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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELVILLE, Charles Andrews | 54 Burlington Road, Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom | 0-272 - 759 | 25 | David Melville (p) | 1914 | No | No | Includes only partial attestation papers | |||||
| ANDERSON, Hugh Abercrombie | St. John's | 0-179 - 2120 | John Anderson (p) | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; Includes written articles, concert programmes by the RNR band, public presentations and fund raising efforts. | ||||||
| TORRAVILLE, Sidney | Fogo, Fogo District | 8273 | 22 | Thomas Torraville (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| VERE-HOLLOWAY, Edward Walter | St. John's | 0-148 | Elizabeth Vere-Holloway (s) | 1915 | No | No | I - Attestation papers not included. Temporary assignment | ||||||
| GORDON, Gilbert Thomas | St. John's | 64 | 37 | Mrs. McNab (o) | 1914 | No | No | Granted commission to Gordon Highlanders, Nov. 1914. File missing. Information from ledger. | |||||
| LEWIS, Charles Victor | St. John's | 3217 | 1916 | Yes | No | Wednesday, September 24, 1919 | Attestation papers not included. Enrolled with Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve 19 Aug. 1915. Enlisted with Newfoundland Regiment 9 Nov. 1916, transferred to NRNR 13 Nov. 1916. See also Regt. #1640 for additional information. | ||||||
| WHITAKER, C.W. | 0-1 | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Attached from 3rd Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) | ||||||||
| BERNARD, A. E. [Adolph Ernest] | St. John's - 16 West Avenue, Leicester, England, United Kingdom | 0-157 | Mae Ernest Bernard (p) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included Includes records of Officers Mess, 1/Bn Royal Newfoundland Regiment | ||||||
| KERSHAW, Robert | Lancashire Folds, Middleton, Manchester, England, United Kingdom | 0-59 - 406 | 30 | Sophia Kershaw (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, March 9, 1918 | |||||
| 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. | ||||||
| SQUAREY, Arthur | Channel, Burgeo-LaPoile District | 3841 | 40 | R.T. Squarey (p) | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Transferred to Newfoundland Forestry Companies July 1917. | ||||
| HUSSEY, Edward | St. John's | 2856 | [William?] Hussey (p) | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included, Home Defense only. | ||||||
| BUGDEN, G. | N/A | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. No service number, listed as bugler (special). | ||||||||
| WHITE, Frederick | Flat Bay, St. George District | 8441 | 21 | John W. White (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| BERNERS, Ralph Abercrombie | 0-220 | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - Transferred from Royal Welsh Fusiliers | ||||||||
| STARES, Harry | Port Blandford, Bonavista District | 8265 | 17 | Allan Stares (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. Stares was born 1903 and was underage at enlistment. Family notes he was sent home. Service ledger entry shows he served until 1919. | |||||
| CLEARY, William | 4 Lower Battery Road, St. John's | 384 | 20 | James Cleary (p) | 1914 | Roman Catholic | No | No | |||||
| MONTGOMERIE, Alexander | St. John's | 0-4 | Mrs. Montgomerie (s) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | ||||||
| LANNON, James Joseph | No information | 1001 | No | No | File missing; ledger indicates discharged 10/4/15 as undesirable | ||||||||
| FRANKLIN, William Hodgson (W.H.) | St. John's | 0-27 | Sarah Franklin (s) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||||
| MURPHY, John Lawrence | 103 Signal Hill, St. John's | 1227 | 19 | Robert John Murphy (p) | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | |||||
| CLARK, Alexander | Delby's Cove, Trinity District | 8351 | 29 | Clara M. Clark (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| 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 | |||||||
| OSBOURNE, Joseph | Lewisporte, Notre Dame Bay, Twillingate District | 4912 | 18 | James Osbourne (p) | 1918 | Yes | No | Sunday, May 26, 1918 | Variant spelling of name - Osborne File missing. Information from service ledger. | ||||
