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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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Military Service Files Database

1,283 Military Service Files Database Records matching 1916. Reset Table
Name Sort descending Service NO. Active Date Commendations P.O.W. Fatality Date of Death
ABBOTT, Arthur John 2201
No
No
Yes
ABBOTT, Eli 2119
No
No
Yes
ABBOTT, Frederick 2885
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Joseph 2241
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Sidney Horwood 2801
No
No
No
ADAMS, William 2306
No
No
Yes
ADAMS, William George 3282
No
No
No
ADEY, Albert 2076
No
Yes
No
AGNEW, James 2122
No
No
No
ALLEN, Thomas 3333
No
No
No
ALSOP, Robert Carteret 2978
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Elias 3249
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Hugh Abercrombie 0-179 - 2120
Yes
No
No
ANDERSON, Richard John 2628
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Albert 2345
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Walter 2058
No
No
Yes
ANGEL, Heber 2453
No
No
No
ANSTEY, Alfred 3182
Yes
No
No
ANTHONY, John Robert 2207
No
No
No
ANTHONY, William 2247
Yes
No
No
ANTHONY, William Charles 3139
No
No
No
ANTLE, Daniel 2954
No
No
No
ARMSTRONG, Gordon 2461
No
No
Yes
ARNS, William Frederick 2270
No
No
No
ASPELL, James 3291
No
No
No
ATWOOD, Kenneth 2340
No
No
No
AUGOT, Frank James 2923
No
No
No
AVERY, William 2861 & 8053
No
No
No
AVERY, William 2861 - 8053
No
No
No
BACON, Fred 3301
No
No
No
BADCOCK, Arthur 2314
No
No
Yes
Badcock, Herbert Ernest 2855
No
No
No
BAILEY, Roy 2210
No
No
No
BAKER, Norman 2714
No
Yes
No
BALDWIN, Walter 3325
No
No
No
BALL, Archibald James 2457
No
No
No
BALL, Hayward 2199
No
No
No
BALL, Matthias 2814
No
Yes
Yes
BALL, William 2572
No
No
No
BALLAM, Arthur George 3031
No
No
Yes
BALSOM, Ralph Norman 2395
No
No
Yes
BALSOM, Roy Leslie 2770
No
No
No
BANNISTER, Israel 2812
No
Yes
No
BARNABLE, John Joseph 3027
No
No
No
BARNES, Ernest 2517
No
No
No
BARRETT, Eugene 3232
No
No
No
BARRETT, George H. 3306
No
No
No
BARRETT, Harvey 2807
No
No
No
BARROW, Daniel 2154
No
No
Yes
BASTOW, Albert Chesley 2750
No
Yes
Yes
BAULD, James 2673
No
Yes
No
BEAZLEY, William L. 3303
No
No
No
BECKETT, William 2134
No
No
No
BELBIN, Herbert 2486
No
Yes
Yes
BENDALL/BENDELL, Freeman 3187
Yes
No
No
BENNETT, George Graham 2888
No
No
No
BENNETT, James 2866
No
No
Yes
BENNETT, Stewart 3204
No
No
No
BENNETT, Thomas 3258
No
No
No
BENNETT, Victor Sydney 0-52 - 2895
Yes
No
No
BENOIT, Walter 2683
No
No
Yes
BENSON, J. Wilson 3357
No
No
Yes
BESON, Patrick 2232
No
No
Yes
BEST, Henry Charles 2135
No
No
No
BILLARD, Victor Llewelyn 2494
No
No
No
BIRD, Daniel Vincent 2117
No
No
No
BISHOP, Caleb Golding 2524
No
No
Yes
BISHOP, John F. 2780
No
No
No
BLACKALL, John 0-122 - 2220
No
Yes
No
BLACKMORE, Cyril Leslie 3231
No
No
No
BLADGOM [BLAGDON], Thomas 3298
No
No
Yes
BLAKE, Ambrose Ernest 3138
No
No
No
BLAKE, Levi 2590
No
Yes
No
BLAKE, Samuel 2244
No
No
No
BLANDFORD, George 3237
No
No
Yes
BLUNDON, Charles 2800
