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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPKINS, Thomas Roland | Hearts Content, Trinity District | 887 | 23 | Mr. And Mrs. Hopkins (p) | Draper | 1915 | No | No | |||||
| MAIDMENT, G. H.. | No information | 0-176 | Chaplain | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; not in service ledger. | ||||||
| BROWN, William | Little Harbour, Twillingate District | 2183 | 25 | Mrs. Eliza Keefe (o) | 1916 | Yes | No | Wednesday, May 9, 1917 | File missing. Information from service ledger. | ||||
| WALSH, Michael | No information | 6343 | No | No | Attestation papers not included Discharged from the Royal Army Medical Corps and attached to Royal Newfoundland Regiment for special duty without pay. | ||||||||
| BENNETT, Frank | Monkstown Road, St. John's | 0-121 - 284 | 19 | John Bennett (p) | Student | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| MCKAY, J. J. | No information | 0-145 | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; not in service ledger. | |||||||
| GOODRIDGE, Herbert | St. John's | 0-154 | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | |||||||
| FREEBAIRN, Charles A. | Ferryland, Ferryland District | 2811 | 19 | Dr. Robert Freebairn (p) | 1916 | No | No | File missing. | |||||
| IVANY, Alexander | 59 Freshwater Road, St. John's | N/A | 18 | Drummer | 1919 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. No service number. Listed as drummer (special). | |||||
| FROST, William Bertram | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 8109 | 19 | Lumberman | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | |||||
| RICHARDS, Robie | Mundy Pond Road, St. John's | n/a | 17 | Drummer (formerly druggist) | 1918 | No | No | Attestation papers not included (underaged) - No service number, listed as drummer (special); misfiled documents microfilmed under Regt.# 4702. | |||||
| CLUETT, Vincent | Belleoram, Fortune District | 0-97 | Sarah Cluett (p) | 1916 | Yes | No | Monday, November 26, 1917 | Attestation papers not included | |||||
| STONE, Llewellyn | 5 New Gower Street, St. John's | 26 | 24 | James A. Stone (p) | Painter | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| FRAMPTON, William J. | 38 Powers Court, Signal Hill Road, St. John's | 2280 | 18 | Mrs. William Frampton (p) | Carpenter | 1916 | No | Yes | POW Date: 1917 | ||||
| WELLS, Archibald | Tickle Point, Twillingate District | 8172 | 20 | Henry T. Wells (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| BUCKLEY, John | Botwood, Twillingate District | 8448 | 50 | Theresa Buckley (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| DRISCOLL, Michael | Tors Cove, Ferryland District | 717 | 30 | John Driscoll (p) | Fisherman | 1914 | No | No | Includes documents of Private James Arthur Taylor, service #821. | ||||
| WALSH, Frank | St. Mary's, Placentia-St. Mary's District | 4720 | 20 | James Walsh (p) | 1918 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| COLLINS, Joseph | New Gower Street, St. John's | 3210 | Mrs. William Harvey (o) | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||||
| LUCAS, Arthur Winthrop | 9 Gear Street, St. John's | 2858 & 2857 | 19 | Labourer | 1916 | No | No | Attested for home duty only. #2858 on attestation form; #2857 in service ledger; microfilmed as 2857. | |||||
| NICOL, John Ethelburt Burden | 53 Parade Street, St. John's | 129 | 19 | C.M. Nichol (p) | Marine engineer | 1914 | No | No | Variant spelling of name - Nichol. | ||||
| BROWN, William Olie | Burin Bay, Burin District | 4170 | 19 | James W. Brown | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| FIELD, Larry | 4 Dalys Lane, St. John's | 153 | 20 | John F. Field (p) | Labourer | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| GOODRIDGE, Alan C | No information | 0-167 | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; not in service ledger. | |||||||
| OBRIEN, Augustus | 28 1/2 Lime Street, St. John's | 0-172 | Mrs. Thomas O'Brien (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Wednesday, October 18, 1916 | Attestation papers not included - Photograph of grave-site included | |||||
| PHILLIPS, Daniel | Colliers, Harbour Main District | 2436 | 19 | Tom Phillips (p) | Fireman (locomotive) | 1916 | No | No | |||||
| LEARNING, George | St. John's | 764 | 19 | James Learning (p) | Labourer | 1914 | No | No | |||||
| LOUDOUN, John | 4 Waterloo Road, New Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom | 2121 | Mrs. Loudon (p) | Musician | 1916 | No | No | ||||||
| YOUNG, Herbert | Twillingate, Twillingate District | 8365 | 19 | Henry Young (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| KEAN, S.G. | No information | 0-240 | No information | No information | 1916 | No | No | Granted temporary commission to the Regiment for transport to Great Britain to take up service with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Served as Medical Officer for Repatriation Draft, March 1919. File included documents for W.E. Procunier, # 0-235. | |||||
| CHATMAN, Albert | Bunyans Cove, Bonavista District | 2278 | 24 | William Chatman (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Yes | No | Tuesday, November 20, 1917 | ||||
| OREILLY, J.B. [Bertram] | 0-236 | Doctor | 1919 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Attached from the Royal Army Medical | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| EDENS, Francis Augustine | 39 Queen's Road, St. John's | 0-137 - 2894 | 18 | T.J. Edens (p) | Bank clerk | 1916 | No | No | |||||
| HYNES, Aloysius | Bay L'Argent, Fortune District | 1715 | 23 | Vincent Hynes (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Yes | No | Thursday, April 19, 1917 | ||||
| GOODYEAR, Stanley Charles | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 0-40 - 334 | 26 | Josiah Goodyear (p) | Logging contractor | 1914 | Yes | No | Wednesday, October 10, 1917 | ||||
| BUDGELL, Enos | New Bay, Twillingate District | 8152 | Joseph Budgel (p) | Fisherman | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | |||||
| GARLAND, Charles Frederick | 44 Carters Hill, St. John's | 0-185 - 182 | 21 | Annie Garland (p) | 1914 | No | No | ||||||
| HADOW, Arthur L. | 0-169 | No | No | Attached to 1st Newfoundland Regiment from Norfolk Regiment as Commanding Officer, Feb 1916 - Dec. 1917 | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||
| YOUNG, John | Bank Head, St. George District | 8369 | 37 | Mary Young (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| 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. | |||||||
| EDENS, John Francis Joseph | 39 Queens Road, St. John's | 0-83 - 883 | 19 | T.J. Edens (p) | Bank clerk | 1915 | Yes | No | Tuesday, November 20, 1917 |