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 |
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Fatality | PoW | Date of Death | Commendations | Notes | |
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WINTER, Herbert M | No information | 0-156 | 1919 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Special assignment: musketry instructor | |||||||
HENNEBURY, Ewen Stanley | 59 Colonial Street, St. John's | 19 | 23 | George D. Hennebury | Printer | 1914 | No | No | Discrepancy in name - Signature is Ewen; forms completed as Ewan | ||||
OGRADY, James J. | 0-143 | Mrs. J.J O'Grady (s) | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | |||||||
ONEIL, Patrick Joseph | 1917 | 0-67 | No | No | Attestation papers not included; not in service ledger. Granted temporary commission. | ||||||||
NEWHOOK, Leander | 3129 | No | No | Attestation not completed. File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||||||
COLE, Samuel | 30 Codner Street, St. John's | 0-63 - 465 | 26 | Mrs. Cole (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Tuesday, October 9, 1917 | I | ||||
BENNETT, Victor Sydney | Monkstown Road, St. John's | 0-52 - 2895 | 19 | J.R. Bennett (p) | Accountant | 1916 | No | No | Attached to Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) 1917 - 1919. | ||||
GARLAND, Charles Frederick | 44 Carters Hill, St. John's | 0-185 - 182 | 21 | Annie Garland (p) | 1914 | No | No | ||||||
POPE, Clarence | Stones Cove, Fortune District | 6319 | 19 | George Pope (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | No | No | Church of England (Anglican) | ||||
ROSS, Robert Wallace | 14 Victoria Street, St. John's | 0-84 - 1182 | 20 | Hector Ross (p) | 1915 | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||||
REID, Howard V. [Vincent] | St. John's | 0-241 | 19 | 1919 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. Not in service ledger. Provisional appointment to Newfoundland Regiment; Royal Flying Corps, 1915 | ||||||
BALL, Andrew F. | Northern Arm, Botwood, Twillingate District | 8230 | 29 | May Ball (s) | Lumberman | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included. | ||||
OBRIEN, Augustus | 28 1/2 Lime Street, St. John's | 0-172 | Mrs. Thomas O'Brien (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Wednesday, October 18, 1916 | Attestation papers not included - Photograph of grave-site included | |||||
NEWELL, George H. | 38 Spencer Street, St. John's | 8492 | 19 | Caroline Newell (p) | Labourer | 1918 | No | No | Originally enlisted with Newfoundland Forestry Companies April 1918; transferred to Newfoundland Regiment August 1918; Forestry Service # retained. In volume two of the Military Service Ledgers the entry for Service # 8492 follows entry for Service # 2033. | ||||
MERCER, Arthur | 60 Barters Hill, St. John's | n/a | 14 | Student | 1918 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - No service number, listed as bugler (special) | |||||
BEMISTER, John G. | Carbonear, Carbonear District | 0-36 - 1181 | 23 | F.P. Bemister (p) | 1914 | No | No | Includes only partial attestation papers | |||||
KEAN, S.G. | No information | 0-240 | No information | No information | 1916 | No | No | Granted temporary commission to the Regiment for transport to Great Britain to take up service with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Served as Medical Officer for Repatriation Draft, March 1919. File included documents for W.E. Procunier, # 0-235. | |||||
PENNY, Arthur Nicholas | Springdale, Twillingate District | 229 | 25 | Esther Penny (p) | Millwright | 1914 | No | No | |||||
WILLIAMS, Willmet | Dildo, Trinity District | 1499 | 1915 | No | No | Attestation papers not included | |||||||
EDENS, John Francis Joseph | 39 Queens Road, St. John's | 0-83 - 883 | 19 | T.J. Edens (p) | Bank clerk | 1915 | Yes | No | Tuesday, November 20, 1917 | ||||
HOGAN, R. | N/A | 1918 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - No service number, listed as drummer (special) | ||||||||
FITZGERALD, J.H.W. | n/a | Dental surgeon | 1918 | No | No | Attached to Regiment; no service number; file missing; information from ledger. | |||||||
NOSEWORTHY, Matthew | 145 Gower Street, St. John's | n/a | 35 | Clara Noseworthy (s) | 1914 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - No service number, listed as Sergeant Instructor (Special). | |||||
