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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLS, Campbell Whittycombe | Seamans Institute, St. John's - Deer Lake, St. George District | 810 | 19 | John Nichols (p) | Labourer | 1914 | Methodist | Yes | No | Sunday, July 16, 1916 | Discrepancy in name: documents state Whittycombe; signature is Whycombe. | ||
| 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. | |||||
| WHITTEN, Edgar Charles | St. John's | 1117 | 22 | Sarah Whitten (s) | Steward | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Sunday, July 16, 1916 | Photograph of gravesite included | ||
| THOMAS, Walter | Bell Island, St. John's East District | 722 | 25 | Isabel Thomas (p) | Machinist | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 15, 1916 | ||||
| MACKAY, Andrew Joseph | Corner of Duckworth Street and Cochrane Street, St. John's | 572 | 20 | John MacKay (p) | Seaman | 1914 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Thursday, July 13, 1916 | |||
| DICK, George | 280 Theater Hill, St. John's / Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom | 924 | 26 | John Dick (p) | Grocer's salesman | 1915 | Yes | No | Wednesday, July 12, 1916 | ||||
| EDGECOMBE, Silas | Ochre Pit Cove, Bay de Verde District | 1251 | 22 | Gennett/Janet Edgecombe (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Tuesday, July 11, 1916 | |||
| GARDNER, Theophilus | British Harbour, Trinity District | 1580 | 20 | Eugenie Gardner (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Tuesday, July 11, 1916 | |||
| WHEELER, Frederick | Tizzards Harbour, Twillingate District | 1680 | 19 | Mrs. M. Wheeler (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Monday, July 10, 1916 | Also contains documents relating to service #1447, George Graham Crosbie | ||
| STEELE, Owen William | 100 Water Street, St. John's | 0-89 - 326 | 27 | Samuel Owen Steele (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 8, 1916 | I - See also service #0-78 -395. | ||||
| ROWSELL, Jack [H. John R.] | Canterbury, England, United Kingdom - Bonavista, Bonavista District | 0-221 - 619 | 19 | Lydia C. Rowsell (p) | Theology student | 1915 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 8, 1916 | ||||
| OSMOND, Douglas McNeil | Moretons Harbour, Twillingate District | 306 | 24 | Joseph Baine Osmond (p) | Clerk | 1914 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, July 8, 1916 | |||
| YOUNG, Arthur Harold | Twillingate (North Side), Twillingate District | 1035 | 21 | Cordelia Young (p) | Clerk | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Thursday, July 6, 1916 | |||
| MCNEIL, Donald Fraser | McNeil Street, St. John's | 411 | 19 | Fannie McNeil (p) | Watchmaker | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) - Methodist | Yes | No | Thursday, July 6, 1916 | |||
| ALEXANDER, Walter Ernest | Boswarlos, St. George District - Norfolk, England, United Kingdom | 1504 | 23 | Annie Alexander (p) | Fireman | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Wednesday, July 5, 1916 | |||
| CAHILL, John Joseph | St. John's | 966 | 32 | Edward Croke (o) | Fireman | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | Yes | Wednesday, July 5, 1916 | POW Date: 1916 Partially re-filmed at beginning of reel 74. | ||
| JACKMAN, Bert | 33 Angel Place, St. John's | 697 | 25 | Captain Frank Jackman | Storekeeper | 1914 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Wednesday, July 5, 1916 | |||
| LEARNING, Samuel John | St. John's | 1620 | 18 | Absalom Joseph Learning (p) | Cooper | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Tuesday, July 4, 1916 | |||
| HUDSON, Peter Joseph | St. John's | 1689 | 19 | James Hudson (p) | Labourer | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Tuesday, July 4, 1916 | |||
| BRODERICK, Michael | St. John's | 808 | 22 | Patrick Broderick (p) | Fisherman | 1914 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Monday, July 3, 1916 | |||
| CROSBIE, George Graham | Bay Roberts, Harbour Grace District | 1447 | 19 | Walter Crosbie (p) | Student | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Monday, July 3, 1916 | Photograph of grave-site included - See also service #1680, Frederick Wheeler | ||
| NEWMAN, Archibald Mark | Twillingate, Twillingate District | 487 | 24 | Henry Newman (p) | Sailmaker | 1914 | Methodist | Yes | No | Monday, July 3, 1916 | |||
| HEALE, Robert William | St. John's | 843 | 20 | William Heale | Clerk | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Monday, July 3, 1916 | Photographs of grave-site included | ||
