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, Jacob	168	1914	Yes	No	No
ADAMS, Alexander	1989	1915	Yes	No	No
AITKEN, Ernest Peyton	643	1914	Yes	No	No
ANDERSON, Hugh Abercrombie	0-179 - 2120	1916	Yes	No	No
ANSTEY, Alfred	3182	1916	Yes	No	No
ANTHONY, William	2247	1916	Yes	No	No
BALL, Andrew F.	8230	1917	Yes	No	No
BENDALL/BENDELL, Freeman	3187	1916	Yes	No	No
BENNETT, Manuel Joseph	1785	1915	Yes	No	No
BENNETT, Victor Sydney	0-52 - 2895	1916	Yes	No	No
BERNARD, A. E. [Adolph Ernest]	0-157	1914	Yes	No	No
BISHOP, John E.	3849	1917	Yes	No	No
BRAZIL, Matthew	1368	1915	Yes	No	No
BROWN, David	1319	1915	Yes	No	No
BURGE, Daniel	3117	1916	Yes	No	No
BURSELL, Sydney	6195	1918	Yes	No	No
BUTCHER, Ernest	430	1914	Yes	No	No
BUTLER, Bertram	0-152 - 146	1914	Yes	No	No
BUTLER, Charles	905	1915	Yes	No	No
BUTLER, Harold Scott	796	1914	Yes	No	No
BYRNE, Gerald Guy	0-31 - 340	1914	Yes	No	No
CANHAM, Arthur Robert	221	1914	Yes	No	No
CARTER, Charles Fred	1403	1915	Yes	No	No
CARTY, George Thomas	0-6	1914	Yes	No	No
CHAFE, Eric Reginald Augustus	0-49 - 52	1914	Yes	No	No
CHEESEMAN, Ernest B	1927	1915	Yes	No	No
CLARE, Joseph William	0-111 - 536	1914	Yes	No	No
CLARK, Howard Samuel	1455	1915	Yes	No	No
CLARKE, John	3642	1917	Yes	No	No
CLIFT, John	0-177 - 503	1914	Yes	No	No
CLOUSTON, Andrew Mearns	0-155 - 622	1914	Yes	Yes	No
COLLINS, Matthew	710	1914	Yes	No	No
CORBIN, Thomas	3423	1917	Yes	No	No
COX, John	809	1914	Yes	No	No
CROCKER, Boyd	1529	1915	Yes	No	No
CURNEW, Charles	1335	1915	Yes	No	No
CURRAN, Fred [Donald Wilfred]	122	1914	Yes	No	No
CURTIS, Doyle	1552	1915	Yes	No	No
DAVIS, Albert	2057	1916	Yes	No	No
DAVIS, John	738	1914	Yes	No	No
DAWE, Frank	3011	1916	Yes	No	No
DEWLING, Stewart	20	1914	Yes	No	No
DIBBEN, Hubert	2935	1916	Yes	No	No
DULEY, Cyril Chancey	0-39 - 872	1914	Yes	No	No
DUNN, James	2098	1916	Yes	No	No
DUNPHY, Thomas Joseph	0-290 - 1438	1915	Yes	No	No
EDWARDS, William Dowden	0-16 - 659	1914	Yes	No	No
EMERSON, George M.	0-21 - 1879	1915	Yes	No	No
FITZGERALD, John Martin	295	1914	Yes	No	No
FITZPATRICK, Leo Joe	793	1914	Yes	No	No
FORBES-ROBERTSON, James	0-2		Yes	No	No
FOWLOW, William	1025	1915	Yes	No	No
FRANKLIN, William Hodgson (W.H.)	0-27	1914	Yes	No	No
FROST, Charles Sydney	0-123 - 58	1914	Yes	No	No
GARDNER, Hamor	645	1914	Yes	No	No
GLADNEY, William Joseph	417	1914	Yes	No	No
GOOBY, Archibald	154	1914	Yes	No	No
GOODLAND, Oliver	1834	1915	Yes	No	No
GOSSE, John	2473	1916	Yes	No	No
GOUDY / GOUDIE, Ernest	2511	1916	Yes	No	No
GOUGH, Newman	1918	1915	Yes	No	No
GREEN, Cecil	984	1915	Yes	No	No
GREEN, Cecil	984	1915	Yes	No	No
GREENE, Gregory Lyon	2843	1916	Yes	No	No
GREENE, William Howe	0-210	1916	Yes	No	No
GREENSLADE, Samuel	3289	1916	Yes	No	No
GULLIKSEN, Ernest	1385	1915	Yes	No	No
HADOW, Arthur L.	0-169		Yes	No	No
HAMMOND, Arthur	79	1914	Yes	No	No
HAMMOND, Thomas	360	1921	Yes	No	No
HAYNES, William	0-257 - 1974	1915	Yes	No	No
HENNEBURY, Alexander	461	1914	Yes	No	No
HENNEBURY, John	3346	1916	Yes	Yes	No
HICKS, Henry George	0-72 - 833	1914	Yes	No	No
HILLIER - HELLIER, John	1878	1915	Yes	No	No
HOLLETT, Levi	1539	1915	Yes	No	No
HOPSON, Frank Herbert	0-130 - 2915	1916	Yes	No	No
HOWLEY, James M.	0-30	1915	Yes	No	No
JANES, Harold Clark	0-308 - 109	1914	Yes	No	No
JESSEAU, Arthur Francis	249	1914	Yes	Yes	No
