NEWFOUNDLAND RANGER FORCE 1935-1950:
THOSE WHO SERVED


Chief Rangers

1935-1936LEONARD T. STICKFirst Chief Ranger. Major Stick was the first person to join The Royal Newfoundland Regiment in WWI.
1936-1939FREDERICK ANDERTONMr. Anderton was seconded from The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
1939-1940E. W. GREENLEYMr. Greenley was a retired Staff Sgt. from the RCMP.
1940-1942RAYMOND D. FRASERMajor Fraser joined the force with the rank of Inspector. He was promoted to Major when he assumed the position of Chief Ranger.
1942-1950EDWARD L. MARTINMajor Martin was the first Chief Ranger to come from the enlisted ranks. He was Regimental #10 and a member of the first group of recruits. At the time of his appointment he was attached to Headquarters Staff as Training Officer.He served as Chief Ranger until the Force was disbanded in 1950, when he transferred to the RCMP and attained the rank of Assistant Commissioner.


Commissioned Rank

Regimental
number
28IAN GLENDINNING Captain
29HARRY WALTERS Captain
34WALTER ROCKWOOD Inspector (Acting)
57 ERNEST GEORGE CLARKEInspector (Acting)


Enlisted Members


  1. BRIAN WHITE
  2. LESLIE O'REILLY
  3. EDWARD ENGLISH
  4. HAROLD SMITH
  5. FREDERICK BEAUCHAMP
  6. CHARLES SUMMERS
  7. LESLIE CHAFFEY
  8. DAVID MORGAN
  9. JOSEPH DELAHUNTY
  10. EDWARD MARTIN
  11. THOMAS CURNEW
  12. JOHN NICHOLS
  13. JACK THOMAS
  14. DANIEL CORCORAN (died while on duty)
  15. CLARENCE DWYER
  16. EDWARD DELANEY
  17. CLARENCE ROBERTSON
  18. JOHN BROWN
  19. FREDERICK NOSEWORTHY
  20. VINCENT NUGENT
  21. VALENTINE DUFF
  22. ALAN LEGROW
  23. HAROLD GUZZWELL
  24. GORDON FITZPATRICK
  25. FRANK MERCER
  26. MORRIS CHRISTIAN
  27. RONALD PEET
  28. IAN GLENDINNING
  29. HARRY WALTERS
  30. HOWARD MANSTON
  31. BURNHAM GILL
  32. JOHN CARNELL
  33. EDWARD MURPHY
  34. WALTER ROCKWOOD
  35. CLARENCE MERCER
  36. ERIC BROWN
  37. NELSON FORWARD
  38. CLIFFORD GILL
  39. GORDON BUTLER
  40. MICHAEL DELAHUNTY
  41. GLADSTONE GUZZWELL
  42. JOSIAH ERNEST GEORGE CLARKE
  43. NELSON GOULDING
  44. EWART PECKFORD
  45. ROBIN SPARKES
  46. MATTHEW DAVIS
  47. HAROLD TAPPER
  48. HERBERT TUCKER
  49. MICHAEL GREENE (died while on duty)
  50. DAWSON BISHOP
  51. EDWARD THORBURN
  52. CHARLES JERRETT
  53. JASPER SULEY
  54. COLIN GEORGE
  55. REX DINGWALL
  56. WILLIAM SMITH
  57. ERNEST GEORGE CLARKE
  58. ROY MANUEL
  59. DEAN BRAGG
  60. DAVID HOWLEY
  61. ERIC STICKLAND
  62. FREDERICK THOMPSON
  63. LESLIE LEDREW
  64. EDWARD POWER
  65. ERIC NOSEWORTHY
  66. CHARLES HOLLAND
  67. GILBERT JENKINS
  68. ERIC TOMS
  69. ROBERT CHANCEY
  70. GEORGE SHARPE
  71. RONALD GOODYEAR
  72. JOHN FAGAN
  73. LLOYD SAUNDERS
  74. REGINALD MERCER
  75. ALBERT TERRY
  76. JOHN PARSONS
  77. ARTHUR MORRIS
  78. JOHN CHANNING
  79. JOHN HOGAN
  80. NATHAN PENNEY
  81. EDWARD HUDSON
  82. MICHAEL HOGAN
  83. JOHN MACDONALD
  84. VINCENT NOONAN
  85. GERALD DOYLE
  86. EPHRIAM TUCKER
  87. FRANCIS HANNON
  88. GRAHAM PERCY
  89. THOMAS KEAN
  90. JAMES FOLEY
  91. DUDLEY CROWTHER
  92. BAXTER BUTT
  93. GERALD HANNON