| CRANE, Henry Charles | Upper Island Cove, Harbour Grace District | 1405 | 28 | John Crane (p) | Railroad work | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Sunday, July 2, 1916 | |||
| EAGAN, Patrick | Keels, Bonavista District | 1764 | 28 | Patrick Eagan Sr. (p) | Miner | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Sunday, July 2, 1916 | Photograph of grave-site included | ||
| JOHNSON, John Joseph | 45 LeMarchant Road, St. John's | 135 | 21 | Andrew Johnson (p) | Labourer | 1914 | Yes | No | Sunday, July 2, 1916 | ||||
| CARTER, Llewellyn James | Channel, Burgeo-LaPoile District | 198 | 20 | Martha Carter (p) | Telegraph operator | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Sunday, July 2, 1916 | |||
| HIGGINS, Edmund James | St. John's | 756 | 28 | Mrs. James Higgins (p) | Accountant | 1914 | Yes | No | Sunday, July 2, 1916 | Photograph of grave-site included ; Previously transcribed as Edward | |||
| CURLEY, John Thomas | Woods Island, Bay of Islands, St. George District | 1435 | 30 | Elizabeth Curley (s) | Iron moulder | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| MURPHY, Lawrence | 126 Water Street, St. John's | 196 | 20 | Mary White (p) | Blacksmith | 1914 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| HUTCHINS, Harold | Greenspond, Bonavista District | 602 | 17 | Mr. Hutchins (p) | Storekeeper | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BROWN, Bertram | Laurenceton, Botwood, Twillingate District | 1382 | 20 | Selina Brown (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BOWMAN, Charles | St. John's - Riga, Russia | 938 | 22 | Lizzie Burry (o) | Seaman | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | Although he spelled his name Bowman it was correctly spelled Beaumont, Charles was a name taken upon arrival in Newfoundland. | ||
| MURPHY, Edward Joseph | Mundy Pond Road, St. John's | 112 | 22 | Matthew Murphy (p) | Mail clerk | 1914 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| MILES, Victor William | 14 Pennywell Road, St. John's | 214 | 28 | Frank Miles (o) | Tobacco manufacturing | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BROWN, Edward John | Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 545 | 26 | Annie Brown (p) | Miner | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | Identified on documents in file and by CWGC as Edward John Brown; Signature is Edmund John. | |||
| PAUL, Reginald J. | Burin North, Burin District | 731 | 20 | Amelia Paul (s) | Storekeeper | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | ||||
| MILLER, George | Topsail, Harbour Main District | 587 | 21 | Mrs. Peter Somerton (p) | Miner | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| HUSSEY, Francis Joseph | St. John's | 1533 | 19 | John Hussey (p) | Farmer | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| MILLEY - MELEE, Thomas | St. John's | 1877 | 20 | Thomas Milley (p) | Labourer | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | Discrepancy in spelling of name | ||
| BURGE, Allen | Bonavista, Bonavista District | 624 | 19 | Mary Jane Burge (p) | Labourer | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BURKE, Garrett | St. John's | 1023 | 20 | Hester Burke (o) | Labourer | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BURKE, Leo Michael | St. John's | 1170 | 19 | Mrs. Charles Davis (o) | Labourer | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BURRY, Sidney George | Greenspond, Bonavista District | 1044 | 29 | Mathilda Burry (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BUTLER, Edward William | Fogo, Fogo District | 1567 | 23 | Phoebe Butler (p) | Fireman | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BUTLER, Harry | St. John's | 1897 | 19 | Stephen Butler (p) | Shipwright | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| PENNELL, William Clement | Curling, Bay of Islands, St. George District | 1546 | 20 | Hazel Pennell (s) | Lumberman | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BUTLER, Ignatius Joseph | St. George, St. George District | 1442 | 19 | Mary C. Butler (p) | Clerk | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| PENNEY, Josiah H. | Carbonear, Carbonear District | 665 | 24 | S. Grace Penney (o) | Civil engineer | 1914 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | I | ||
| PENNY, Augustus | Holyrood, Harbour Main District | 1399 | 22 | Helen Penney (p) | Sailor | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 |