| WARREN, William Valence | 231 Southside Road, St. John's | 0-204 - 680 | 25 | Cyrus Warren (p) | 1914 | No | No | Includes only partial attestation papers | |||||
| HOGAN, Gerald | Northern Bay, Conception Bay, Harbour Grace district | 8111 | 21 | Mrs. Nellie Howell (o) | 1917 | Yes | No | Friday, August 16, 1918 | File missing. Information from service ledger. | ||||
| MARSHALL, Frederick Walter | 131 Albert Palace Mansions, Battersea, United Kingdom | 0-34 - 608 | Mrs. F. W. Marshall | 1914 | No | No | No attestation papers. Formerly London, England. Granted honourary commission. | ||||||
| ROWSELL, Reginald | Bonavista, Bonavista District | 0-151 | John Rowsell (p) | 1915 | Yes | No | Saturday, April 14, 1917 | Attestation papers not included | |||||
| HARRIS, Harold James | Great Harbour, Fortune Bay | 4406 | 20 | Andrew Harris (p) | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | |||||
| MOSLEY, Robert | No information | 708 | No | No | Death notice only; not in service ledger. Service # 708 assigned to Sebastian Foran in service ledger. Fatality: Unknown | ||||||||
| MCBAY, Burchill G. | No information | 600 | No | No | Notice of death only. No information in service ledger. | ||||||||
| WHITE, George | Grand Bank, Burin district | 8145 | 25 | Mrs. Amelia H. White (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| MILLY, Frank | 34 LeMarchant Road, St. John's | 8114 | 29 | Mrs. William Wheeler (o) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| CLEGGE [CLEGG, E.B.]. | n/a | 1914 | No | No | File missing. Officer of 9th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Attached to Newfoundland Regiment as Commanding Officer, Pond Farm Camp, Salisbury Plains. | ||||||||
| CONSTABLE, Thomas | St. John's | 8435 | 19 | Elizabeth Constable (o) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| TAIT, Robert Holland | 267 Duckworth Street, St. John's | 0-11 | Dr. J.S. Tait (p) | 1916 | No | No | I - Attestation papers not included | ||||||
| GOOBIE, Herbert | 23 Adelaide Street, St. John's | 8437 | 25 | Elsie Goobie | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| CARTER, Cyril Boyd | 7 Church Hill, St. John's | 0-95 | H.D. Carter (p) | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||||
| RENDELL, Frederick George A. | 73 Military Road, St. John's | 0-32 | Mrs. F.J.W. Rendell (p) | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||||
| WINTER, Herbert M | No information | 0-156 | 1919 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Special assignment: musketry instructor | |||||||
| OGRADY, James J. | 0-143 | Mrs. J.J O'Grady (s) | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | |||||||
| COLE, Samuel | 30 Codner Street, St. John's | 0-63 - 465 | 26 | Mrs. Cole (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Tuesday, October 9, 1917 | I | ||||
| SAUNDERS | 2609 | 1916 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger | ||||||||
| FOX, John Edward Joseph | St. John's | 0-81 - 142 | 23 | Lady Morris (p) | 1914 | No | No | ||||||
| THOMSON, James Elliot | Sudbury, Water Street West, St. John's | 0-201 - 61 | 22 | Charles R. Thomson (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, March 3, 1917 | Discrepancy in spelling of name - Thompson; signature is Thomson | ||||
| KNIGHT, James St. Pierre | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | 0-239 | Mrs. James S.P. Knight | 1915 | No Information | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Attached from the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). | |||||
| WILLIAMS, Willmet | Dildo, Trinity District | 1499 | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | |||||||
| MCLEOD, Norman Alexander | 149 Gower Street, St. John's | 0-183 - 158 | 22 | Neil McLeod (o) | 1914 | No | No | Variant spelling of name - MacLeod Also contains documents relating to service #3539, Almer Dicks | |||||
| GAVON, Thomas | Middle Arm, White Bay, St. Barbe district | 5625 | 18 | George Gavon | 1918 | No | No | File missing, Information from service ledger. | |||||
| ONEIL, Patrick Joseph | 1917 | 0-67 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; not in service ledger. Granted temporary commission. |