Brandywine Park in Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 15, 2019

1. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Inscription. Erected in honor of the
Soldiers and Sailors
of Delaware
who served in the World War
1917-1918
[Additional plaque on the memorial:]
In memory of
the men and women of Delaware
who died in the service of their country
1917 · 1919
Alfred B. Acker • Thomas D. Amory • Frank Edwin Amrhine • James P. Arthur • Bailey Stuart Ashby • George V. August, Jr. • Xavier J. Baltrush • Edwin F. Barnum • Woodman R. Beeson • Abe Bellmore • Edgar L. Benge • Herbert W. Best • Chandler G. Billsingsley • Albin Boklund • Clarence C. Bolden • John Parfett Bolwell • George Henry Boyer • William T. Bramble, Jr. • William N. Brennan, Jr. • Ellsworth Brisgoe • Herbert Briscoe • James W. Brown • Oliver L. Brown • Alfred M. Bryan • Ronald J. Buchanan • Rupert M. Burstan • Theodore Butler • Arthur B. Cadori • James E. Caldwell • Walter Campbell • Paris T. Carlisle, IV • John E. Cassidy • Robert Causey • Frank E. Chalfant, Jr. • James L. Chambers • John A. Chandler • Harvey R. Cleaves • Frank M. Coffin • Andrew Aloysius Conlin

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• Thomas Cooper • Leon Hudson Cork • Samuel J. Coyle • Jacob Henry Cranfield • James F. Crowlet • David A. Cunningham • Thomas J. Davis • George Henry Dean • Samuel Wilson Demaret • Thomas W. Dempsey • Newton J. Derickson, Jr. • Preston L. Dewey • James H. Dorson • Joseph C. Dougherty • Benard J. Durell • David Durry • William L. Duke • Horace Daniel Dumpson • Reuben J. Dunn • William McK. Dugert • Walter P. Earley • Thomas Windal Eaton • Edward Thomas Edge • Joseph Edwards • Levin James Ellis • Joseph J. English • Tony Enis • William E. Farrell • Jenkins Fennell • Alfred N. Fidange • John Lee Fisher • William McK. Fleming • Walter L. Fox • Howard B. Frampton • William K. Frampton • Monte J. Fulmer • Lindley K. Gallagher • Hyman M. Geller • William F. Gibs • Frank P. Glenn • George W. Golley, Jr. • James W. Gooding • Joseph Gottlieb • Sameul Grabavola • Frank H. Gray • Leander Gray • James Grier • Fred J. Griffin • Ellwood Groves • Roger W. Gunby • Pelopidas Hadjimichael

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 15, 2019

2. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

• Harvey Hadley • George W. Hammond • Joseph C. Hanby • Jacob Hancock • Joseph A. Harrington • Earnest Harris • David C. Harrison • Robert Hartley • Richard C. Hasinger • Merritt N. Hatfield • Joseph A. Higgins • John J. Hoffecker, Jr. • Ebert L. Holmes • Andrew F. Hoodock • George T. Hopkins • Harold E. Hopkins • John J. Horty • James P. Houghton • Elisha O. Hudson • James H. Hughes • Elisha O. Hudson • James H. Hughes • John P.A. Hughes • Arthur G. Hyland • Gomer K. Isaacs • Ulysses S. Isaacs • Jeremiah Jackson • Stephen L. James • Jacob J. Jockett • Howard W. Johnson • Milford Johnson • William N. Jones • William L. Kaiser • Charles J. Kane • Francis J. Kanes • Albert R. Kennedy • Major Kenyon • John Kilpatrick • William Klika • John Koziol • Howard E. Krum • James Larkin • Lawrence Layton • Watson B. Lenderman • Leroy Lichtenhahn • Earl Luff • Ruth MacGregor • John P. Mahoney • Samuel Maliscka • Davis E. Manlove • Wilmer M. Mannering • John McArthur • Michael J. McKeown

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2021

3. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

• William McVerry • Frank L. Mead • Isaiah S. Megonigal • Harry Miller • Harry W. Mitchell • Henry E. Moody • Russell R. Moore • Daniel J. Morgan • John L. Morris • Levin D. Morris • Emerson W. Murray • Frank Nero • Walter T. Newman • William J. Noonan • John J. O'Connell • James A. O'Daniel • Paul J. O'Donnell • L. May Owens • Adam Pacelli • Harlan J. Palmatary • Charles H. Parsons • Linwood L. Pearson • Thomas Pennington • Charles H. Philips • Joseph W. Phillips • Raymond Piper • Edward Poyntz • John L. Pugh • Edward Quails • Frank C. Quails • John A. Quill • John F. Radcliffe • Glenn Rayne • Samuel Reading • Ernest Reburn • Harry E. Reed • James T. Reed • Edwin Reeside • Hugh Reilly • Charles E. Renstrom • Herman D. Reynolds • Raymond Reynolds • John P. Richter • Laurence Roberts • Thomas J. Robinson • John H. Roder • Morris M. Rowley • Walter M. Sadler • George Savin • Homer D. Sayers • Norman D. Scott • Henry Shaw • William P. Shepard • Stacey S. Schockley

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2021

4. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Sculpture

• James Simmons • Norman G. Smith • Walter Smith • William E. Smith • Jacob F. Speer • Allen K. Stelle • John Stewart • Arthur R. Stritzblerger • Edward Swarter • James E. Swift • Ebert L. Talley • Adam Tapacz • Dudley S. Tarr • Alexander Taylor • James E. Taylor • Lewis A. Taylor • Robert L. Taylor • Roland C. Teague • John Tessein • Virgin Thomas • Benjamin A. Thomasson • Albert R. Thompson • Louis K. Thorp • James S. Timothy • William Tott • Daniel W. Tressler • Richard S. Truitt • Ralph Turner • Holton A. Vance • Clarence Vinson, Jr. • Howard H. Wagamon • Harlan W. Walker • Raymond Walker • Albert H. Waller • Francis R. Walsh • Frank J. Walsh • John J. Walsh • Elwood E. Walters • Oliver J. Waples • George E. Waters • Herman Webster • Evan S. Weldin • William C. Whitaker • Wilbert White • David Williams • James W. Wingate • Lawrence R. Witzil • George Wood • Howard W. Wood • Kemp Wright • Samuel C. Yearsley • Anthony Young • Newton W. Zebley

Erected 1925

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by William H. Todd, in memory of his father and mother.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 39° 45.246′ N, 75° 32.779′ W. Memorial is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Brandywine Park. It is on Baynard Boulevard south of West 18th Street, on the right. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 218 West 18th Street, Wilmington DE 19802, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New Castle County Vietnam Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); African American Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Looking Back… (about 500 feet away); Washington Street Bridge (about 500 feet away); Snowy Egret (about 500 feet away); Nigerian Dwarf (about 600 feet away); Ameraucana (about 600 feet away); Barred Rock (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Looking Back… (was about 400 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 16, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 537 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 16, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3, 4. submitted on October 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.