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, George	1242	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ABBOTT, Stanley	283	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ANDERSON, Israel	1069	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ANDREWS, Joseph	1119	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ANTLE, Gilbert	1899	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ATWILL, James	1914	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
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
AYRE, Wilfred Douglas	0-104 - 164	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARBOUR, Horatio	1419	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARNES, Maxwell	1576	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARRETT, Leonard Josiah	372	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARTLETT, Joseph Patrick	629	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARTON, John	1485	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BENNETT, William	1229	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BISHOP, Wilson	1597	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BOONE, Stewart Malcolm	1219	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BOWMAN, Charles	938	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BREEN, John	67	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BRENT, David	1794	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BROWN, Bertram	1382	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BROWN, Edward John	545	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURGE, Allen	624	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURKE, Garrett	1023	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURKE, Leo Michael	1170	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BURRY, Sidney George	1044	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BUTLER, Edward William	1567	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BUTLER, Harry	1897	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BUTLER, Ignatius Joseph	1442	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CAHILL, Martin Joseph	258	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CALLAHAN, Rodger John	344	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CAREW, John Joseph	651	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CAREW, John Joseph	1028	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CARRIGAN, Edward	993	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CARROLL, Thomas	274	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CARSONS, John	1192	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CHAFE, Ernest Leslie	709	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CLEARY, Bernard	1359	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CLEARY, Charles Allen	679	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CLEARY, John	288	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COISH, Harold Gordon	1400	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CONNORS, James Patrick	209	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COOMBS, Harry	393	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CORCORAN, Laurence	1635	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COSTELLO, William Patrick	1142	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
COULTAS, Norman	1058	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CRANFORD, Llewelyn	1663	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CRITCH, Kenneth	1264	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CROCKER, Harrison	1186	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CROUCHER, Nathaniel	1495	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
CURLEY, John Thomas	1435	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DAWE, Henry Charles	589	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DOHANEY, William Patrick	496	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DOYLE, John Thomas	1014	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DRISCOLL, Arthur	1054	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DUKE, John J.	1964	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DUNPHY, John Joseph	1480	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
DUNPHY, William	15	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EDGAR, Edwin	737	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ELLIOTT, John	22	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ELLIOTT, William Skeffington	1073	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ELLIS, John Joseph	443	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ETHERIDGE, Gordon	1858	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EVANS, Henry	1245	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EVANS, Joseph Wellington	181	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
EVANS, Nicholas Joseph	1767	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FALLON, Stephen	1191	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FARRELL, Martin	1798	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FERGUSON, John Roy	0-205 - 882	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FERGUSON, Stewart Small	95	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FILLIER, Frank	1377	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FORD, Gerald	1559	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FOWLOW - CLARKE, William.	81	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FRAMPTON, John	626	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FREAKE, James	1611	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FRENCH, John Joseph	63	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
FRY, William	1550	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GALGAY, Francis Joseph	892	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GARDNER, Edward James	1247	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GARF, Fred	125	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GILLAM, Arthur Wilfred	454	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GLADNEY, Edward Francis	335	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GREELEY, Matthew	1574	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
GUY, Chester Cameron	1475	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HAINES, Albert	1110	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HANCOCK, John	946	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HANEY/HEANEY, James Patrick	476	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HARBIN, Wilfred T.	953	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HARNETT, Frank	1612	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HARRIS, George William	1321	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HARRIS, Harvey	1114	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HATFIELD, George Bernard	65	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HAWKINS, George	1606	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HAYES, Patrick Joseph	1239	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HAYWARD, Arthur Seaburn	1648	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HEFFORD, Thomas Berkley	1532	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HERDER, Hubert Clinton	0-79 - 3	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HOCKLEY, John Herbert	216	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HOLDEN, Luke	329	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HOLLAHAN, Joseph	1133	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HOLLAND, Michael J.	1634	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HOWARD, James John	560	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HUSSEY, Francis Joseph	1533	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HUTCHINS, Harold	602	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
HYNES, Harry	1621	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
IVANY, William Garland	1476	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JACKMAN, Michael Joseph	733	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JAMES/JANES, Frederick	1275	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JAMES/JANES, George R.	1642	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JANES, Maxwell	982	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JEANS, John Allan	424	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JEFFERS, Silas	292	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JOHNSON, Alfred	1571	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JONES, Arthur	1806	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KEARLEY, Eber	1450	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KELLY, Michael Francis	148	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KELLY, Thomas Joseph	178	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KENNEDY, Michael Francis	255	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KING, Joseph Andrew	1356	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KNIGHT, William	373	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
