Military Service Files

Please use the Field Below to search the Military Service Files database.

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.

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Name	Service NO.	Active Date	Commendations	P.O.W. Sort ascending	Fatality	Date of Death
KNOTT, Cecil James	2882	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-05-02
ATTWOOD, George	1525	1915	No	Yes	Yes	25 September 1917
HARRIS, Joseph	2972	1916	No	Yes	No
GRACE, William A.	0-119 - 2259	1916	No	Yes	No
TAYLOR, Edmund	2621	1916	No	Yes	No
TUCKER, Joshua	2684	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-14
SELLARS, Fred Moore	0-232 - 814	1914	No	Yes	No
QUINTON, William	2738	1916	No	Yes	No
MCLEAN, Duncan James	2892	1916	No	Yes	No
CHEATER, Reginald	3670	1917	No	Yes	Yes	1918-04-25
MCLELLAN, Neil	50	1914	No	Yes	No
BLAKE, Levi	2590	1916	No	Yes	No
THISTLE, Walter Leslie	215	1914	No	Yes	No
JACOBS, Harold G.	2253	1916	No	Yes	Yes	1917-04-09
MEADUS, Cecil James	1015	1915	No	Yes	No
PITTMAN, Manuel	1731	1915	No	Yes	No
HAYES, Patrick	2376	1916	No	Yes	No
BABSTOCK, Joseph	1847	1915	No	Yes	No
MCWHORTER [MCWHIRTER], George William	846	1915	No	Yes	No
MANUEL, Arthur	867	1915	No	Yes	No

Military Service Files Database