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, Bella [Bela]	2020	1915	No	Yes	No
ADEY, Albert	2076	1916	No	Yes	No
ANDREWS, Harold James	777	1914	No	Yes	No
ATTWOOD, George	1525	1915	No	Yes	Yes	1917-09-25
BABSTOCK, Joseph	1847	1915	No	Yes	No
BAIRD, Alexander [Sandy] Boyd	0-114 - 1803	1915	No	Yes	No
BAKER, Norman	2714	1916	No	Yes	No
BALL, Matthias	2814	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1919-03-31
BANNISTER, Israel	2812	1916	No	Yes	No
BANNISTER, Whitfield	889	1915	No	Yes	No
BARRON, Peter Francis	945	1915	No	Yes	No
BASTOW, Albert Chesley	2750	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-11-11
BAULD, James	2673	1916	No	Yes	No
BELBIN, Herbert	2486	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1918-06-08
BELLOWS, Levi	903	1915	No	Yes	No
BLACKALL, John	0-122 - 2220	1916	No	Yes	No
BLACKHALL, John Sheill	1738	1915	No	Yes	No
BLAKE, Levi	2590	1916	No	Yes	No
BOLAND, Michael Joseph	1148	1915	No	Yes	No
BOONE, Lewis B.	2019	1915	No	Yes	No
BRADBURY, Edgar James	2781	1916	No	Yes	No
BROWN, John W.	2564	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-12-11
BROWN, John William	1676	1915	No	Yes	No
BROWN, Robert	2197	1916	No	Yes	No
BUTLER, Ernest	2150	1916	No	Yes	No
CALDWELL, Edward Charles	636	1914	No	Yes	No
CALLAHAN, William J.	2730	1916	No	Yes	No
CAMPBELL, Michael	1818	1915	No	Yes	No
CHATER, William	2379	1916	No	Yes	No
CHEATER, Reginald	3670	1917	No	Yes	Yes	1918-04-25
CONRAN, Patrick	2531	1916	No	Yes	No
COOK, Eli	2229	1916	No	Yes	No
COOMBS, Thomas	747	1914	No	Yes	No
COSTELLO, John	2593	1916	No	Yes	No
CUFF, Heber	524	1914	No	Yes	No
CUMMINGS, Arthur	815	1914	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-14
CURTIS, Victor Charles	2939	1916	No	Yes	No
DALTON, Frederick	1338	1915	No	Yes	No
DAWE, Frank Gilbert	915	1915	No	Yes	No
DAWE, Wilfred	184	1914	No	Yes	No
DAY, Thomas	4216	1917	No	Yes	No
DELANEY, Bernard	2775	1916	No	Yes	No
DEMPSTER, James	755	1914	No	Yes	No
DENNIHEY, John	2756	1916	No	Yes	No
DIAMOND, Frederick William	2332	1916	No	Yes	No
DICKS, John Alfred	2390	1916	No	Yes	No
DOODY, Matthew Anthony	1982	1915	No	Yes	No
DWYER, Martin	2499	1918	No	Yes	Yes	1917-12-30
EARLES, James Joseph	2747	1916	No	Yes	No
FIANDER, Nathan	2103	1916	No	Yes	No
FLANNIGAN, David	3238	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1918-05-04
FOLLETT, Albert	2920	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-14
FORD, Elias	2709	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-09-02
FORTUNE, Edward	2535	1916	No	Yes	No
FRAMPTON, William J.	2280	1916	No	Yes	No
FREAKE, Frederick	1441	1915	No	Yes	No
GALLANT, Michael	2293	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-16
GARDNER, Fred	2475	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1918-12-28
GILLEY, Job	2476	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-05-22
GOUDIE, George	2242	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1918-11-06
GRACE, William A.	0-119 - 2259	1916	No	Yes	No
GROUCHY, Horatio William	2025	1915	No	Yes	No
HALFYARD, Stanley	2544	1916	No	Yes	No
HALLETT, Jack	2515	1916	No	Yes	No
HANDCOCK, Lewis	3546	1917	No	Yes	Yes	1918-07-10
HANN, Bertram Gordon	1255	1915	No	Yes	No
HARRIS, Joseph	2972	1916	No	Yes	No
HARTLEY, Arthur Percy	174	1914	No	Yes	No
HAYES, Patrick	2376	1916	No	Yes	No
HAYES, Patrick Joseph	2335	1916	No	Yes	No
HEALEY, Philip	2191	1916	No	Yes	No
HEATH, Thomas	1666	1915	No	Yes	No
HOGAN, Bernard	2252	1916	No	Yes	No
HOGAN, Patrick	1111	1915	No	Yes	No
HOOPER, Samuel	2322	1916	No	Yes	No
HORWOOD, Albert	2298	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-05-01
HOWLETT, Pierre	3352	1916	No	Yes	No
HUDSON, Lewis Gilbert	2214	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1918-04-02
HURLEY, Robert Joseph	2982	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1919-05-09
HUSSEY, James Harwood	1267	1915	No	Yes	No
HYNES, Frank	1718	1915	No	Yes	No
JACOBS, Harold G.	2253	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-09
JANES, Edward Allan	2450	1916	No	Yes	No
JONES, Heber	2783	1916	No	Yes	No
