PLEASE USE THE FIELD BELOW TO SEARCH THE MILITARY SERVICE FILES
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.
For additional information, including military service ledgers, photographs, personal papers, wills and other documents contact The Rooms Provincial Archives Reference Room archives@therooms.ca or 709-757-8088.
Or search the Provincial Archives on-line Descriptions Database at https://www.therooms.ca/archives.
| Name | Community | Service Number | Age of Enlistment | Next of Kin | Occupation | Active Date |
Religion |
Fatality | PoW | Date of Death | Commendations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAD, William | Seal Cove, Hermitage Bay, Fortune district | 8254 | 29 | John Mead | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| BULGIN, Hubert | Back Harbour, Twillingate district | 8011 | 25 | Susan Watkins (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| MURPHY, John J. | No information | 0-274 | 1919 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; not in service ledger. | |||||||
| EDGAR, Charles Legallais | 36 Freshwater Road, St. John's | 0-203 - 199 | 24 | Joseph H. Edgar (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Monday, February 26, 1917 | Photograph of gravesite included. | ||||
| CAREY, Edward | St. John's | 1370 | 21 | Sadie Carey (p) | Motorman | 1915 | No | No | |||||
| HOPSON, Frank Herbert | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 0-130 - 2915 | 29 | Mary Rita Hopson (s) | Paper maker | 1916 | No | No | Hopson was attached 88th Infantry Brigade H.Q. | ||||
| HICKS, Henry George | Carmanville, Fogo District | 0-72 - 833 | 27 | Philip Hicks (p) | Teacher | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| MOWATT, Edward Sim | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom | 2129 | 26 | Mrs. Mowatt (s) | Musician | 1916 | No | No | Attested for short service | ||||
| MACPHERSON, Cluny | Queens Road, St. John's | 0-8 | Mrs. Cluny MacPherson (s) | Doctor | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | |||||
| GREENE, William Howe | 7 Waverley Road, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | 0-210 | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included ; musketry instructor. | |||||||
| BRUSHETT, A. H. | 3121 | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; not in service ledger. | ||||||||
| STUCKEY, Roland | South Side, Twillingate, Twillingate district | 3964 | 18 | Helen Stuckey (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing; Information from service ledger. | |||||
| HANN, Jacob | Botwood, Twillingate District | 90 | 25 | John Hann (p) | Lumberman | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| RANDELL, Egbert | No information | 0-173 | 1917 | No | No | Granted temporary commission to the Regiment to allow for transport to England to take up service with the Royal Naval Reserve. | |||||||
| PAVER, George | St. John's | 534 | 38 | Edith Paver (s) | Butler | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| GOSNEY, Ernest Alfred | Black River, Placentia-St. Marys District | 2822 | 18 | Archibald Gosney (p) | Cook | 1916 | No | No | |||||
| COUGHLAN, Wilfred L. | 63 Prescott Street, St. John's | n/a | 15 | Student | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - No service number, listed as drummer (special) | |||||
| WHITE, Arthur J. | Stephenville, St. George District | 1029 | Telegraph operator | 1915 | No | No | |||||||
| GALE, Neil | West Bay, Port au Port, St. George District | 8295 | 18 | Elinor Gale (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| FACEY, M.L. | n/a | Chaplin | 1918 | No | No | Attached to Regiment; no service number; file missing; information from ledger | |||||||
| BREEN, Edward | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 8049 | 21 | John Breen (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| CASHIN, Peter John | Cape Broyle, Ferryland District | 0-160 - 1387 | 25 | Gertrude Cashin (p) | 1915 | No | No | I | |||||
| CANDOW, John | New Gower Street, St. John's | 3246 | 20 | David Candow (p) | Lineman | 1916 | No | No | |||||
| COOK, Gordon | No information | N/A | 1918 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - No service number, listed as bugler (special) | |||||||
