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World War I Memorial

 
 
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 11, 2020
1. World War I Memorial
Inscription.
Erected by the citizens of
West York Borough
in honor of the men and women of this
community who so nobly served their
country in the World War 1917-1919
In Memory
Wilbur D. Buchmeyer ★★★★★ Joseph E. Klinedinst • J. Frank Morton • Erwin O. Sheaffer • William Myers (A)

Jules L. Adams • Raber A. Anders • Corden E. Aldinger • Russel V. Aldinger • David Beckmeyer • Roman M.A. Boyer • Crund F. Beckmeyer • Robert E. Boeckel • Sterart P. Boeckel • Clarence Bowers • Willis C. Boyd • William L. Bortner • Jame C. Buchanon • Thomas E. Braddock • Norman Boddy • Clarence S. Berkheimer • Howard J. Berkheimer • Paul L. Bupp • Edw. T. Brodbeck • Howard E. Crist • John W. Crist • Earl F. Doerson • William P. Eyster • Robert E. Firestone • Lineus W. Fishel • Wilbur Foose • George P. Fishel • John Funk • George Flory • Frederick N. Gartside • Earl E. Gladfelter • Howard Cross • Chas. H. Hoffeins • William H. Hagerman • George E. Hewitt • Guy A.F. Hoke • Newton E. Henry • Paul Hershey

Albert J. Howard • Harry Hayes • John
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C. Hoffman • Chas. E. Heiner • Joseph G. HOltz • Loretta M. Jamison • William P. Julius • Carroll A. Jones • Morton Jandorf • Charles Jacobs • Emanuel R. Klinedinst • Henry Knotts • Chas. E. Klinedinst • Kemp Kister • Samuel J. Kennor • William H. Kline • Rudolph Ketterman • Norman C Lecrone • Erwin P. Lecrone • George W. Lecrone • Israel Lauer • Emory Lauer • Kurvin W. Lauer • Charles Lauer • Harvey Lauer • Earl W. Laughman • Roy E. Landis • Curtis L. Miller • Harry N. Merkert • John J. Markuch • Raymond P. March • John H. March • Harry A. March • Ivan M. Moul • Clark E. Moul • Wilson F. Moul • George Myers • John R. Morgart • Stewart Murphy • Peter Myers • James G. McDowell

William Myers • Wilbur L. Myers • J. Clarkson Morton • Samuel Nace • William H. Ranger • Delvin G. Rodgers • John Spangler • John Stauffer • Arthur Smith • Victor Smith • Raymond stump • Lloyd E. Swartz • Paul Schrum • William G. Spangler • Clarence H. Stough • Charles M. Stough • Charles Strausbaugh • Charles E. Shickley • Earl Siple • Lewis Stambaugh
Veterans Memorial Display image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 11, 2020
2. Veterans Memorial Display
• Adam S. Stayman • Howard O. Stayman • Cletus R. Stump • Charles H. Strickland • Bernard E. Sheaffer • Harry Smith • Benjamin E. Sewigart • Claire Stauffer • Robert Stauffer • Herman Shaffer • Harvey B. Test • William McTest • Martin P. Toomey • George A. Tschopp • Robert J. Wagner • Frank S. Winters Lewis S. Wisner • Russell H. Walker • Raymond A. Wolf • Edward A. Wiest • William Young
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 39° 57.46′ N, 76° 45.711′ W. Memorial is in West York, Pennsylvania, in York County. It is at the intersection of North Adams Street and Orange Street when traveling north on North Adams Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 318 N Adams St, York PA 17404, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America,
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the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: West York Memorial Field (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Korea and Vietnam Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); 1917 - 1919 (approx. 0.4 miles away); York Inter-State Fair (approx. 0.4 miles away); Vietnam Memorial (approx. half a mile away); George Washington Visited York, Pennsylvania on Five Different Occasions (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West York.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 12, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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