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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOD, Robert Joseph | 9 Dammerills Lane, St. John's | 219 - 8176 | 42 | Elizabeth Good (s) | Labourer - Steward | 1914 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Sunday, July 24, 1921 | Regiment file (#219) Includes attestation papers for the 1st Newfoundland Regiment and the Newfoundland Forestry Companies. Good transferred to the Newfoundland Forestry Companies in 1917. | ||
| COLUMBUS, Fred | Shallops Cove, St. George District | 912 | 21 | Frank Columbus (p) | Fisherman | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, October 9, 1915 | |||
| KELLY, James | 38 Henry Street, St. John's | 4632 | 19 | Matthew Kelly (p) | Bookkeeper | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| MOSS, John | Grand Falls, Twillingate District | 8390 | 49 | Margaret Moss (s) | Lumberman | 1917 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| SCOTT, John | 11 Cochrane Street, St. John's | 2411 | 23 | Catherine Scott (p) | Fisherman | 1916 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| MOULTON, Herbert | Burin, Burin District | 2899 | 23 | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moulton (p) | Fisherman | 1916 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, April 14, 1917 | |||
| DALLEY, Elijah | Twillingate, Twillingate District | 5974 | 21 | John Dalley (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | 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 | |||
| SUTTON, William | Pushthrough, Bonavista Bay, Fortune | 3529 | 18 | James Sutton (p) | Fisherman | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| HEATH, Adolphus Garrett | Long Island, Green Bay | 1166 | 18 | Rhoda Heath (o) | Fisherman | 1915 | Methodist | Yes | No | Tuesday, April 24, 1917 | |||
| KENNEDY, Chesley | Western Bay, Bay de Verde District | 5325 | 21 | Solomon Kennedy (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| SIBLEY, Gilbert | Fogo, Fogo District | 8508 | 21 | Arthur Sibley (p) | Labourer | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| SIMMS, Frederick C. | Piccaire, Fortune District | 6187 | 23 | Harry Simms (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| HARRIS, Samuel | Gander Bay South, Fogo District | 2676 | 21 | George Harris (o) | Mill hand | 1916 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| INGRAM, Moses Albert Caldwell | Harbour Buffett, Placentia-St. Mary's District | 2391 | 20 | Henry Ingram (p) | Fisherman | 1916 | Methodist | Yes | No | Friday, March 16, 1917 | |||
| ROBINSON, William | Rennies Mill Road, St. John's | 4449 | 33 | Mrs. T.A. Hall (o | Civil enginee | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| ADAMS, John F | King's Point, Twillingate District | 3894 | 22 | Esau Adams (p) | Fisherman | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| CURTIS, Charles | Horse Island, St. Barbe District | 5823 | 20 | William Curtis (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| HEFFERTON, Samuel | Newtown, Bonavista District | 4375 | 22 | Jacob Hefferton (p) | Teacher | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| HOLLAHAN, Peter | Summerville, Bonavista District | 5312 | 19 | John Hollahan (p) | School teacher | 1918 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Variant spelling of name - Hallohan, Hollohan, Hollahan | |||
| GREEN, Percy | Burlington, Twillingate District | 4359 | 20 | James Green (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| HUTCHINGS, Alfred W. | Botwood, Twillingate District | 8137 | 50 | Mary Jane Hutchings (s) | Lumberman | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| OLEARY, James Joseph | 21 Scott Street, St. John's | 391 | 32 | Catherine O'Leary (p) | Shoemaker | 1914 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| JOHNSON, Harry | 11 Larkin Square, St. John's | 4882 | 21 | George Johnson (p) | Seaman | 1918 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| TOCHER, J.W. | 0-237 | Doctor | 1917 | No | No | Attached from the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) | |||||||
| GIDGE, George | Fridays Bay, Twillingate District | 6300 | 25 | Thomas Gidge (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| HOLLETT, Alfred | Harbour Buffett, Placentia-St. Mary's District | 2445 | 20 | Wilson Hollett (p) | Fisherman | 1916 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| BENSON, J. Wilson | 41 Southside Road, St. John's | 3357 | 18 | Newman Benson (p) | Longshoreman | 1916 | Methodist | Yes | No | Monday, December 3, 1917 | |||
| NORRIS, Edward Michael Joseph | St. John's | 1026 | 36 | James J. Norris (p) | Painter | 1915 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| CROWELL, Parker | Glenwood, Twillingate District | 5524 | 19 | William Crowell (p) | Lumberman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| CORCORAN, Laurence | St. John's | 1635 | 32 | Laurence Corcoran (p) | Cooper | 1915 | Roman Catholic | Yes | No | Saturday, July 1, 1916 | |||
| FORD, George | Middle Amherst Cove, Bonavista District | 4014 | 19 | Thomas J. Ford (p) | Fisherman | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| PRETTY, Edward | Chapel Arm, Trinity District | 8116 | 18 | Edmund Pretty (p) | Lumberman | 1917 | Roman Catholic | No | No | ||||
| GODFREY, George | Jersey, England, United Kingdom | 4068 | 31 | Magdalene Godfrey (o) | Sailor | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| ELLIOTT, Donald | Newmans Cove, Bonavista District | 3748 | 18 | Albert Elliott (p) | Clerk | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| PIERCEY, Birkley | Hopeall, Trinity District | 421 | 23 | Isaac Piercey (o) | Fisherman | 1914 | Methodist | Yes | No | Saturday, April 14, 1917 | |||
| ROBERTS, Cecil | Hermitage Cove, Fortune District | 3908 | 18 | Frederick Roberts (p) | Fisherman | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | Yes | No | Monday, October 14, 1918 | |||
| GOUGH, Joseph | Elliston, Trinity District | 8123 | 18 | William Gough (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| COLLINS, Joseph | Flat Island, Placentia District | 5919 | 22 | George Collins (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| WALTERS, Alexander | Burnt Islands, Burgeo District | 2549 | 33 | Mrs. Jabez Edmonds (o) | Fisherman | 1916 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| TILLEY, Clarence | Elliston, Trinity District | 3890 | 19 | Robert Tilley (p) | Student | 1917 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| DULEY, Lionel Thomas | 51 Rennies Mill Road, St. John's | 0-200 - 2945 | 18 | Thomas J. Duley (p) | Bank clerk | 1916 | Yes | No | Monday, September 30, 1918 | ||||
| MOREY, Lemuel | Boot Harbour, Halls Bay, Twillingate District | 1967 | 20 | John Morey (p) | Seaman | 1915 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| EARLES, Walter | Trinity, Trinity District | 2555 | 18 | Mark Earles (p) | Fisherman | 1916 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| BROWN, Hezekiah | Catalina, Trinity District | 5739 | 23 | Jesse Brown (p) | School teacher | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| NEWMAN, Leonard | Joe Batts Arm, Fogo District | 5981 | 26 | Samuel Newman (p) | Fisherman | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| VAVASOUR, Samuel | 39 Plymouth Road, St. John's | 4658 | 19 | Thomas Vavasour (p) | Clerk | 1918 | Church of England (Anglican) | No | No | ||||
| DECKER, James | Cape Onion, St. Barbe District | 8512 | 24 | Henry Decker (p) | Lumberman | 1918 | Methodist | No | No | ||||
| PEARCE, Horace | 16 Moore St., St. John's | 8013 | 34 | Annie Pearce (s) | 1917 | No | No | File missing. Information from service ledger. | |||||
| LANGDON, Kenneth | Northern Arm, Botwood, Twillingate District | 3387 | 19 | Richard Langdon (p) | Lumberjack | 1917 | Methodist | No | No | See also service #3337, Benjamin Stead, for will |