JEWER, Walter	2536	1916	Yes	No	No
JOY, William	1376	1915	Yes	No	No
KARN, Cyril J.	0-297	1916	Yes	No	No
KEEGAN, Kevin J.	0-13 - 766	1914	Yes	No	No
KNEE, Henry	2052	1916	Yes	No	No
KNIGHT, James St. Pierre	0-239	1915	Yes	No	No
LAMBERT, James	387	1914	Yes	No	No
LANE, Enos	8115	1917	Yes	No	No
LAWLOR, Thomas Joseph	535	1914	Yes	No	No
LEDREW, Ralph B.	2094	1916	Yes	No	No
LEWIS, John Potter	2144	1916	Yes	No	No
LOVELESS, John	2970	1916	Yes	No	No
MACKAY, Murdoch James	0-138 - 1861	1915	Yes	No	No
MACPHERSON, Cluny	0-8	1915	Yes	No	No
MARCH, John Wesley	0-109	1914	Yes	No	No
MARSHALL, Frederick Walter	0-34 - 608	1914	Yes	No	No
MATHIAS, T.G.	0-245	1918	Yes	No	No
MCDONALD, Patrick	230	1914	Yes	No	No
MCHENRY, William	0-214 - 2285	1916	Yes	No	No
MCNEILL, Hector John	0-1 - 0-190 - 31	1914	Yes	No	No
MEADUS, Allan	1012	1915	Yes	No	No
MEANEY, Thomas Joseph	1709	1915	Yes	No	No
MERCER, Fred	159	1914	Yes	No	No
MEW, Percival Charles	885	1915	Yes	No	No
MIFFLEN, James	0-186 - 419	1914	Yes	No	No
MONTGOMERIE, Alexander	0-4	1914	Yes	No	No
MOONEY, John Joseph	2262	1916	Yes	No	No
MOORE, Leo	825	1914	Yes	No	No
MOORE, William	2987	1916	Yes	No	No
MOREY, Philip	8209	1917	Yes	No	No
MORRISSEY, John Joseph	689	1914	Yes	No	No
MULLETT, George	2760	1916	Yes	No	No
MURPHY, James J.	2181	1916	Yes	No	No
MURPHY, John	3582	1917	Yes	No	No
MURRAY, Arthur	2108	1916	Yes	No	No
NEWMAN, Albert Stanley	0-57 - 36	1914	Yes	No	No
NICHOLLE, Edward Henry	664	1914	Yes	No	No	1917-10-10
NICOL, John Ethelburt Burden	129	1914	Yes	No	No
NUNNS, Joseph	0-10	1914	Yes	No	No
OGRADY, James J.	0-143	1915	Yes	No	No
ONEILL, Frederick Michael	402	1914	Yes	No	No
OQUINN, James	3481	1917	Yes	No	No
OUTERBRIDGE, Herbert Arthur	0-141	1914	Yes	No	No
PADDICK, Levi	2558	1916	Yes	No	No
PAFFORD, Chesley	1604	1915	Yes	No	No
PARSONS, Charles	783	1914	Yes	No	No
PARSONS, John William	3920	1917	Yes	No	No
PATERSON, Lamont	0-7	1914	Yes	No	No
PATERSON, Reginald Grant	0-15 - 504	1914	Yes	No	No
PEDDELL, John Joseph	705	1914	Yes	No	No
PITTMAN, Thomas Ambrose	1733	1915	Yes	No	No
POSTLETHWAITE, Robert Allan	0-66 - 1741	1915	Yes	No	No
POWER, Maurice	2318	1916	Yes	No	No
POWER, Pierce	1281	1915	Yes	No	No
POWER, Richard	2603	1916	Yes	No	No
PURCELL, Roderick Joseph	916	1915	Yes	No	No
RALEY, Arthur	0-149	1916	Yes	No	No
RAYNES, Henry Richard	801	1914	Yes	No	No
REES, Fred S.	2626	1916	Yes	No	No
REEVES, William	0-230	1915	Yes	No	No
REID, Bramwell Booth	3120	1916	Yes	No	No
RENDELL, Walter Frederic	0-5	1914	Yes	No	No
RENNIE, W. H. [William Hoyles]	0-244	1914	Yes	No	No
RICKETTS, Thomas	3102	1916	Yes	No	No
ROSE, Albert Stephen	0-254 - 1826	1916	Yes	No	No
SAMSON, Peter	267	1914	Yes	No	No
SAUNDERS, William Roy	958	1915	Yes	No	No
SMITH, Andrew	1393	1915	Yes	No	No
SNOW, Harry	3362	1916	Yes	No	No
SNOW, Walter	2060	1916	Yes	No	No
SOMERTON, Frank Hilbbert	1256	1915	Yes	No	No
SPRACKLIN, Lockyer	2174	1916	Yes	No	No
SPURRELL, Charles Patrick	378	1914	Yes	No	No
SPURRELL, Heber	2291	1916	Yes	No	No
STANFORD, Reginald Fred	0-255 - 1308	1915	Yes	No	No
STEPHENSON, David	701	1914	Yes	No	No
STICK, James Robin Jr.	0-18 - 46	1914	Yes	No	No
STICK, Moyle [Edward Moyle J.]	2145	1916	Yes	Yes	No
SULLIVAN, Peter	2786	1916	Yes	No	No
SUTTON, William	1726	1915	Yes	No	No

ABBOTT, Jacob

168

1914

Yes

ADAMS, Alexander