No
No
No
BOLLARD, George Edward 2334
No
No
Yes
BOONE, Phineas 2720
No
No
No
BOOTH, John 2405
No
No
Yes
BOWDRIDGE, William George 2884
No
No
No
BOWER, W. C. E. 0-227
No
No
Yes
BOWERS, Benjamin 2516
No
No
No
BOYCE, Norman 2928
No
No
No
BOYD, Alphonso 2745
No
No
Yes
BRADBURY, Edgar James 2781
No
Yes
No
BRAGG, Harold 3324
No
No
No
BRAGG, Robert 2863
No
No
No
BRAKE, George E. 2716
No
No
Yes
BRAKE, John Thomas 2937
No
No
No
BRAKE, Michael Bernard 3039
No
No
No
BRAZIL, Richard 2217
No
No
No
BRAZIL, Richard 2217
No
No
No
BRENSON, Samuel 2588
No
No
No
BRETT, Edgar 2694
No
No
No
BRINSTON, Angus Perry 2851
No
No
Yes
BROCKLEHURST, Edward S. 2519
No
No
No
BROOKES, Charles Edward 2142
No
No
No
BROPHY, John Joseph 3280
No
No
No
BROWN, Allan W. 2722
No
No
No
BROWN, Alphaeus 0-276 - 2062
No
No
No
BROWN, Harry 2101
No
No
Yes
BROWN, John 2803
No
No
No
BROWN, John W. 2564
No
Yes
Yes
BROWN, Orlando 2670
No
No
Yes
BROWN, Robert 2197
No
Yes
No
BROWN, Thomas 2613
No
No
No
BROWN, William 2183
No
No
Yes
BROWN, William W. 2435
No
No
No
BRUSHETT, A. H. 3121
No
No
No
BRUSHETT, Leander 3302
No
No
No
BRYAN, John 3109
No
No
Yes
BRYANT, William 3315
No
No
No
BRYDON, David 2124
No
No
No
BUCKLEY, Arthur 2359
No
No
No
BUFFETT, Henry 2798
No
No
No
BUGDEN, John Stanley 2815
No
No
Yes
BULGIN, Augustus 2427
Yes
No
Yes
BURDEN, Richard 2761
No
No
No
BURGE, Daniel 3117
Yes
No
No
BURGE, William George 2757
No
No
No
BURGESS, Arthur N. 0-273 - 3285
No
No
No
BURKE, John 3172
No
No
No
BURKE, Leonard Patrick 2759
No
No
No
BURKE, Martin 2838
No
No
No
BURSEY, Arch 2290
No
No
No
BURSEY, George 2677
No
No
Yes
BURSEY, Goliath 2381
No
No
Yes
BURSEY, Stewart 2328
No
No
No
BURSEY, Walter John 2931
No
No
No
BURT, Charles 2647
No
No
Yes
BURTON, George Louis 2415
No
No
Yes
BURTON, John 2947
No
No
No
BURTON, Robert 2702
No
No
No
BURTON, Samuel 2355
No
No
No
BURTON, Willis G. 3199
No
No
Yes
BUSSEY, William 2350
No
No
No
BUTCHER, Alexander Thomas 2363
No
No
No
BUTLER, Alexander Jennings 2537
No
No
No
BUTLER, Bernard 2956
No
No
No
BUTLER, Ernest 2150
No
Yes
No
BUTLER, John Bedford 2794
No
No
No
BUTLER, John James 2477
No
No
No
BUTLER, Thomas Charles 2990
No
No
Yes
BUTLER, Wilson 2938
No
No
Yes
BUTT, Charles Carrington 2400
No
No
No
BUTT, Edward 3190
No
No
No
BUTT, Samuel 2520
No
No
Yes
BUTT, Samuel H. 3033
No
No
No
BYRNE, Edward Joseph 2579
No
No
No
CAHILL, John 2081
No
No
No
CAHILL, Thomas 3343
No
No
No
CAINES, John 2829
No
No
No
CAINES, William 3045
No
No
Yes
CAKE, Alfred E. 2463
No
No
Yes
CALLAHAN, William J. 2730
No
Yes
No
CANDOW, John 3246
No
No
No
CARAVAN, Allan 2393
No
No
No
CAREW, Thomas Joseph 2206
No
No
No
CAREW, Vincent 3140
No
No
Yes
CARPENTER, William 2824
No
No
No
CARROLL, John 2886
No
No
No
CARROLL, John Thomas 3042
No
No
No
CARROLL, Richard A. 2668
No
No
No
CARTER, Albert 2348
No
No
No
CARTER, Arthur Leslie Wood 2321
No
No
No
CARTER, Harry J. 2193
No
No
No
CAVE, Joseph 2944
No
No
Yes
CHAFE, Ernest Frederick 2906
No
No
No
CHAFE, Fred 2097
No
No
No
CHAFE, Frederick Harold 3317
No
No
No
CHAFE, George 3236
No
No
Yes
CHAFE, Jacob 2264
No
