Military Service Files

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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Name Sort descending	Service NO.	Active Date	Commendations	P.O.W.	Fatality	Date of Death
ABBOTT, Arthur John	2201	1916	No	No	Yes	1 May 1917
ABBOTT, Eli	2119	1916	No	No	Yes	28 January 1917
ABBOTT, Fred	3483	1917	No	No	Yes	16 August 1917
ABBOTT, George	1242	1915	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
ABBOTT, Stanley	283	1914	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
ADAMS, Herbert Otto	1770	1915	No	No	Yes	9 October 1917
ADAMS, William	2306	1916	No	No	Yes	14 April 1917
ALCOCK, Augustus	0-116 - 1372	1915	No	No	Yes	14 April 1917
ALEXANDER, Joseph	6299	1918	No	No	Yes	20 October 1918
ALEXANDER, Walter Ernest	1504	1915	No	No	Yes	5 July 1916
ANDERSON, Israel	1069	1915	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
ANDREWS, Joseph	1119	1915	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
ANDREWS, Walter	2058	1916	No	No	Yes	20 November 1917
ANTLE, Gilbert	1899	1915	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
ARMSTRONG, Gordon	2461	1916	No	No	Yes	2 June 1920
ARNOLD, Chesley Gladstone	1386	1915	No	No	Yes	14 April 1917
ASH, Archibald	575	1914	Yes	No	Yes	23 February 1917
ASPELL, John Joseph	1126	1915	No	No	Yes	27 March 1918
ATTWOOD, George	1525	1915	No	Yes	Yes	25 September 1917
ATWILL, Duncan	1833	1915	No	No	Yes	11 March 1918
ATWILL, James	1914	1915	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
AVERY, Hezekiah	5140	1918	No	No	Yes	15 July 1918
AYRE, Edward Alphonses	1009	1915	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
AYRE, Eric S	0-91	1915	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
AYRE, Gerald Walter	0-106 - 869	1915	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
AYRE, Wilfred Douglas	0-104 - 164	1914	No	No	Yes	1 July 1916
BADCOCK, Arthur	2314	1916	No	No	Yes	3 March 1917
BAKER, Esau	3696	1917	No	No	Yes	1917-12-03
BAKER, George	1439	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BAKER, Nero	5041	1918	No	No	Yes	1919-02-03
BALDWIN, Gilbert	3711	1917	No	No	Yes	1918-04-02
BALDWIN, Henry Herbert	1523	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-10-12
BALDWIN, Uriah	1846	1915	No	No	Yes	1917-10-09
BALL, Matthias	2814	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1919-03-31
BALLAM, Arthur George	3031	1916	No	No	Yes	1917-12-03
BALSOM, Ralph Norman	2395	1916	No	No	Yes	1918-01-29
BAMBURY, Samuel	3571	1917	No	No	Yes	1918-04-12
BARBOUR, Horatio	1419	1915	No	No	Yes	1916-07-01
BARBOUR, Lester D.	3709	1917	No	No	Yes	1918-03-10
BARNES, John C	3614	1917	No	No	Yes	1918-10-15

Military Service Files Database