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
ASH, Archibald	575	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-02-23
BARRETT, Harold George	0-69 - 798	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-08-16
BARTLETT, Rupert Wilfred	0-17 - 166	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-30
BENNETT, William	1071	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BEST, Frank Gordon	42	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BOWDEN, Hugh Pierson	526	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BULGIN, Augustus	2427	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-13
CAHILL, John Joseph	966	1915	Yes	Yes	Yes	1916-07-05
CARROLL, Bernard	1903	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
COLLINS, John Joseph	863	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-12-06
COOK, Thomas	1141	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-12-03
DONNELLY, James John	0-92	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GARDNER, Cyril	0-65 - 824	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
GOODYEAR, Stanley Charles	0-40 - 334	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-10
GREENE, Walter Martin	0-43 - 266	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
HAGEN, James George Washington	978	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-21
HOLLOWAY, Robert Palfrey	0-29	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
HOUNSELL, Japheth	2110	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-13
HYNES, Richard Edward	807	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JANES, Albert Evelyn	702	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-14
JOY, Edward	502	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-14
KING, William P.	2577	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-20
LACEY, George	2344	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
LEE, Albert	1134 - 3216	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-14
LIDSTONE, Harold	163	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
MANUEL, Alfred	721	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
MCGRATH, Thomas White	856	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1916-10-11
NEVILLE, Richard	1080	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
OBRIEN, Augustus	0-172	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1916-10-18
OBRIEN, Edward	3603	1917	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-21
ONEIL, Patrick	2263	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-09
OROURKE, John	3345	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-20
PHILLIPS, George	1164	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1916-10-12
PICCO, Martin	2010	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-28
PITCHER, Walter	2115	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
RENDELL, Herbert	0-93	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1918-09-29
ROSE, John	2079	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
ROWSELL, Reginald	0-151	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
SIMMS, John Henry	88	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-08-17
SNOW, Frederick Earnest	685	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1916-07-01
STACEY, Alfred	1747	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1918-01-20
TAYLOR, Albert E.	0-224 - 1554	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-17
THOMAS, Gordon	3498	1917	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-16
TRASK, Heber	3156	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-25
WATERFIELD, Joseph R.	789	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-09

Military Service Files Database