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
BALDWIN, Henry Herbert	1523	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
BASTOW, Frederick Donald	700	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
BROWN, Louis	2044	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
BUTLER, Harvey Ronald	1883	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
CLARE, Lawrence Edward	343	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
CLEARY, Patrick Michael	1230	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
CLIFT, Cecil Bayly	0-174 - 505	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
COOK, Henry William	483	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
DONNELLY, James John	0-92	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1916-10-12
EDNEY, Samuel Robert	1714	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
EZEKIEL, Joseph	1336	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
FIELD, John	2003	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GALPIN, John	1526	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GEORGE, Joshua	2015	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GOUGH, Chesley James	893	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GULLAGE, Hubert V.	1682	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
GUY, Ambrose	2005	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
HALL, James	1935	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
HARDY, Edward	677	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
JERRETT, Frank	1437	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
KENT, Martin Patrick	1270	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
LANGER, John	2186	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
LEMESSURIER, Wallace	2034	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
LEUDY, Joseph	1331	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
LUSCOMBE, Herbert	1978	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
MACLEOD, Neil	841	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
MARSH, William Luther	2083	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
MEEHAN, Bernard	1760	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
MITCHELMORE, Isaac	1810	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
MOORES, Samuel J.	943	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
MUGFORD, Luke	2036	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
NICHOLS, Duncan	2054	1916	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
PARSONS, Bertram C.	1840	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
PHELAN, William A.	2001	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
PHILLIPS, George	1164	1915	Yes	No	Yes	1916-10-12
RAYNES, Frederick	1514	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
RENDELL, Ernest John	1906	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
RODGERS, Thomas Edward	394	1914	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
RONAN, Thomas	2041	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
RYALL, Robert S.	1891	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12

Military Service Files Database