JORDAN, Thomas Joseph	1752	1915	No	Yes	No
KEARLEY, William J.	2372	1916	No	Yes	No
KEEFE, Saul	2043	1915	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-14
KING, Herbert H.	1981	1915	No	Yes	No
KING, Samuel	2690	1916	No	Yes	No
KNEE, Matthew	2342	1916	No	Yes	No
KNOTT, Cecil James	2882	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-05-02
LANE, Gideon Harland	1482	1915	No	Yes	Yes
LEGROW, Reuben	1972	1915	No	Yes	No
LOVEYS, Aubrey Wilson	827	1914	No	Yes	No
LUFF, William Andrew	1598	1915	No	Yes	No
MACKAY, Michael Joseph	1509	1915	No	Yes	Yes	1918-04-21
MANUEL, Arthur	867	1915	No	Yes	No
MANUEL, Hallett	1838	1915	No	Yes	No
MARCH, Charles Llewellyn	86	1914	No	Yes	No
MARSHALL, John Hayward	2432	1916	No	Yes	No
MARTIN, Albert	3274	1916	No	Yes	No
MARTIN, Charles Patrick	192	1914	No	Yes	No
MARTIN, Edward Joseph	2323	1916	No	Yes	No
MARTIN, Leonard	2682	1916	No	Yes	No
MARTIN, Norman	2877	1916	No	Yes	No
MARTIN, William	2611	1916	No	Yes	No
MASTERS, William L.	2797	1916	No	Yes	No
MCLEAN, Duncan James	2892	1916	No	Yes	No
MCLELLAN, Neil	50	1914	No	Yes	No
MCWHORTER [MCWHIRTER], George William	846	1915	No	Yes	No
MEADUS, Cecil James	1015	1915	No	Yes	No
MEYERS, Cornelius	2601	1916	No	Yes	No
MOAKLER, John	1766	1915	No	Yes	No
MOORE, Daniel Joseph	741	1914	No	Yes	No
MOORE, John Francis	2778	1916	No	Yes	No
MOORE, Lorenzo	0-129 - 2233	1916	No	Yes	No
MORGAN, George	2867	1916	No	Yes	No
MOSS, Henry Ethelbert	2029	1915	No	Yes	No
MUGFORD, Kenneth	2909	1916	No	Yes	No
MUISE, Moses	1429	1915	No	Yes	No
MULROONEY, George	2261	1916	No	Yes	No
MUTFORD, Hiram G.	2464	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1918-11-16
NOFTALL, Chesley	1032	1915	No	Yes	No
NOFTALL, William Robert	1357	1915	No	Yes	No
NOSEWORTHY, William	2383	1916	No	Yes	No
OAKE, William Dowell	1919	1915	No	Yes	No
OBRIEN, Andrew Joseph	1375	1915	No	Yes	No
OLIVER, Philip	3500	1917	No	Yes	No
OSMOND, Arthur Fred	1131	1915	No	Yes	No
OXFORD, Walter	2073	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-12-27
PARDY, Austin	3229	1916	No	Yes	No
PARSONS, Robert Henry	2721	1916	No	Yes	No
PAYNE, Stephen	2674	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-05-10
PEARCEY, William Lockyer	3016	1916	No	Yes	No
PILGRIM, Allan	1850	1915	No	Yes	No
PITTMAN, Manuel	1731	1915	No	Yes	No
POMEROY, George	3703	1917	No	Yes	No
QUINTON, William	2738	1916	No	Yes	No
RICHARDS, Charles	3444	1917	No	Yes	No
RICHARDS, Finlay McNeil Campbell	8	1914	No	Yes	No
RIDGLEY, Hubert	2951	1916	No	Yes	No
ROBERTS, Abraham [Abram]	2766	1916	No	Yes	No
RODGERS, Thomas	2632	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-17
ROWSELL, Hedley	2724	1916	No	Yes	No
SELLARS, Fred Moore	0-232 - 814	1914	No	Yes	No
SHAW, Andrew	2740	1916	No	Yes	No
SHERREN, Nelson L.	2458	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-05-07
SIMMS, Frank Fred Hayward	2959	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-12-03
SKEANS, Frank	2267	1916	No	Yes	No
SKINNER, Edgar	2929	1916	No	Yes	No
SMALL, Titus	1389	1915	No	Yes	No
SMITH, Donald N.	2546	1916	No	Yes	No
SMITH, Peter Galloway	1737	1915	No	Yes	No
SMYTH, Thomas Joseph	523	1914	No	Yes	No
SNOW, Charles	2616	1916	No	Yes	Yes
SNOW, Francis Joseph	1381	1915	No	Yes	No
SNOW, Jack	2703	1916	No	Yes	No
SQUIRES, Jack [John]	367	1914	No	Yes	No
SQUIRES, Kader	2055	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1918-02-23
TAYLOR, Edmund	2621	1916	No	Yes	No
TAYLOR, Matthew	2701	1916	No	Yes	No
THISTLE, Walter Leslie	215	1914	No	Yes	No
TUCKER, Joshua	2684	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-14
TWINER, Herbert	2030	1915	No	Yes	Yes	1918-01-07
VATERS, John Edgar	973	1915	No	Yes	No
VAUGHAN, Herbert Augustine	2742	1916	No	Yes	No
VERGE, [Abram] Abraham John	1925	1915	No	Yes	No
WARREN, Alexander	1413	1915	No	Yes	No
WELSH, Enos Seymour	2769	1916	No	Yes	No
WHALEN, James Michael	2754	1916	No	Yes	No
WHITE, Edward	2325	1916	No	Yes	No
WILLS, Harry	2454	1916	No	Yes	No
WISEMAN, Charles	2000	1915	No	Yes	No
WOODS, John S.	2146	1916	No	Yes	No

ABBOTT, Bella [Bela]

2020

1915

Yes

ADEY, Albert