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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATERSON, Lamont | Queens Road, St. John's | 0-7 | Mrs. L. Patterson (p) | 1914 | No | No | I - Attestation papers not included | ||||||
| WALSH, Michael J. | No information | 8306 | 20 | Michael Walsh (p) | 1917 | No | No | Information from service ledger. Demobilized in St. John's. | |||||
| BROWN | N/A | No | No | Cadet battalion (special). Service number and given name unknown. | |||||||||
| LANNON, James Joseph | No information | 1001 | No | No | File missing; ledger indicates discharged 10/4/15 as undesirable | ||||||||
| PROCUNIER, W. E. | No Information | 0-235 | 1917 | No | No | Commissioned to RAMC; granted temporary commission to the Newfoundland Regiment as Medical Officer for draft transport to Great Britain. May 1918 and for Repatriation Draft transport, June 1919. See # 0-240 for misfiled documents. | |||||||
| CLUNEY, Leo | 24 Stephen Street, St. John's | 8378 | 19 | James Cluney | 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 | |||||||
| BUTLER, Bertram | Topsail, Harbour Main District | 0-152 - 146 | 24 | John J. Butler (p) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Butler's Regimental number was previously recorded as 258. Corrected Apr. 2015. | |||||
| CLOUSTON, Alan Roy | 95 Forest Road, St. John's | 0-282 - 2320 | 18 | John Clouston (p) | 1916 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. Previously transcribed as Allan. | |||||
| HICKEY, Leo Francis | 39 Angel Place, St. John's | 0-117 - 1469 | 20 | Michael Hickey (p) | 1915 | No | No | ||||||
| BRADLEY, James Jabez | Squid Tickle, Bonavista District | 3627 | 20 | Allan Bradley (p) | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||
| PARSONS, William H. | Carbonear, Carbonear District | 0-228 | 37 | Harold Parsons (o) | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Attached from the Royal Army Medical Corps. | |||||
| RENDELL, Walter Frederic | 73 Military Road, St. John's | 0-5 | 26 | Mrs.F.J.W. Rendell (p) | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||
| URQUHART, James | No information | 0-196 | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. No information in service ledger. Variant spelling of name - Urquart | |||||||
| CURRAN, Eugene | Manuels, Harbour Main District | 8488 | 18 | John Curran | 1918 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| REID, Robert Bruce | Circular Road, St. John's | 0-218 - 593 | 20 | William Duff Reid (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||||
| CHIVERAUX, Simeon | Main River Gut, St. George District | 8474 | 54 | Alice Chiveraux (s) | 1918 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger; Variant spelling of name - Chiveiaux. | |||||
| ANDREWS, Walter William | Point Leamington, Twillingate District | 8075 | 22 | James Andrews (p) | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; discharge sheet only. | |||||
| CLOUSTON, Andrew Mearns | Patrick Street, St. John's | 0-155 - 622 | 19 | Annie Clouston (p) | 1914 | No | Yes | POW Date: 1917 Attestation papers not included. | |||||
| TAIT, Robert Holland | 267 Duckworth Street, St. John's | 0-11 | Dr. J.S. Tait (p) | 1916 | No | No | I - Attestation papers not included | ||||||
| WOODRUFFE, John Sheldon | 0-164 | 1918 | No | No | Attached from 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment | ||||||||
| BEMISTER, John G. | Carbonear, Carbonear District | 0-36 - 1181 | 23 | F.P. Bemister (p) | 1914 | No | No | Includes only partial attestation papers | |||||
| KOOLERY, James | 84 McFarlane Street, St. John's | 4412 | 18 | George Koolery (p) | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | Discharged underaged. | ||||
| CARTER, Cyril Boyd | 7 Church Hill, St. John's | 0-95 | H.D. Carter (p) | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||||
| NUGENT, Michael Joseph | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 0-209 - 428 | 43 | Mrs. Michael Nugent (s) | 1914 | No | No | Includes only partial attestation papers. | |||||
| SAUNDERS | 2609 | 1916 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger | ||||||||
| REEVES, William | No information | 0-230 | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. No information in service ledger. Attached to Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Ambulance Company. | |||||||
| MANUEL, Samuel W. | Exploits, Twillingate District | 0-70 - 1204 | 22 | Mary Jane Manuel (p) | 1915 | Yes | No | Sunday, March 4, 1917 | |||||
| SNOW, Joseph H. | Norris Arm, Gander Bay | 5766 | 20 | John Snow | 1918 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| HUTCHINGS, Richard | Whitbourne, Trinity District | 3366 | 18 | Ambrose Hutchings (o) | 1916 | Yes | No | Saturday, March 30, 1918 | File missing, Information from Service ledger. | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| GROUCHY, Philip | No information | 3323 | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Discharged, under age. | |||||||
| RENNIE, W. H. [William Hoyles] | No information | 0-244 | 1914 | No | No | Civilian appointment as honourary Captain: Musketry Committee and Musketry instructor. No attestation papers. | |||||||
| WHALEN, Arthur | 36 George Street, St. John's | 2095 | 19 | Mary Ann Whalen (p) | 1916 | Roman Catholic | No | No | |||||
| NUNNS, Joseph | No Information | 0-10 | Mrs. Mary Ann Nunns (p) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Information from service ledger. | ||||||
| GAVON, Thomas | Middle Arm, White Bay, St. Barbe district | 5625 | 18 | George Gavon | 1918 | No | No | File missing, Information from service ledger. | |||||
| POSTLETHWAITE, Robert Allan | Grand Falls, Twillingate District - Westmoreland, England, United Kingdom | 0-66 - 1741 | 27 | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | ||||||
| WILLAR, Harry | 9 Bond Street, St. John's | 8420 | 24 | Wilhelmina Willar (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| BENOIT, Laurence | Bay d'Espoir, Fortune District | 8255 | 18 | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | ||||||
| FORD, Thomas | Jackson's Arm, White Bay, St. Barbe district | 1782 | 27 | John Ford of Joseph (p) | 1915 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| ALEXANDER, Conn | Twinstead, Sudbury, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | 0-178 | 31 | Mrs. Gladys Alexander (s) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Relinquished his commission 20 June 1916 ; transferred to Lord Strathcona's Horse Regiment. | |||||
| SUMMERS, Michael Francis | 330 Water Street, St. John's | 0-158 | Michael J. Summers (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Sunday, July 16, 1916 | Attestation papers not included - Photograph of grave-site included. | |||||
| OUTERBRIDGE, Norman A. | St. John's | 0-98 | Mary Outerbridge (s) | 1916 | Yes | No | Saturday, April 14, 1917 | See file "GN 19.7, Joseph Outerbridge: correspondence concerning prisoners of war" for information relating to this soldier's status; he had died behind enemy lines and was not a POW. Attestation papers not included | |||||
| WILLIAMS, Charles A. | Corbin, Burin District | 3363 | Mrs. Silas Adams (p) | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | ||||||
| SMITH, Jacob | Norman's Cove, Trinity Bay, Trinity District | 8144 | 25 | Mrs. Sarah Smith (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| DRISCOLL, Edward | 53 Feild Street, St. John's | 8371 | 31 | Susan Driscoll (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| AVERY, George Gladstone | N/A | No | No | Temporarily attached to Newfoundland Regiment for transport to Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service 1915-1917. | |||||||||
| WARFORD, Azariah | South West Arm, Point Leamington, Twillingate District | 8077 | 22 | William R. Warford (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| COURT | No information | 0-250 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; attached from RAMC | ||||||||
| BROWN, Aubrey | Bishops Falls, Twillingate District | 8385 | 47 | Maggie E. Brown (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. |