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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUSSEY, Levi | Clarkes Beach, Port de Grave District | 0-284 - 3913 | 18 | John Hussey (p) | School teacher | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | Partially refilmed at beginning of reel. | |||
| FACEY, M.L. | n/a | Chaplin | 1918 | No | No | Attached to Regiment; no service number; file missing; information from ledger | |||||||
| RYAN, Norman | Newmans Cove, Bonavista District | 5895 | 20 | George Ryan (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| MADDIGAN, Michael | 1 Dammerills Lane, St. John's | 47 | 19 | Michael Maddigan (p) | Seaman | 1914 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| MURPHY, William J. | Kilbride, St. John's West District | 8312 | 19 | Henry Murphy (p) | Blacksmith | 1917 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| FORSEY, Curtis | Grand Bank, Burin District | 3828 | 21 | William Forsey (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| SQUIRES, Cecil A. | Goulds | 3353 | 20 | Joseph Squires (p) | Lumberman | 1916 | Methodist | Yes | No | Tuesday, October 9, 1917 | |||
| HARVEY, Leslie | Boswarlos, Port au Port, St. George District | 1497 | 24 | Jemima Harvey (p) | Miner | 1915 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| RIDEOUT, Cadiz | Cottles Island, Moretons Harbour, Twillingate District | 2741 | 19 | Ambrose Rideout (p) | Fisherman | 1916 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| MEADUS, Robert | St. John's | 1013 | 20 | Susanna Meadus (p) | Baker | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| CANHAM, Arthur Robert | 292 Beaumont Street, St. John's | 221 | 42 | Selina Canham (s) | Valet | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| ROBINSON, George | Shoe Cove, Cape John, Twillingate District | 5628 | 19 | Fanny Robinson (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| GEORGE, Pleamon | Whiteway, Trinity District | 1969 | 26 | Ananias George (p) | Seaman | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| ROWE, Simeon James | Old Perlican, Trinity Bay, Bay de Verde District | 5349 | 26 | Elizabeth Rowe (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | See Regt. #5379 for additional misfiled documents | |||
| JOHNSTON - JOHNSON, William | Northern Bay, Bay de Verde District | 4881 | 21 | Thomas Johnston (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | Signature completed as Johnston on attestation; Johnson on later documents. | |||
| WALKINS, Michael James | 8 Bannerman St., St. John's | 8195 | 19 | Ellen F. Walkins (p) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger; Previously transcribed as Watkins. | |||||
| WEIR, Victor | Little Bay Island, Twillingate District | 5481 | 19 | Theophilus Weir (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| STARKS, Willie | Nippers Harbour, Twillingate District | 5554 | 18 | Samuel Starks (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| CREWS, John | Point Crew, Burin District | 4811 | 18 | John R. Crews (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| BURGE, Allen | Bonavista, Bonavista District | 624 | 19 | Mary Jane Burge (p) | Labourer | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 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 | |||
| RYDER, Donald | Bonavista, Bonavista District | 3689 | 21 | Frederick Ryder (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| HANCOCK, Albert | St. Anthony, St. Barbe District | 1853 | 18 | William Hancock (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Sunday, March 10, 1918 | |||
| WHITE, Jesse | Valleyfield, Bonavista District | 3676 | 26 | Eliza White (p) | Fisherman | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| FORBES-ROBERTSON, James | No information | 0-2 | No | No | Attached as 2nd in Command July 1916 - Aug. 1917 | ||||||||
| COOPER, David Francis | 6 Gillmore Street, St. John's | 1187 | 20 | Frank Cooper (p) | Barber | 1915 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| APPLIN, Timothy | Shoal Cove, St. Barbe district | 5957 | 22 | Joseph Applin (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| CLARKE, Thomas | Goulds, St. John's West district / Ferryland, Ferryland district | 3311 | 18 | John Clarke (p) | Fisherman-Farmer | 1916 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Friday, September 28, 1917 | Community is recorded as two different locations | ||
| RENDELL, Arthur James | 18 Kings Road, St. John's | 204 | 19 | James Rendell (p) | Machinist | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| MURPHY, James Francis | St. John's | 1037 | 20 | Ann Murphy (p) | Labourer | 1915 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| BENNETT, William | St. John's | 1229 | 30 | William Bennett (p) | Tinsmith | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| BRETT, Chesley | Moretons Harbour, Twillingate District | 6072 | 18 | Walter Brett (p) | School teacher | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| SEYMOUR, George | Botwood, Twillingate District | 6172 | 25 | Elizabeth Budgell (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Salvation Army | Yes | No | Sunday, October 27, 1918 | |||
| TUBRETT, Leo | Holyrood, Harbour Main District | 5795 | 19 | Thomas Tubrett (p) | Sailor | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| CHURCHILL, James | Portugal Cove [district unknown] | 8346 | 30 | Johnathan Churchill (p) | Labourer | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| SPURRELL, Charles Patrick | 41 Wickford Street, St. John's | 378 | 20 | John Spurrell (p) | Bookmaker | 1914 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| YETMAN, David | St. Marys, Placentia-St. Marys District | 6251 | 25 | William Yetman (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| NORRIS, Edward Michael Joseph | St. John's | 1026 | 36 | James J. Norris (p) | Painter | 1915 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| IVANY, Solomon | 5 Flower Hill, St. John's | 3105 & 8064 | 24 | Mrs. R. Bayley (o) | Truckman | 1916 | Methodist | No | No | See also service #8064; Ivany transfered to the Newfoundland Forestry Companies in 1917 | |||
| ROSS, Charles Augustus | Harvey Street, Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 3248 | 19 | Thomas Ross (p) | Clerk | 1916 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| LEARNING, Samuel James | St. John's | 1498 | 21 | Jane Learning (p) | Labourer | 1915 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| WHEELER, Walter | Silverdale, Twillingate District | 4071 | 19 | John Wheeler (p) | Miner[?] | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| MCCARTHY, William | Upper Island Cove, Harbour Grace District | 5587 | 20 | James McCarthy (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| ADAMS, Frank | Botwood, Twillingate District | 5712 | 19 | William Adams (p) | Clerk | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| HYNES, Philip | Catalina, Trinity District | 3728 | 29 | Charles Hynes (p) | Seaman | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | Discrepancy in name; attestation papers completed as Hynes; Family name and grave stone states Haynes; documents completed as both Hynes and Haynes | |||
| CURTIS, James F. | Noad Street, Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 3406 | 19 | George Curtis (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| EDDY, Samuel A. | North Side, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's East District | 2223 | 26 | Elizabeth Eddy (o) | Motor engineer | 1916 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| MOORE, James William | 31 Duckworth Street, St. John's | 529 | 22 | Edward Moore (p) | Labourer | 1914 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| SAUNDERS, Ronald J. | Cape Cove, Fogo District | 3433 | 18 | Allen Saunders (o) | Fisherman | 1917 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| MCCARTHY, Thaddeus | Newtown Road, St. John's | 8027 | 19 | Charles McCarthy (p) | Carpenter | 1917 | Roman Catholic | No | No |