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Please use the Field Below to search the Military Service Files database.

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.
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Military Service Files Database

5,544 Military Service Files Database Records
Name Sort descending Service NO. Active Date Commendations P.O.W. Fatality Date of Death
ABBOTT, Alexander 5352
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Andrew 8216
1917
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Augustus George 3750
1917
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Bella [Bela] 2020
1915
No
Yes
No
ABBOTT, Edward 6297
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Fred 5206
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Frederick 4683
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Frederick 2885
1916
No
No
No
ABBOTT, George 4838
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Harold 5213
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Hughie 5211
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Jacob 168
1914
Yes
No
No
ABBOTT, James C. 8414
1917
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Jesse 3846
1917
No
No
No
ABBOTT, John 6123
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Joseph 2241
1916
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Noah 5846
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Samuel 4824
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Sidney Horwood 2801
1916
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Solomon 4818
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, William 4732
1918
No
No
No
ADAMS, Alexander 1989
1915
Yes
No
No
ADAMS, Frank 5712
1918
No
No
No
ADAMS, George 4675
1918
No
No
No
ADAMS, George E 0-279 - 1922
1915
No
No
No
ADAMS, Harold n/a
1917
No
No
No
ADAMS, James 1332
1915
No
No
No
ADAMS, John F 3894
1917
No
No
No
ADAMS, Stephen 8478
1917
No
No
No
ADAMS, William Frederick 879
1915
No
No
No
ADAMS, William George 3282
1916
No
No
No
ADEY, Albert 2076
1916
No
Yes
No
ADEY, Benjamin 4226
1917
No
No
No
ADEY, Frank 1668
1915
No
No
No
ADEY, Wilfred 1615
1915
No
No
No
ADEY, William Henry 1614
1915
No
No
No
AGNEW, James 2122
1916
No
No
No
AINSWORTH, Joseph 5209
1918
No
No
No
AITKEN, Ernest Peyton 643
1914
Yes
No
No
ALCOCK, Harry 6317
1918
No
No
No
ALCOCK, Pearce 8397
1917
No
No
No
ALCOCK, William D. 3369
1917
No
No
No
ALDERDICE, Norman H 0-142
1914
No
No
No
ALEXANDER, Conn 0-178
1914
No
No
No
ALISON, John 6013
1918
No
No
No
ALLAN, Michael Joseph 1618
1915
No
No
No
ALLEN, Alexander 5933
1918
No
No
No
ALLEN, James Frederick 1541
1915
No
No
No
ALLEN, Richard 5916
1918
No
No
No
ALLEN, Richard 8140
1917
No
No
No
ALLEN, Thomas 3333
1916
No
No
No
ALLEN, Wilfred Thomas 263
1914
No
No
No
ALLEY, John 3815
1917
No
No
No
ALSOP, Robert Carteret 2978
1916
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Arthur B 5063
1918
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Daniel 4161
1917
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Eli 6188
1918
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Elias 3249
1916
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Frank 4576
1918
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Frederick 5064
1918
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Hugh Abercrombie 0-179 - 2120
1916
Yes
No
No
ANDERSON, John 4604
1918
No
No
No
ANDERSON, John H 6328
1918
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Richard John 2628
1916
No
No
No
ANDERSON, Samuel 6321
1918
No
No
No
ANDERSON, William 8110
1917
No
No
No
