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
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

ABBOTT, Arthur John

2201

1916

Yes

1917-05-01