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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
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  • 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

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6,828 Military Service Files Database Records
Name 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, Arthur John 2201
1916
No
No
Yes
1917-05-01
ABBOTT, Augustus George 3750
1917
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Bella [Bela] 2020
1915
No
Yes
No
ABBOTT, Edward 6297
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Eli 2119
1916
No
No
Yes
1917-01-28
ABBOTT, Fred 5206
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Fred 3483
1917
No
No
Yes
1917-08-16
ABBOTT, Frederick 4683
1918
No
No
No
ABBOTT, Frederick 2885
1916
No
No
No
ABBOTT, George 1242
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
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, Stanley 283
1914
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
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, Herbert Otto 1770
1915
No
No
Yes
1917-10-09
ADAMS, James 1332
1915
No
No
No
ADAMS, John F 3894
1917
No
No
No
ADAMS, Stephen 8478
1917
No
No
No
ADAMS, William 2306
1916
No
No
Yes
1917-04-14
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, Augustus 0-116 - 1372
1915
No
No
Yes
1917-04-14
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
ALEXANDER, Joseph 6299
1918
No
No
Yes
1918-10-20
ALEXANDER, Walter Ernest 1504
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-05
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, Israel 1069
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
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, Joseph 1119
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
ANDREWS, Ralph Martin 55
1914
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Robert 8018
1917
No
No
No
ANDREWS, Walter 2058
1916
No
No
Yes
1917-11-20
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, Gilbert 1899
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
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, Gordon 2461
1916
No
No
Yes
1920-06-02
ARMSTRONG, Martin 4758
1918
No
No
No
ARMSTRONG, Patrick 5746
1918
No
No
No
ARNAUD, John B 4418
1918
No
No
No
ARNOLD, Chesley Gladstone 1386
1915
No
No
Yes
1917-04-14
ARNS, Rudolph 4442
1918
No
No
No
ARNS, William Frederick 2270
1916
No
No
No
ASH, Albert 5711
1918
No
No
No
ASH, Archibald 575
1914
Yes
No
Yes
1917-02-23
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 Joseph 1126
1915
No
No
Yes
1918-03-27
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, George 1525
1915
No
Yes
Yes
1917-09-25
ATTWOOD, Walter G. 5484
1918
No
No
No
ATWILL, Duncan 1833
1915
No
No
Yes
1918-03-11
ATWILL, James 1914
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
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, Hezekiah 5140
1918
No
No
Yes
1918-06-15
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
AYRE, Edward Alphonses 1009
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
AYRE, Eric S 0-91
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
AYRE, Gerald Walter 0-106 - 869
1915
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
AYRE, Wilfred Douglas 0-104 - 164
1914
No
No
Yes
1916-07-01
BABSTOCK, Joseph 1847
1915
No
Yes
No
BACON, Fred 3301
1916
No
No
No
BADCOCK, Arthur 2314
1916
No
No
Yes
1917-03-03
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, Esau 3696
1917
No
No
Yes
1917-12-03
BAKER, George 1439
1915
No
No
Yes
1917-10-09
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, Nero 5041
1918
No
No
Yes
1919-02-03
BAKER, Norman 2714
1916
No
Yes
No
BAKER, William 4125
1917
No
No
No
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
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, Matthias 2814
1916
No
Yes
Yes
1919-03-31
BALL, Ward 3386
1917
No
No
No
BALL, William 2572
1916
No
No
No