ANDERSON, William Arthur 0-289 - 3889
1917
No
No
No
ANDERSON, William Stafford 418
1914
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Adam 8122
1917
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Albert 2345
1916
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Bartholomew 3679
1917
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Claude 4064
1917
No
No
No
ANDREWS, David 5038
1918
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Duncan 5073
1918
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Harold James 777
1914
No
Yes
No
ANDREWS, John Donald 315
1914
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Ralph Martin 55
1914
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Robert 8018
1917
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Walter William 8075
1917
No
No
No
ANGEL, Heber 2453
1916
No
No
No
ANGEL, John 8383
1917
No
No
No
ANSTEY, Albert 4154
1917
No
No
No
ANSTEY, Alfred 3182
1916
Yes
No
No
ANSTEY, Cecil 6020
1918
No
No
No
ANSTEY, Ralph 4133
1917
No
No
No
ANTHONY, Aleck [Alex] 4695
1918
No
No
No
ANTHONY, Donald 5487
1918
No
No
No
ANTHONY, Gilbert 4506
1918
No
No
No
ANTHONY, John Robert 2207
1916
No
No
No
ANTHONY, Joseph 1875
1915
No
No
No
ANTHONY, Joseph 8009
1917
No
No
No
ANTHONY, Samuel 5493
1918
No
No
No
ANTHONY, Stanley 5491
1918
No
No
No
ANTHONY, William 2247
1916
Yes
No
No
ANTHONY, William Charles 3139
1916
No
No
No
ANTLE, Abram Bursey 1732
1915
No
No
No
ANTLE, Daniel 2954
1916
No
No
No
ANTLE, John Aquilla 663
1914
No
No
No
ANTLE, Peter 5604
1918
No
No
No
ANTLE, Stephen 6236
1918
No
No
No
ANTLE, William 4660
1918
No
No
No
ANTLE, William E. 1947
1915
No
No
No
APPLIN, Timothy 5957
1918
No
No
No
ARKLIE, James 4306
1918
No
No
No
ARMSTRONG, Martin 4758
1918
No
No
No
ARMSTRONG, Patrick 5746
1918
No
No
No
ARNAUD, John B 4418
1918
No
No
No
ARNS, Rudolph 4442
1918
No
No
No
ARNS, William Frederick 2270
1916
No
No
No
ASH, Albert 5711
1918
No
No
No
ASH, Frank 4436
1918
No
No
No
ASH, John 1811
1915
No
No
No
ASH, Richard 8067
1917
No
No
No
ASHFORD, William J. 8421
1917
No
No
No
ASPELL, James 3291
1916
No
No
No
ASPELL, John Thomas 1175
1915
No
No
No
ATKINS, Clementine 8486
1917
No
No
No
ATKINS, John R. 8192
1917
No
No
No
ATKINS, Stanley 4342
1918
No
No
No
ATKINS, Thomas Joseph 795
1914
No
No
No
ATTWOOD, Charles 1977
1915
No
No
No
ATTWOOD, Walter G. 5484
1918
No
No
No
ATWOOD, Kenneth 2340
1916
No
No
No
AUCHINLECK, James 8375
1917
No
No
No
AUCOIN, Patrick 5155
1918
No
No
No
AUGOT, Frank James 2923
1916
No
No
No
AUSTIN, Chesley 5656
1918
No
No
No
AVERY, Edgar 8070
1917
No
No
No
AVERY, George Gladstone N/A
No
No
No
AVERY, Henry Wilson 5261
1918
No
No
No
AVERY, Oswald 1842
1915
No
No
No
AVERY, William 2861 & 8053
1916
No
No
No
AVERY, William 2861 - 8053
1916
No
No
No
AYERS, George F. 3658
1917
No
No
No
AYERS, John Thomas 3659
1917
No
No
No
AYERS, Samuel George 4007
1917
No
No
No
AYLWARD, John Joseph 1107
1915
No
No
No
AYLWARD, Nicholas 4766
1918
No
No
No
AYLWARD, Richard 6316
1918
No
No
No
AYRE, Charles R 0-150
1914
No
No
No
BABSTOCK, Joseph 1847
1915
No
Yes
No
BACON, Fred 3301
1916
No
No
No
Badcock, Herbert Ernest 2855
1916
No
No
No
BAGGS, Edwin Hudson 3057
1917
No
No
No
BAGGS, George 3919
1917
No
No
No
BAGGS, Moses 4971
1918
No
No
No
BAGGS, Robert James 1294
1915
No
No
No
BAILEY, Albert 1613
1915
No
No
No
BAILEY, Albert 5027
1918
No
No
No
BAILEY, Andrew P. 8118
1917
No
No
No
BAILEY, Edward n/a
1917
No
No
No
BAILEY, Harry 8112
1917
No
No
No
BAILEY, Herbert 5866
1918
No
No
No
BAILEY, James 3552
1917
No
No
No
BAILEY, Roy 2210
1916
No
No
No
BAILEY, Thomas 4976
1918
No
No
No
BAILEY, Wesley Willis 1807
1915