No
No
CHAFE, Martin F. 2578
No
No
No
CHAFE, Robert George 2074
No
No
No
CHAFFEY, Arthur J. 3014
No
No
Yes
CHAFFEY, Chesley Granville 2789
No
No
No
CHAFFEY, Edgar David 3015
No
No
No
CHALK, Alpheaus 2208
No
No
No
CHAMBERS, Malcolm G. 2369
No
No
No
CHANCEY, John T. 2310
No
No
No
CHAPLIN, Harold G. 0-243
No
No
Yes
CHATER, William 2379
No
Yes
No
CHATMAN, William 2212
No
No
No
CHAULK, Isaac John 2271
No
No
Yes
CHAULK, Lewis 2567
No
No
No
CHAULK, William J 3376
No
No
No
CHAYTOR, Charles 3168
No
No
Yes
CHEFFEY, Albert 2337
No
No
No
CHESON [CHAISSON], Julian 2791
No
No
No
CHRISTIAN, Francis James 2168
No
No
No
CHRISTIANSON, Ralph 2595
No
No
No
CHUCK, Charles 2496
No
No
Yes
CHUCK, George 2497
No
No
Yes
CHURCHILL, Cecil Augustus 2451
No
No
No
CLARK, Ambrose 2295
No
No
No
CLARK, Harry - Henry 2368
No
No
No
CLARK, William 2268
No
No
Yes
CLARKE, Dorman 2387
No
No
Yes
CLARKE, George 2541
No
No
Yes
CLARKE, George Max 2973
No
No
Yes
CLARKE, Thomas 3311
No
No
Yes
CLARKE, Walter J. 2574
No
No
Yes
CLOUSTON, Alan Roy 0-282 - 2320
No
No
No
CLUETT, Vincent 0-97
No
No
Yes
COBB, William George 2772
No
No
No
COFIELD, William F. 3126
No
No
No
COISH, William Clyde 3200
No
No
Yes
COLBOURNE, Victor 3360
No
No
No
COLEMAN, Francis (Frank) 2527
No
No
No
COLES, Charles 2166
No
No
No
COLLETT, Arthur 2481
No
No
No
COLLINS, Edward 2991
No
No
No
COLLINS, George W. 2448
No
No
Yes
COLLINS, Joseph 3210
No
No
No
COLLINS, Leo James 2952
No
No
Yes
COLLINS, Samuel 2505
No
No
No
COLLINS, Thomas 3288
No
No
No
COLUMBUS [COLUMBE], Frank 2296
No
No
Yes
CONNORS, Patrick J 0-303 - 0-310 - 2182
No
No
No
CONRAN, Michael 2209
No
No
Yes
CONRAN, Patrick 2531
No
Yes
No
CONSTABLE, Arch B 0-275 - 2109
No
No
No
CONSTANTINE, Leo Francis 3212
No
No
No
COOK, Eli 2229
No
Yes
No
COOK, James 2600
No
No
Yes
COOK, Leander 2237
No
No
No
COOPER, Lewis Rowsell 0-100 - 2913
No
No
No
CORINA, Alfred 2140
No
No
No
CORNICK, Frank 2147
No
No
No
CORNICK, Raymond Albert 2825
No
No
No
COSSER, Thomas 3010
No
No
No
COSTELLO, John 2593
No
Yes
No
COUGHLAN, Edward Morris 3261
No
No
No
COUGHLAN, Louis 2256
No
No
Yes
COURAGE, Roland 3273
No
No
No
COURAGE, Roland 3136
No
No
No
COURTNEY, Edgar Hatcher 2530
No
No
No
COX, Sydney 2492
No
No
No
COX, William 2989
No
No
Yes
CRANE, Archibald 2765
No
No
No
CRANE, Eldred 2678
No
No
No
CRANE, John Archibald 2667
No
No
No
CRANE, Joseph 2313
No
No
Yes
CRANFORD, Herbert 2312
No
No
No
CRANFORD, James 2221
No
No
Yes
CRANIFORD, Harold 2056
No
No
No
CRAWFORD, Robert Reid 0-253 - 2086
No
No
No
CRAWLEY, John 2158
No
No
No
CRITCH, Albert 2230
No
No
No
CROAKE, James 2602
No
No
No
CROCKER, Heber 2412
No
No
No
CROCKER, Job 2418
No
No
Yes
CRON, John M. 2090
No
No
No
CROSS, Samuel 2604
No
No
No
CROUCHER, James E. 2711
No
No
Yes
CRUMMEY, Richard Joseph 2965
No
No
No
CUFF, George 3193
No
No
No
CURNEW, James John 3009
No
No
No
CURTIS, Archibald 2449
No
No
Yes
CURTIS, Frederick 2774
No
No
No
CURTIS, Victor Charles 2939
No
Yes
No
DALY, James 3141
No
No
Yes
DANIELS, Cyril E. 2859 - 8047
No
No
No
DANIELS, Cyril E. 2859 - 8047
No
No
No
DARBY, Cyril Roy 3150
No