  94. ROLAND CAINES
  95. NORMAN CRANE
  96. ALBERT MEWS
  97. JOHN LUSCOMBE
  98. DORMAN FOSTER
  99. RALPH JANES
  100. GARFIELD ANSTEY
  101. DOUGLAS SMALL
  102. BERT TILLEY
  103. GEORGE PAULS
  104. WILLIAM KEEPING
  105. JOHN LAFOSSE
  106. ARTHUR PRATT
  107. ERIC BRUCE GILLINGHAM (recipient of the King's Police and Fire Services Medal, for apprehending at the risk of his own life, a person who was later charged and convicted of murder)
  108. CHARLES GOULDING
  109. ARCHIBALD WHITE
  110. IAN KING
  111. CLIFFORD CAINES
  112. ROBERT TILLEY
  113. AUSTIN VARDY
  114. DONALD PATEY
  115. MALCOLM SQUIRES
  116. SAMUEL DROVER
  117. ANDREW CHYNNE
  118. FERDINAND DAVIS
  119. JOHN HOWARD
  120. EARL BRAZIL
  121. HOWARD RICHARDS
  122. LEWIS NOSEWORTHY
  123. JAMES BRAGG
  124. EARL ROSE
  125. JAMES COFFIN
  126. MATTHEW BUTLER
  127. THOMAS FITZPATRICK
  128. EUGENE GREENE
  129. WILLIAM WILFRED SWYER
  130. AMBROSE BRAGG
  131. CYRIL LYNCH
  132. ALLAN NOSEWORTHY
  133. ANGUS CAMPBELL
  134. HARRY WINSOR
  135. RAYMOND HOUSE
  136. DONALD FORD
  137. CLAYTON GILBERT
  138. JAMES FORD
  139. EARL HART
  140. EXPEDITE HOWARD
  141. JACK JACOBS
  142. CHARLES DAVIS
  143. MARTIN BARRON
  144. JAMES CHANCEY
  145. JAMES McCUE
  146. THOMAS REDMOND
  147. WILLIAM WALSH
  148. KEVIN RYAN
  149. THOMAS WARFIELD
  150. NORMAN TILLER
  151. GERARD SHORT
  152. CHESLEY PARSONS
  153. WALTER GREENE
  154. RAYMOND BAIRD
  155. CLIVE STRONG
  156. JOSEPH LAWRENCE
  157. RANDELL HAYNES
  158. CYRIL GOODYEAR
  159. CLIFTON MATTHEWS
  160. LLEWLLYN NOEL
  161. ALLAN STEVENS
  162. REGINALD LEGROW
  163. EDWARD LAWLOR
  164. CLARENCE BROWN
  165. FREDERICK WELLS
  166. MICHAEL COLLINS (died while on duty)
  167. REUBEN NOEL
  168. JACK COURAGE
  169. WILBERT WISEMAN
  170. ROBERT FORWARD
  171. THOMAS FORD
  172. ABRAHAM GRANTER
  173. WILLIAM MULLALY
  174. ROY RICHARDS
  175. WILLIAM ANDERSON
  176. RICHARD JARVIS
  177. RICHARD NOEL
  178. ERNEST FLIGHT
  179. HAROLD ROY BATTEN
  180. GRAHAM PARROTT
  181. FREDERICK MOORES
  182. JACK HEWITT
  183. REGINALD BOWERING
  184. FRANCIS CHEESEMAN
  185. WALLACE BOWERING
  186. ELMO FRANK PORTER
  187. ERIC ADAMS
  188. GEORGE NORMAN
  189. JOHN MURDOCH
  190. RAYMOND PITTMAN
  191. RONALD HAYNES
  192. JACKSON RUSSELL
  193. WILLIAM INDER
  194. RAYMOND HUXTER
  195. ANTONIO DOWNEY
  196. HOWARD GUY
  197. KEITH HALL
  198. ELWOOD REID
  199. THOMAS JENKINS
  200. GERALD TETFORD
  201. STEPHEN JOSEPH GLAVINE
  202. ROBERT HOUSE
  203. JOSIAH BUTT
  204. LOUIS STUCKLESS


Civilian Staff

AMBROSE HUTCHINGS Maintenance
LEMOINE DROVER Maintenance
MATTHEW GREELEY Maintenance
BALLINGTON SNELGROVE Cook
GEORGE WHITE Cook
MAUD DROVER Cook
ALLAN B. SHEARS Cook


Office Staff

PHYLLIS SNOW Stenographer
HELENA FORWARD Stenographer
BERNICE WYLAND Stenographer
SARAH WINDSOR Stenographer
MARY LESHANO Stenographer
MARJORIE LUSCOMBE Stenographer
ELIZABETH O'BRIEN Stenographer
JEAN ELLIS Stenographer
FRANCES WALSH Stenographer
MARY COUGHLAN Filing Clerk


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Revised May 25, 2006.