KNIGHT, William Blackler	290	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LAHEY, Robert Joseph	254	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LANNON, Michael Francis	967	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LESHANA, William Edward	799	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LILLY, Augustus	194	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LIND, Francis Thomas	541	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LINEHAN, Daniel [David]	1468	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LUFF, Samuel	1725	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
LYONS, Allan	1222	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MACDOUGALL, Alexander	900	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MADDIGAN, Richard Joseph	826	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MAHER, James Joseph	951	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MAHONEY, Malcolm Cyril	955	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MARTIN, Eric Shannon	616	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MARTIN, Joseph	1791	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MARTRET, Joseph	1599	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MASTERS, William	1396	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MCNIVEN, William Robert	279	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MEADUS, Robert	1013	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MELLOR, Frederick Courtney	0-77 - 91	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MERCER, Maxwell James	1446	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MERCER, Robert	1928	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MILES, Victor William	214	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MILLER, George	587	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MILLEY - MELEE, Thomas	1877	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MOONEY, James Raymond	920	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MOORE, Eric	1530	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MORGAN, William	865	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MORRIS, James Robert	1624	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MORRIS, Kenneth	412	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MORRIS, Robert	1354	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MORRISSEY, John Thomas	1074	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MOYES, Allan	546	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MURPHY, Edward Joseph	112	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
MURPHY, Lawrence	196	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
NOSEWORTHY, Herman	354	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
OBRIEN, William Vincent	1068	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ODRISCOLL, Albert.	551	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
OFLYNN, Michael Joseph	727	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
OKEEFE, William Joseph	521	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
OLEARY, James Joseph	391	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
OLLERHEAD, William	746	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ONEILL, Michael Joseph	763	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PARMITER, Cecil	1586	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PARSONS, Aubrey	1664	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PARSONS, Charles Albert	1471	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PAUL, Reginald J.	731	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PENNELL, William Clement	1546	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PENNEY, Josiah H.	665	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PENNY, Augustus	1399	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PERRAN, William G.	1690	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PIERCEY, John Charles	1535	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PIKE, George Edward	898	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PIKE, James Joseph	1220	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PINSENT, Stanley Stewart	1589	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PINSENT, Steward	1158	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PITTMAN, Richard	400	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PORTER, Archibald Harold	1534	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
PORTER, Robert Branfitt	896	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
POWER, James Matthew	1150	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
QUIGLEY, Michael Joseph	861	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
REID, Charles	671	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
REID, Robert Bruce	0-218 - 593	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
REID, William Joseph	1486	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
RENDELL, Arthur James	204	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
RICE, John Joseph	1062	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
RICHARDSON, Patrick	1234	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
RIDOUT, Sydney	1258	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ROGERS, Edward Joseph	355	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ROSS, Michael Joseph	250	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ROSS, Robert Wallace	0-84 - 1182	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ROSSITER, Matthew	1538	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
ROWSELL, Edward Clayton	571	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
RUSSELL, William	1137	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
RYALL, William Thomas	0-87 - 53	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
RYAN, William Joseph	133	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SEYMOUR, Thomas	1392	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SHAVE, Edwin Lazelle	1699	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SHORT, Richard M.	1202	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SHORTALL, Richard Aloysius	0-78 - 395	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SIMMS, George Percival	1217	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SMALL, George	1626	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SMITH, Josiah	1677	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SMITH, Zachariah	1467	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SNELGROVE, John Charles	895	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SNOW, Douglas K.	1021	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SNOW, John S.	1923	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SPARKS, George J.	253	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
SPURRELL, Frank [Francis Joseph]	979	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
STRATHIE, Harry Groves	494	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
STRONG, Norman Wheatley	1522	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
TAYLOR, Alfred Penney	897	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
TAYLOR, Charles Frederick	293	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
TAYLOR, George Hayward	0-102 - 28	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
TAYLOR, Herbert	1018	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
TEMPLEMAN, Donald	1236	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WALSH, Michael Francis	399	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WARFORD, Garland	964	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WATKINS, Robert James	1426	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WEST, Stanley	1460	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WESTCOTT, Harry Taylor	1805	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WHALEN, Augustus	1395	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WHITE, Frederick	1481	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WHITE, William	345	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WHITE, William Arthur	1632	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WHITE, Willis	739	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WILCOX, Frederick	707	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WILLIAMS, Robert John	1115	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WINSOR, George	1845	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WINTER, Edward Rozier	675	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WINTER, Randolph Milligan	908	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WOODFORD, Frank	364	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
WOODMAN, Kenneth	1627	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01

ABBOTT, George

1242

1915

Yes

1916-07-01