No
No
No
BAILEY, William 4424
1918
No
No
No
BAIN, Lawrie Graham 0-80 - 592
1914
No
No
No
BAIRD, Alexander [Sandy] Boyd 0-114 - 1803
1915
No
Yes
No
BAIRD, Henry 0-304 - 935
1915
No
No
No
BAIRD, Herbert Edward 1123
1915
No
No
No
BAIRD, John 5029
1918
No
No
No
BAIRD, John Joseph 648
1914
No
No
No
BAIRD, William Herbert 0-192
1917
No
No
No
BAKER, Arthur 3654
1917
No
No
No
BAKER, Benjamin 8229
1917
No
No
No
BAKER, Edmund 4210
1917
No
No
No
BAKER, Edward 5203
1918
No
No
No
BAKER, George 5708
1918
No
No
No
BAKER, Gilbert George 3507
1917
No
No
No
BAKER, James 6100
1918
No
No
No
BAKER, James 4825
1918
No
No
No
BAKER, James 5807
1918
No
No
No
BAKER, John 4715
1918
No
No
No
BAKER, Mahlon 3835
1917
No
No
No
BAKER, Norman 2714
1916
No
Yes
No
BAKER, William 4125
1917
No
No
No
BALDWIN, Walter 3325
1916
No
No
No
BALL, Andrew F. 8230
1917
Yes
No
No
BALL, Archibald James 2457
1916
No
No
No
BALL, Douglas 8440
1917
No
No
No
BALL, Hayward 2199
1916
No
No
No
BALL, John A. 3785
1917
No
No
No
BALL, Ward 3386
1917
No
No
No
BALL, William 2572
1916
No
No
No
BALLAM, Charles 3741
1917
No
No
No
BALLAM, Samuel Robert 1440
1915
No
No
No
BALSOM, Roy Leslie 2770
1916
No
No
No
BAMBURY, Robert 3667
1917
No
No
No
BANFIELD, Albert W. 1687
1915
No
No
No
BANFIELD, James 5937
1918
No
No
No
BANKS, Thomas 5619
1918
No
No
No
BANNISTER, Israel 2812
1916
No
Yes
No
BANNISTER, Joseph 4735
1918
No
No
No
BANNISTER, Philip 4512
1918
No
No
No
BANNISTER, Whitfield 889
1915
No
Yes
No
BARBOUR, Baxter 5255
1918
No
No
No
BARBOUR, Wilfred 3705
1917
No
No
No
1918-10-14
BARBOUR, William 4127
1917
No
No
No
BARNABLE, John Joseph 3027
1916
No
No
No
BARNES, Alfred 8213
1917
No
No
No
BARNES, Arthur 4698
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, Chesley 4528
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, Cyril 4500
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, Ernest 2517
1916
No
No
No
BARNES, George 4738
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, Harold 6158
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, James 6147
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, John Thomas 1184
1915
No
No
No
BARNES, Lester 4560
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, Lewis 6308
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, Martin Joseph 3740
1917
No
No
No
BARNES, Nathan 4593
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, William 5088
1918
No
No
No
BARNES, William 3439
1917
No
No
No
BARNES, William Edward 0-23 - 857
1915
No
No
No
1918-04-13
BARR, James Coram 0-288 - 3068
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, Alexander 6078
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, Angus 5976
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, Arthur 5122
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, Ernest 4725
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, Eugene 3232
1916
No
No
No
BARRETT, George H. 3306
1916
No
No
No
BARRETT, Gregory 1822
1915
No
No
No
BARRETT, Harvey 2807
1916
No
No
No
BARRETT, John A. 8028
1917
No
No
No
BARRETT, Joseph 5090
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, Josiah 5873
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, Nathan 5230
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, R. [Ralph] 0-247
1918
No
No
No
BARRETT, Roland 3480
1917
No
No
No
BARRETT, Victor 8476
1918
No
No
No
BARRON, Peter Francis 945
1915
No
Yes
No
BARRON, Thomas Frank 568
1914
No
No
No
BARRY, Michael 3761
1917
No
No
No
BARRY, Patrick Alphonsus 3611
1917
No
No
No
BARRY, Peter 6085
1918
No
No
No
BARRY, William 6036
1918
No
No
No
BARTER, Alexander 1563
1915
No
No
No