HADOW, Arthur L. | 0-169 | No | No | Attached to 1st Newfoundland Regiment from Norfolk Regiment as Commanding Officer, Feb 1916 - Dec. 1917 | |||||||||
FOX, John Edward Joseph | St. John's | 0-81 - 142 | 23 | Lady Morris (p) | 1914 | No | No | ||||||
BUGDEN, N. | N/A | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - No service number, listed as drummer (special). | ||||||||
CHURCHILL, Ernest St. Clair | Forest Road, St. John's | 0-108 - 281 | 26 | William Churchill (p) | Engineer | 1914 | No | No | |||||
COOPER, Lewis Rowsell | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 0-100 - 2913 | 33 | Gwendolyn Muriel Cooper (s) | Estate agent | 1916 | No | No | |||||
RUSSELL, Edward | 82 Freshwater Road, St. John's | 2857 & 2862 | 47 | Mary Russell (s) | Painter | 1916 | No | No | #2857 on attestation form; # 2862 in service ledger; microfilmed as #2862 | ||||
THOMSON, James Elliot | Sudbury, Water Street West, St. John's | 0-201 - 61 | 22 | Charles R. Thomson (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Saturday, March 3, 1917 | Discrepancy in spelling of name - Thompson; signature is Thomson | ||||
BARRETT, Harold George | 50 Freshwater Road, St. John's | 0-69 - 798 | 22 | Henry G. Barrett (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Thursday, August 16, 1917 | |||||
GRANDY, Roy Stanley | Bay L'Argent, Fortune District | 0-233 - 662 | 20 | Sarah Ann Grandy (p) | Fireman | 1914 | No | No | Follows # 247 on microfilm. Attached to Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) 1916 - 1919. | ||||
ADAMS, Harold | No information | n/a | 1917 | No | No | Attestation papers not included - No service number, listed as bugler (special) | |||||||
NOFTALL, Chesley | Broad Cove, Bay de Verde District | 1032 | 19 | Reuben Noftall | Labourer | 1915 | No | Yes | POW Date: 1917 Chesley seemed to have enlisted under the name of Moftall; however, he listed his next of kin as Noftall. All the official paperwork was generated under the name Moftall. This may have been a spelling error by the enlisting officer, a possible name change by the soldier, etc. | ||||
EDENS, Leonard A. | 39 Queens Road, St. John's | 0-53 - 2547 | 24 | T.J. Edens (p) | Student | 1916 | Yes | No | Monday, March 18, 1918 | Had been investigated as a possible POW. Attached Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) 1916-1918. | |||
COSH - COISH, Leo | 230 Water Street, St. John's | 8427 | 18 | Ernest Cosh (p) | 1917 | Yes | No | Tuesday, January 21, 1919 | File missing. Information from service ledger. Variant spelling of name: attestation: Cosh ; CWGC: Coish or Koch. | ||||
ATKINS, Thomas Joseph | St. John's | 795 | 19 | Mary A. Atkins (p) | Barber | 1914 | No | No | |||||
FIELD, Larry | 4 Dalys Lane, St. John's | 153 | 20 | John F. Field (p) | Labourer | 1914 | No | No | |||||
BURKE, James Joseph | St. John's | 718 | 27 | Michael Burke | Labourer | 1914 | No | No | |||||
PYNN, Frank | No Information | 1033 | 1915 | No | No | No information in service ledger; released May 1915. | |||||||
KING, Jabez William | Lewisporte, Twillingate District | 2718 | 24 | Matthew King (p) | Lumberman | 1916 | Yes | No | Wednesday, August 9, 1916 | ||||
NOSEWORTHY, Albert | Water St., Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace District | 1190 | 22 | Joseph Noseworthy (p) | 1915 | No | No | ||||||
LEARNING, George | St. John's | 764 | 19 | James Learning (p) | Labourer | 1914 | No | No | |||||
BARNES, Alfred | Burgoynes Cove, Trinity district | 8213 | 20 | William Barnes | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
PITTMAN, Corbett | New Perlican, Trinity District | 729 | 27 | Willis Pittman | Fisherman | 1914 | No | No | |||||
GRANT, William Hayes | 31 Monkstown Road, St. John's | 0-159 - 410 | 23 | Mrs. James Grant (p) | 1914 | Yes | No | Thursday, April 19, 1917 | Photograph of grave-site included. Partial attestation papers. | ||||
WATSON, Charles | White Hills, Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom | 0-45 - 774 | 26 | George Watson (p) | 1914 | No | No | Includes only partial attestation papers | |||||
CLARIDGE, George | 370 Water Street, St. John's | 0-300 - 110 | 24 | William Claridge (p) | Grocer's assistant | 1914 | No | No | |||||
MOORE, Alexander | Codroy Valley, St. George District | 2997 | 22 | Josephine Moore (p) | Sailor | 1916 | No | No | |||||
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. |