No
No
DARBY, George Bishop 3004
No
No
No
DAVEY, Charles 2371
No
No
No
DAVIS, Albert 2057
Yes
No
No
DAVIS, Frederick 2409
No
No
No
DAWE, Frank 3011
Yes
No
No
DAWE, Frederick 3334
No
No
Yes
DAWE, Isaac 2969
No
No
No
DAWE, Samuel 3224
No
No
No
DAWE, Stewart 2506
No
No
Yes
DAY, Charles 2999
No
No
No
DAY, Elthun Arthur 2878
No
No
No
DAY, John 2157
No
No
No
DEE, John Leo 0-264 - 2403
No
No
No
DELANEY, Bernard 2775
No
Yes
No
DELANEY, Thomas 2225
No
No
Yes
DENNIHEY, John 2756
No
Yes
No
DENTY, Herbert 2598
No
No
Yes
DEVEREAUX, Aiden 3135
No
No
Yes
DEVEREAUX, John William 3152
No
No
Yes
DEWLING, George 2438
No
No
No
DEWLING, Jacob 3005
No
No
No
DIAMOND, Frederick William 2332
No
Yes
No
DIBBEN, Hubert 2935
Yes
No
No
DICKS, Benjamin 2828
No
No
Yes
DICKS, Charles 2881
No
No
No
DICKS, John Alfred 2390
No
Yes
No
DICKS, Richard 2392
No
No
No
DOBBIN, Charles 2539
No
No
No
DOBBIN, John 2692
No
No
No
DOBBIN, Joseph 2538
No
No
Yes
DONNELLY, William 2162
No
No
Yes
DONOHUE, William Joseph 2992
No
No
Yes
DOODY, James David 2651
No
No
Yes
DOOLEY, Thomas Richard 2294
No
No
No
DORAN, John 2660
No
No
Yes
DORAN, Michael J. 2583
No
No
No
DOUGLAS, Aaron K. 2904
No
No
Yes
DOWDEN, Henry 2326
No
No
Yes
DOWN, William 2249
No
No
No
DOYLE, Edward P. [Patrick] 2177
No
No
No
DRAKE, David 3025
No
No
No
DRAKE, James Patrick 2957
No
No
Yes
DRISCOLL, Kenneth 2380
No
No
Yes
DRISCOLL, William 3368
No
No
No
DUBOURDIEU, John F. 2563
No
No
No
DUFFETT, Edward George 2700
No
No
No
DUFFETT, Henry Chesley 3308
No
No
No
DUFFETT, Joseph 3143
No
No
No
DULEY, Lionel Thomas 0-200 - 2945
No
No
Yes
DUNN, James 2098
Yes
No
No
DUNPHY, James 3364
No
No
No
DUNPHY, John Joseph 2459
No
No
Yes
DUNPHY, Thomas P. 2155
No
No
Yes
DURNFORD, Frederick Roy 2631
No
No
Yes
DWYER, John Thomas 2725
No
No
Yes
DYKE, Isaac S. 2399
No
No
No
DYKE, Job 2623
No
No
No
EARL, Raymond 2258
No
No
No
EARLES, Edward 2650
No
No
No
EARLES, James Joseph 2747
No
Yes
No
EARLES, Walter 2555
No
No
No
EARLES, Walter 2555
No
No
No
EASTMAN, Daniel 2510
No
No
No
EASTMAN, Willis 3155
No
No
No
EBBS, John Henry 2351
No
No
Yes
EBSARY, Albert 3292
No
No
No
EBSARY, Herbert N. 2569
No
No
No
EBSARY, William A. 3189
No
No
No
EBSARY, William A. 3189
No
No
No
EDDY [ADEY], Alonzo 2384
No
No
Yes
EDDY, Ernest 3251
No
No
No
EDDY, Samuel A. 2223
No
No
No
EDENS, Francis Augustine 0-137 - 2894
No
No
No
EDENS, Leonard A. 0-53 - 2547
No
No
Yes
EDGAR, Albert 2528
No
No
Yes
EDGAR, John 2640
No
No
No
EDWARDS, Alphonso J. 2287
No
No
Yes
EDWARDS, Samuel 2192
No
No
No
ELLIOTT, Alpheus 3101
No
No
No
ELLIOTT, George 2737
No
No
Yes
ELLIS, Thomas 2288
No
No
No
ELLSWORTH, John Thomas 2469
No
No
Yes
ELSON, Albert John 2818
No
No
No
EMBERLY, George 2994
No
No
Yes
ENTWISTLE, Frank 2143
No
No
No
EVANS, Joseph 2793
No
No
No
EVANS, Robert Ellis 0-54 - 2845
No
No
No
EVOY, Andrew 2200
No
No
No
EVOY, Frank 2202
No
No
Yes
EZEKIEL, Joseph George 2272
No
No
No
FARRELL, Patrick Joseph 3044
No
No
Yes
FEGGANS, Samuel 2123
No
No
No
FIANDER, Nathan 2103
No
Yes
No
FIELD, Leonard St. Albin 0-62 - 2375
No
No
No
FIELDS, Charles. 3267
No
No
Yes