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
ASH, Archibald	575	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-02-23
BALL, Andrew F.	8230	1917	Yes	No	No
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
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
BENNETT, William	1071	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
BERNARD, A. E. [Adolph Ernest]	0-157	1914	Yes	No	No
BEST, Frank Gordon	42	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BISHOP, John E.	3849	1917	Yes	No	No
BOWDEN, Hugh Pierson	526	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
BRAZIL, Matthew	1368	1915	Yes	No	No
BROWN, David	1319	1915	Yes	No	No
BULGIN, Augustus	2427	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-13
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
CAHILL, John Joseph	966	1915	Yes	Yes	Yes	1916-07-05
CANHAM, Arthur Robert	221	1914	Yes	No	No
CARROLL, Bernard	1903	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
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, John Joseph	863	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-12-06
COLLINS, Matthew	710	1914	Yes	No	No
COOK, Thomas	1141	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-12-03
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
DONNELLY, James John	0-92	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1916-10-12
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, Cyril	0-65 - 824	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
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
GOODYEAR, Stanley Charles	0-40 - 334	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-10-10
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, Walter Martin	0-43 - 266	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
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
HAGEN, James George Washington	978	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-21
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
HOLLOWAY, Robert Palfrey	0-29	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14
HOPSON, Frank Herbert	0-130 - 2915	1916	Yes	No	No
HOUNSELL, Japheth	2110	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-13
HOWLEY, James M.	0-30	1915	Yes	No	No
HYNES, Richard Edward	807	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1916-07-01
JANES, Albert Evelyn	702	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1918-04-14
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, Edward	502	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-14
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
KING, William P.	2577	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-20
KNEE, Henry	2052	1916	Yes	No	No
KNIGHT, James St. Pierre	0-239	1915	Yes	No	No
LACEY, George	2344	1916	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
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
LEE, Albert	1134 - 3216	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1918-10-14
LEWIS, John Potter	2144	1916	Yes	No	No
LIDSTONE, Harold	163	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-11-20
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
MANUEL, Alfred	721	1914	Yes	No	Yes	1917-04-14

ABBOTT, Jacob

168

1914

Yes

ADAMS, Alexander