| WHEATON, Edwin | Millertown, Twillingate District | 8148 | 30 | Sarah Wheaton (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| THISTLE, William | 12 James Street, St. John's | 1207 | 26 | Mrs. William Thistle (p) | 1915 | No | No | Death notice only in file | |||||
| HUDSON, Reuben | Pouch Cove, St. John's East District | 3186 | 18 | Henry Hudson (p) | Fisherman | 1916 | No | No | |||||
| BURT, Edwin G. | Musgrave Harbour, Fogo District | 8094 | 22 | Samson Burt (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| MEIKLEJOHN, J. R. | No information | 0-219 | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Transferred from Border Regiment | |||||||
| LEWIS, Walter | 16 Colonial Street, St. John's | 4589 | 36 | Richard Lewis (p) | Pilot | 1918 | No | No | |||||
| ELLIOTT, John | 38 Goodview Street, St. John's | 22 | 20 | John Elliott (p) | Steward | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | ||||
| WELLS, Clarence Augustus | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 730 | 21 | Edward Wells (p) | Clerk | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| HOLMES, Arthur Chesley | Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 0-132 - 2275 | 18 | Reverend A.A. Holmes (p) | Bank clerk | 1916 | No | No | Attached Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) 1917 - 1919. | ||||
| JOHNSON, George MacNess Whiteway | No information | 0-28 | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Appointed to Indian Army 1918. | |||||||
| TILLEY, Frank | Chamberlains, Harbour Main District | 8299 | 18 | Henry Tilley (p) | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | |||||
| PIKE, Ralph C. | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 8051 | 19 | Nathaniel Pike (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| SHEPPARD, Richard John | Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 0-88 - 282 | 22 | Constable J. Sheppard (p) | Traveller | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| SMITH, Robert Templeton | St. John's | 366 | 18 | Mrs. Robert C. Smith (p) | 1914 | No | No | ||||||
| PAUL, Reginald J. | Burin North, Burin District | 731 | 20 | Amelia Paul (s) | Storekeeper | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | ||||
| PERRY, Thomas Avery | Catalina, Trinity District | 423 | 21 | Benjamin Perry (p) | Fisherman | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| TITFORD, Grant | Bennett Street, Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 3445 | 18 | Jessie Titford (p) | Student | 1917 | No | No | Discrepancy in age. Age given on Enlistment: 18; Actual age: 17 | ||||
| FORSEY, Bernard | 235 Water Street, St. John's | 0-215 - 12 | 19 | Mr. Forsey (p) | Engineer | 1914 | No | No | Four documents duplicated from #0-214 William McHenry are on the reel labelled as Bernard Forsey. Labels were placed by LAC at time of microfilming. | ||||
| BUTCHER, Alexander Thomas | Mussel Harbour Arm, Placentia-St. Marys District | 2363 | 27 | Reuben Butcher (p) | Fisherman | 1916 | No | No | Discrepancy in spelling of name - Boutcher, Butcher, Boucher: brothers William, John and Alexander each have varied spellings in file. | ||||
| WHELAN, Baxter G. | Millertown, Twillingate District | 8201 | 19 | Martha Louise Whelan (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| PARDY, James | Woody Island, Placentia-St. Marys District | 2763 | Charles Pardy (p) | 1916 | No | No | See also # 6152; enlisted in 1916 and recorded as deserter; re-enlisted 1918; Information from service ledger and service file # 6152 | ||||||
| MEANEY, Frank | Brigus, Port de Grave district | 8038 | 19 | John Meaney (o) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| BYRNE, Richard | 16 Power St, St. John's | 8101 | 28 | Mr. and Mrs. Richard Byrne (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| DULEY, Cyril Chancey | 51 Rennies Mill Road, St. John's | 0-39 - 872 | 24 | Thomas James Duley (p) | 1914 | No | No | See Regt. # 654 for misfiled document | |||||
| PATEY, William | Noddy Bay, Strait of Belle Isle, St. Barbe District | 8456 | 22 | Stephen Patey (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. Also served with the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, # 1850X. | |||||
| EARLE, Clifford | 17 | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. No information in Cramm or service ledger |