916	No	No	No
COUGHLAN, Louis	2256	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
COURAGE, Roland	3273	1916	No	No	No
COURAGE, Roland	3136	1916	No	No	No
COURTNEY, Edgar Hatcher	2530	1916	No	No	No
COX, Sydney	2492	1916	No	No	No
COX, William	2989	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
CRANE, Archibald	2765	1916	No	No	No
CRANE, Eldred	2678	1916	No	No	No
CRANE, John Archibald	2667	1916	No	No	No
CRANE, Joseph	2313	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CRANFORD, Herbert	2312	1916	No	No	No
CRANFORD, James	2221	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CRANIFORD, Harold	2056	1916	No	No	No
CRAWFORD, Robert Reid	0-253 - 2086	1916	No	No	No
CRAWLEY, John	2158	1916	No	No	No
CRITCH, Albert	2230	1916	No	No	No
CROAKE, James	2602	1916	No	No	No
CROCKER, Heber	2412	1916	No	No	No
CROCKER, Job	2418	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CRON, John M.	2090	1916	No	No	No
CROSS, Samuel	2604	1916	No	No	No
CROUCHER, James E.	2711	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
CRUMMEY, Richard Joseph	2965	1916	No	No	No
CUFF, George	3193	1916	No	No	No
CURNEW, James John	3009	1916	No	No	No
CURTIS, Archibald	2449	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
CURTIS, Frederick	2774	1916	No	No	No
DALY, James	3141	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-10-25
DANIELS, Cyril E.	2859 - 8047	1916	No	No	No
DANIELS, Cyril E.	2859 - 8047	1916	No	No	No
DARBY, Cyril Roy	3150	1916	No	No	No
DARBY, George Bishop	3004	1916	No	No	No
DAVEY, Charles	2371	1916	No	No	No
DAVIS, Albert	2057	1916	Yes	No	No
DAVIS, Frederick	2409	1916	No	No	No
DAWE, Frank	3011	1916	Yes	No	No
DAWE, Frederick	3334	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-07-10
DAWE, Isaac	2969	1916	No	No	No
DAWE, Samuel	3224	1916	No	No	No
DAWE, Stewart	2506	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-28
DAY, Charles	2999	1916	No	No	No
DAY, Elthun Arthur	2878	1916	No	No	No
DAY, John	2157	1916	No	No	No
DEE, John Leo	0-264 - 2403	1916	No	No	No
DELANEY, Thomas	2225	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-11-20
DENTY, Herbert	2598	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
DEVEREAUX, Aiden	3135	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
DEVEREAUX, John William	3152	1916	No	No	Yes	1920-04-17
DEWLING, George	2438	1916	No	No	No
DEWLING, Jacob	3005	1916	No	No	No
DIBBEN, Hubert	2935	1916	Yes	No	No
DICKS, Benjamin	2828	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
DICKS, Charles	2881	1916	No	No	No
DICKS, Richard	2392	1916	No	No	No
DOBBIN, Charles	2539	1916	No	No	No
DOBBIN, John	2692	1916	No	No	No
DOBBIN, Joseph	2538	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-10-18
DONNELLY, William	2162	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
DONOHUE, William Joseph	2992	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-05-18
DOODY, James David	2651	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-02-04
DOOLEY, Thomas Richard	2294	1916	No	No	No
DORAN, John	2660	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-09-23
DORAN, Michael J.	2583	1916	No	No	No
DOUGLAS, Aaron K.	2904	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-09-29
DOWDEN, Henry	2326	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
DOWN, William	2249	1916	No	No	No
DOYLE, Edward P. [Patrick]	2177	1916	No	No	No
DRAKE, David	3025	1916	No	No	No
DRAKE, James Patrick	2957	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-10-23
DRISCOLL, Kenneth	2380	1916	No	No	Yes	1919-04-25
DRISCOLL, William	3368	1916	No	No	No
DUBOURDIEU, John F.	2563	1916	No	No	No
DUFFETT, Edward George	2700	1916	No	No	No
DUFFETT, Henry Chesley	3308	1916	No	No	No
DUFFETT, Joseph	3143	1916	No	No	No
DULEY, Lionel Thomas	0-200 - 2945	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-09-30
DUNN, James	2098	1916	Yes	No	No
DUNPHY, James	3364	1916	No	No	No
DUNPHY, John Joseph	2459	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-11-25
DUNPHY, Thomas P.	2155	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-03-02
DURNFORD, Frederick Roy	2631	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
DWYER, John Thomas	2725	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-10-10
DYKE, Isaac S.	2399	1916	No	No	No
DYKE, Job	2623	1916	No	No	No
EARL, Raymond	2258	1916	No	No	No
EARLES, Edward	2650	1916	No	No	No
EARLES, Walter	2555	1916	No	No	No
EARLES, Walter	2555	1916	No	No	No
EASTMAN, Daniel	2510	1916	No	No	No
EASTMAN, Willis	3155	1916	No	No	No
EBBS, John Henry	2351	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-11-21
EBSARY, Albert	3292	1916	No	No	No
EBSARY, Herbert N.	2569	1916	No	No	No
EBSARY, William A.	3189	1916	No	No	No
EBSARY, William A.	3189	1916	No	No	No
EDDY [ADEY], Alonzo	2384	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-04-14
EDDY, Ernest	3251	1916	No	No	No
EDDY, Samuel A.	2223	1916	No	No	No
EDENS, Francis Augustine	0-137 - 2894	1916	No	No	No
EDENS, Leonard A.	0-53 - 2547	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-03-18
EDGAR, Albert	2528	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-11-20
EDGAR, John	2640	1916	No	No	No
EDWARDS, Alphonso J.	2287	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-05-05
EDWARDS, Samuel	2192	1916	No	No	No
ELLIOTT, Alpheus	3101	1916	No	No	No

ABBOTT, Arthur John

2201

1916

Yes

1917-05-01