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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TILLY, Lawrence | Clarenville, Trinity District | 1404 | 18 | Annie Tilly | Farmer | 1915 | Yes | No | Tuesday, October 9, 1917 | Discrepancy in name: Tilley | |||
| COADY, Andrew | St. John's | 775 - 8096 | 19 | Richard Coady (o) | Labourer | 1914 | No | No | Transferred to Newfoundland Forestry Companies 1917 | ||||
| ELLSWORTH, Gideon | Carmanville, Fogo District | 1528 | 23 | Julia Ellsworth (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | No | No | Out of sequence in service ledger. Follows 1537. | ||||
| MCGRATH, Charles G.. | 46 Water Street East, St. John's | 0-287-3066 | 20 | Thomas J. McGrath (p) | Student | 1918 | No | No | |||||
| RYALL, William Thomas | 40 Hayward Ave, St. John's | 0-87 - 53 | 26 | Robert Ryall (p) | Jeweller | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | ||||
| CHAFE, Ernest Frederick | 147 Lemarchant Road, St. John's | 2906 | 24 | Frederick George Chafe (p) | Plumber | 1916 | No | No | |||||
| OLLERHEAD, William | Hearts Content, Trinity District | 746 | 24 | James Ollerhead | School teacher | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | ||||
| BROWN, Edward John | Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 545 | 26 | Annie Brown (p) | Miner | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | Identified on documents in file and by CWGC as Edward John Brown; Signature is Edmund John. | |||
| PIPPY, Wilfred J. | Springdale Street, St. John's | 0-48 | Mrs. W. J. Pippy (s) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | ||||||
| MCGRATH, Thomas Bernard | 40 Carters Hill, St. John's | 0-222 - 128 | 19 | Ronald McGrath (o) | Engineer | 1914 | No | No | Originally enlisted with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment; transferred to Newfoundland Forestry Companies Sept. 1917. | ||||
| BUDGELL, George | New Bay, Twillingate District | 8423 | 42 | John A. Budgell (o) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger | |||||
| GANE, Sidney | 90 Cochrane St., St. John's / Lindertis, Prestwick, Ayreshire, Scotland, United Kingdom | 0-103 | Mrs. Charlotte Gane (p) / Mrs. Gane (s) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; information from service ledger. | ||||||
| PATERSON, W.T. | n/a | Medical officer | 1919 | No | No | Attached from the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). No service number or file; information from ledger. | |||||||
| READ, Charles | Woody Point, St. Barbe District | 8251 | 18 | Charles Read (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| MCKAY, Peter | Robinsons, St. George District | 2557 | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included, medically unfit. | |||||||
| OUTERBRIDGE, Joseph: correspondence concerning prisoners of war | N/A | No | No | Provincial Archives Reference # GN 19.7 Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with Joseph Outerbridge, 6 Sept. 1917 - 29 Jan. 1918, predominantly relating to his search for his son, Norman Outerbridge, #0-98, missing after the battle of Monchy le Preux. Norman Outerbridge was declared dead effective 14 April 1917. Includes statements from members of the Regiment regarding his son's death and and references to Prisoners of War held in Germany. File was incorrectly assigned Regiment # 0-207 | |||||||||
| ROBERTSON, Stanley | 55 Longs Hill, St. John's | 0-94 | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. See Regt. # 0-33 - 333 for misfiled documents. | |||||||
| DOBBIN, Thomas John | Bell Island, St. John's East District | 3427 | 22 | David Dobbin (p) | Miner | 1917 | No | No | |||||
| YOUNG, John | Bank Head, St. George District | 8369 | 37 | Mary Young (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| ANTHONY, John Robert | Spaniards Bay, Harbour Grace District | 2207 | 26 | Sadie Anthony (s) and Caleb Anthony (p) | Miner | 1916 | No | No | Discrepancy in wife's name, listed as Daisy on attestation papers | ||||
| GORDON, G.S. | No information | n/a | 1916 | No | No | Attached from the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). No service number or file; information from ledger. | |||||||
| DICK, George | 280 Theater Hill, St. John's / Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom | 924 | 26 | John Dick (p) | Grocer's salesman | 1915 | Yes | No | Wednesday, July 12, 1916 | ||||
| CRITCH, Kenneth | LaScie, St. Barbe District | 1264 | 24 | William Critch (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | ||||
| BUSSEY, William | 13 Larkins Square, St. John's | 2350 | 24 | Mrs. M. Bussey (p) | Teamster | 1916 | No | No | |||||
| THISTLE, Walter Leslie | 50 Longs Hill, St. John's | 215 | 20 | David Thistle (p) | Stone cutter | 1914 | No | Yes | POW Date: 1918 | ||||
| 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. | |||||||
| 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. | ||||
| BAILEY, Albert | Georges Brook, Trinity District | 1613 | 19 | Mary Bailey (p) | Railroad Labourer | 1915 | No | No | Not in service ledger. | ||||
| EDGAR, Edwin | Greenspond, Bonavista District | 737 | 19 | Edwin Edgar (p) | Apprentice engineer | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | ||||
| DAVIS, D. | Medical officer | n/a | 1918 | No | No | Attached from the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). No service number or file; information from ledger | |||||||
| MCKAY, Stewart | Seal Cove, White Bay, St. Barbe district | 5613 | 20 | Edward McKay (p) | 1918 | Yes | No | Monday, July 8, 1918 | Date of Death: 08 July 1918 from CWGC File missing. Information from service ledger. MacKay in CWGC | ||||
| BARRETT, R. [Ralph] | No information | 0-247 | 1918 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. No information in service ledger. Member of Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force. | |||||||
| FLEMMING, John | Spillars Cove, Trinity District | 5899 | 19 | James Flemming (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | No | No | Discrepancy in name: Flemming and Fleming; attestation forms completed as Flemming. | ||||
| TAYLOR, Eli | Kelligrews, Harbour Main District | 3672 | 18 | Emily (Eli) Taylor (p) | Fireman | 1917 | No | No | |||||
| MCGRATH, John | Colliers, Harbour Main District | 1995 | Mrs Emily McGrath (p) | 1915 | No | No | Also contains information relating to service # 2065 Patrick Pender Attestation papers not included; information from service ledger. | ||||||
| TIMEWELL, Henry Alfred | No information | 0-180 | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Discharged in United Kingdom, possibily from UK | |||||||
| MATHIAS, T.G. | No information | 0-245 | 1918 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Attached from Welsh Regiment | |||||||
| ROLLS, Walter | Portland, Bonavista District | 1494 | 26 | Mary Jane Rolls (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Yes | No | Tuesday, October 9, 1917 | ||||
| KING, Frederick S. | Bauline, St. John's East District | 3457 | 16 | Isaac King (p) | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Information from service ledger; Underage and medically unfit. | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| ALDERDICE, Norman H | Water Street West, St. John's | 0-142 | Dorothy Alderdice (s) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers are not included. Microfilm mislabelled as Alderidge. | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| HICKS, Henry George | Carmanville, Fogo District | 0-72 - 833 | 27 | Philip Hicks (p) | Teacher | 1914 | No | No |