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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, Ernest Ledrew | St. George, St. George District | 4352 | 21 | William Morris (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. Found unfit for service. | |||||
| READ, Charles | Woody Point, St. Barbe District | 8251 | 18 | Charles Read (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| CALDER, R.L | n/a | 1918 | No | No | Attached to Regiment from Honourable Artillery Company (H.A.C.); no service number; file missing; information from ledger. | ||||||||
| NOSEWORTHY, Edward | 1174 | No | No | File missing; ledger entry 10/4/15 states undesirable. | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||
| CAREW, William | St. John's | 1339 | 20 | Elizabeth Carew (p) | 1915 | No | No | See also Regt. #1337 for additional misfiled documents. | |||||
| PATERSON, Lamont | Queens Road, St. John's | 0-7 | Mrs. L. Patterson (p) | 1914 | No | No | I - Attestation papers not included | ||||||
| BUDGELL, George | New Bay, Twillingate District | 8423 | 42 | John A. Budgell (o) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger | |||||
| DONOVAN, Michael | No information | 531 | 1914 | No | No | Discharge notice only; Attestation papers not included. No information in Cramm or service ledger. | |||||||
| SINNOTT, Sylvester | 27 Mullock Street, St. John's | 2089 | 24 | Sarah Hefforn (p) | 1916 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, April 14, 1917 | ||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| BROWN | N/A | No | No | Cadet battalion (special). Service number and given name unknown. | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||
| URQUHART, James | No information | 0-196 | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. No information in service ledger. Variant spelling of name - Urquart | |||||||
| REID, Robert Bruce | Circular Road, St. John's | 0-218 - 593 | 20 | William Duff Reid (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||||
| RANDELL, Egbert | No information | 0-173 | 1917 | No | No | Granted temporary commission to the Regiment to allow for transport to England to take up service with the Royal Naval Reserve. | |||||||
| GALE, Neil | West Bay, Port au Port, St. George District | 8295 | 18 | Elinor Gale (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| BREEN, Edward | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 8049 | 21 | John Breen (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| CASHIN, Peter John | Cape Broyle, Ferryland District | 0-160 - 1387 | 25 | Gertrude Cashin (p) | 1915 | No | No | I | |||||
| HICKEY, Leo Francis | 39 Angel Place, St. John's | 0-117 - 1469 | 20 | Michael Hickey (p) | 1915 | No | No | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| BRADLEY, James Jabez | Squid Tickle, Bonavista District | 3627 | 20 | Allan Bradley (p) | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||
| BURT, Edwin G. | Musgrave Harbour, Fogo District | 8094 | 22 | Samson Burt (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| 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. | ||||
| PATEY, William | Noddy Bay, Strait of Belle Isle, St. Barbe District | 8456 | 22 | Stephen Patey (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. Also served with the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, # 1850X. | |||||
| NUGENT, Michael Joseph | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 0-209 - 428 | 43 | Mrs. Michael Nugent (s) | 1914 | No | No | Includes only partial attestation papers. | |||||
| JOHNSON, George MacNess Whiteway | No information | 0-28 | 1916 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Appointed to Indian Army 1918. | |||||||
| TILLEY, Frank | Chamberlains, Harbour Main District | 8299 | 18 | Henry Tilley (p) | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | |||||
| PIKE, Ralph C. | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 8051 | 19 | Nathaniel Pike (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| SMITH, Robert Templeton | St. John's | 366 | 18 | Mrs. Robert C. Smith (p) | 1914 | No | No | ||||||
| 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. | |||||||
| WHELAN, Baxter G. | Millertown, Twillingate District | 8201 | 19 | Martha Louise Whelan (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| DOUGHORTY, J. | No information | 13661 | No | No | Service number: 13661 Royal Munster Fusiliers. Doughorty was attached to the Newfoundland Contingent from 1 Mun. Fus [Munster Fusiliers]. Not in service ledger. Fatality: unknown. | ||||||||
| PARDY, James | Woody Island, Placentia-St. Marys District | 2763 | Charles Pardy (p) | 1916 | No | No | See also # 6152; enlisted in 1916 and recorded as deserter; re-enlisted 1918; Information from service ledger and service file # 6152 | ||||||
| MEANEY, Frank | Brigus, Port de Grave district | 8038 | 19 | John Meaney (o) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| BYRNE, Richard | 16 Power St, St. John's | 8101 | 28 | Mr. and Mrs. Richard Byrne (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| NUNNS, Joseph | No Information | 0-10 | Mrs. Mary Ann Nunns (p) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. 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 | ||||||
| WALSH, Albert | Battery Road, St. John's | N/A | 16 | 1918 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - No service number, listed as drummer (special) | ||||||
| SEAWARD, John | Cupids, Port de Grave District | 8290 | 17 | Frederick Seaward (o) | 1917 | 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. |