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 | |
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GILBERT, Noel | Bedford, England, United Kingdom | 617 | 24 | Mr. Noel (p) | Chartered accountant | 1914 | No | No | |||||
PITT, Percy | 29 Cochrane Street, St. John's | 3511 | 21 | Anna Pitt (p) | Chartered accountant | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) - Methodist | Yes | No | Monday, December 3, 1917 | Discrepancy in religion | ||
BAIRD, Herbert Edward | St. John's | 1123 | 20 | Phoebe Baird (p) | Chauffeur | 1915 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
ALLEN, Richard | 11 Cookstown Road, St. John's | 8140 | 18 | Thomas G. Allen (p) | Chauffeur | 1917 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
BAIRD, John | Cuddihy Street, St. John's | 5029 | 20 | Michael Baird (p) | Chauffeur | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
ROWSELL, Edward Clayton | 49 Hayward Avenue, St. John's | 571 | 23 | Uriah Rowsell (p) | Chauffeur | 1914 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
SKEANS, William | Boat House Lane, St. John's | 1176 | 28 | Edward Skeans (p) | Chauffeur | 1915 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
PARSONS, Alexander Edward | Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 585 | 20 | Edward Parsons (p) | Chauffeur | 1914 | Presbyterian | No | No | Discharged medically unfit 20 March 1917; Enlisted Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) 1917-1919 | |||
BOONE, Edward | 22 Belvedere Street, St. John's | 4501 | 23 | James Boone (p) | Chauffeur | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
BEMISTER, Job Knee | 235 Water Street, St. John's | 0-299 - 1116 | 22 | Charlotte Bemister (p) | Chauffeur | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
COFIELD, William F. | 170 Gower Street, St. John's | 3126 | 26 | Hariett Cofield (s) | Chauffeur | 1916 | Presbyterian | No | No | ||||
SNOW, William | St. John's | 750 | 19 | John Snow | Chauffeur | 1914 | Yes | No | Thursday, October 12, 1916 | ||||
MANSTON, William | Gorton, Manchester, England, United Kingdom | 327 | 25 | Maud Manston (s) | Chauffeur | 1914 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
MILLER, William Patrick | 25 Hutchings Street, St. John's | 107 | 35 | Frances Miller (p) | Checker | 1914 | Presbyterian | Yes | No | Thursday, October 7, 1915 | |||
PHELAN, William A. | Merrymeeting Road, St. John's | 2001 | 18 | James Phelan (p) | Checker | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Thursday, October 12, 1916 | |||
OAKLEY, William J.F. | 172 Hamilton Avenue, St. John's | 3281 | 18 | Arthur Oakley (p) | Checker | 1916 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
ROBINSON, William | Rennies Mill Road, St. John's | 4449 | 33 | Mrs. T.A. Hall (o | Civil enginee | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
FREW, Mackintosh | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 2246 | 18 | William Frew (p) | Civil engineer | 1916 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, April 14, 1917 | recorded in Schedule of distribution of estate as Francis Macintosh Frew. | ||
PENNEY, Josiah H. | Carbonear, Carbonear District | 665 | 24 | S. Grace Penney (o) | Civil engineer | 1914 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | I | ||
HALL, Ewart | Carbonear, Carbonear District | 4502 | 21 | Alberta Hall (o) | Civil engineer | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
FERGUSON, Stewart Small | 67 Springdale Street, St. John's | 95 | 23 | Daniel Ferguson (p) | Civil engineer | 1914 | Presbyterian | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
ANDERSON, William Stafford | 5 Park Place, Rennies Mill Road, St. John's | 418 | 21 | Mr. Anderson (p) | Civil engineer | 1914 | Presbyterian | No | No | ||||
HARVEY, Guy W. | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 0-194 | 30 | Mrs. John Harvey (p) | Civil engineer | 1917 | No | No | Also see #0-33, Gerald Cockburn Harvey, for documents relating to this soldier. | ||||
DUDER, Charles Robert | Portugal Cove Road, St. John's | 668 | 22 | William Henry Duder (p) | Civil engineer | 1914 | Presbyterian | No | No | ||||
PIKE, Ronald Taylor | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 2876 | 20 | Nathaniel Pike (p) | Civil engineer | 1916 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
JANES, Albert Evelyn | Hants Harbour, Trinity District | 702 | 24 | J.W. Janes (p) | Civil engineer | 1914 | Methodist | Yes | No | Sunday, April 14, 1918 | |||
DAWE, William Gordon | 60 New Gower Street, St. John's | 97 | 19 | William John Dawe (p) | Civil servant | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
NOONAN, Robert Anthony | St. John's | 812 | 25 | John H. Noonan (p) | Civil servant | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, October 14, 1916 | Photograph of grave-site included | ||
PARSONS, John William | Freshwater, Bay de Verde district | 3920 | 25 | John C. Parsons (p) | Clergy | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | See Regt. # 654 for misfiled document | |||
LODER, Thomas E. | No information | 0-14 | Clergyman | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | Attestation papers not included | |||||
SPENCER, John | Shearstown, Harbour Grace District | 3884 | 29 | Susanna Badcock (p) | Clergyman | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
WAY, Joseph Harold G. | Bonavista, Bonavista District | 3851 | 24 | Arthur Way (p) | Clergyman | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
NEVILLE, Peter | Blackmarsh Road, St. John's | 3620 | 18 | John Neville (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
MATTHEWS, Nathan A. | Burgeo, Burgeo-LaPoile District | 5072 | 25 | William Matthews (p) | Clerk | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
GARDNER, Cyril | British Harbour, Trinity District | 0-65 - 824 | 29 | Arthur Gardner (p) | Clerk | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, April 14, 1917 | |||
ROBERTS, Frank | 7 Balsam Street, St. John's | 383 | 22 | Samuel Roberts (p) | Clerk | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, October 23, 1915 | |||
HERDER, Wallace | 12 Pleasant Street, St. John's | 2274 | 18 | George Herder (p) | Clerk | 1916 | Methodist | Yes | No | Sunday, January 28, 1917 | |||
SQUIRES, Frederick | 58 New Gower Street, St. John's | 3584 | 18 | John Squires (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, October 5, 1918 | |||
HANHAM, James Ed | Placentia, Placentia-St. Mary's District | 2308 | 24 | Jacob Hanham (p) | Clerk | 1916 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
HODDER, Walter Ralph | Twillingate, Twillingate District | 4791 | 19 | George Hodder (p) | Clerk | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
HISCOCK, Edgar William | Winterton, Trinity District | 6275 | 21 | Robert Hiscock (p) | Clerk | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
HENNESSEY, James | Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 2061 | 18 | William Hennessey (p) | Clerk | 1916 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
MURPHY, Edward Patrick | Catalina, Trinity District | 1252 | 32 | Mr. Murphy (p) | Clerk | 1915 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
DICKS, James Nelson | Little Harbour East, Placentia-St. Mary's District | 3505 | 19 | Henry Dicks (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
LENCH, James R. | Bonavista. Bonavista District | 3862 | 20 | Rev. Charles Lench (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
MARTIN, John Joseph | 55 Plymouth Road, St. John's | 3607 | 23 | John Martin (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
ADAMS, Frank | Botwood, Twillingate District | 5712 | 19 | William Adams (p) | Clerk | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
SHEPPARD, Leonard | Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 1420 | 23 | Eliza Jane Sheppard (p) | Clerk | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
FENNESSEY, John | Freshwater Road, St. John's | 4787 | 18 | Patrick Fennessey (p) | Clerk | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
GEAR, George | St. John's | 901 | 24 | Harry Gear (p) | Clerk | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Friday, November 30, 1917 |