Swarthmore in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Swarthmore in the World War

1917-1918

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 25, 2021

1. Swarthmore in the World War Marker

Inscription.

Swarthmore in the World War.

[Died in Service] Harold Ainsworth . Collins Chambers . Frederick Hawthorne M.C. Johnson . Maurice F. Witmer

[Veterans] Cyril Ainsworth . Eric Ainsworth . Marcus Ainsworth . C. Vernon Andrews Leroy R. Andrews . Herbert Ashton . William Ayres . Charles Banane T.W. Banks . Arthur Barlow . Robert L. Bartram . Herbert L. Bassett Grant E. Benjamin . William F. Bitler . C.McI. Blackwell . F.T. Blackwell C.B. Bower . Fred A. Brill . George Brooks . James P. Brown Howard M. Buckman . Arthur H. Buehler . William B. Bullock . Albert A. Burgett J. Brainerd Burgett . August D. Camera . Katherine C. Campbell Gisriaco Capobianco . Frank C. Carr . George W. Casey, Jr. . Jesse Chissem Alexander Clarkson . Hiram Clarkson . Jerold S. Cochran . Hamilton G. Cochran Robert Colley . Merle G. Crosby . David M. Dennison . John J. Devoy Arthur Couthwaite . Edgar Couthwaite . Howard Couthwaite . Marc P. Dowdell Thomas L. Downs, Jr. . Preston Eaton . Gerald H. Effing . Francis C. Eller Franklin C. Ellis . Walter S. Farley . Paul Freedley . Milton H. Fussell, Jr. George A. Gardner . Frank L. Gettz . Orville T. Giddings . Edward A. Gillespie Albert Gregory . John D. Gwinn . William W. Gwinn . Alfred G. Hall Robert G. Hall . Thomas B. Hannum . David E. Harrower Rexford A. Harrower . David P. Harry . R.L. Hartwell . Homer B. Heacock Ralph H. Heacock . Philip M. Hicks . Francis B. Hitchcock . R.C. Hodge Jesse H. Holmes, Jr. . Samuel Holmes . Frank H. Holman, Jr. H. Trumbull Howard . Clifford P. Jackson . Howard M. Jenkins Alister R. Jones . C.W. Jones . William T. Jones . Robert S. Joyce John M. Kass . William F. Kenneller . Frederick N. Landon Conrad C. Lesley . Furman Limeburner . George H. Luff . Edward Lukens C. Howard Lungren . W. Hemphill Lungren . Ernest McCombs Thomas McDonnell . Paul McHale . Harold G. Marr . Helen C. Marr Wayne Marshall . Albert E. Martin . John J. Matthews . Francis K. Mickle T. Lawrence Moore . Walter Moore . Harry Moorhouse William Moorhouse . Harryn Moylan . William S. Moylan James G.G. Munce . G.G. Myers . Elmer Outing . John Pasquale John L. Patterson . William M. Pearce . Andrew R. Pearson Leon M. Pearson . Arlington E. Peck . A.M. Perry . Francis E. Perry . J.T. Pierce John H. Pitman . George W. Place . Hugh Plunkett . Spotswood Pollard . Grant Powers Allen L. Putnam . Ferdinand L. Reichmuth . Carlantaneo Rinaldi . Giocondino Rinaldi William H. Roberts . Harry Robinson . John Robinson . Joseph Robinson Frederick Roud . William Ruth . Conrad Schatte . Preston Selby Robert A. Sheppard . Norman G. Shidle . Edward P. Simmonds William P. Snow . J. Russell Snyder . Howard B. Steigelman James N. Stephens . Edward A. Stockton, Jr. . Max R. Stockton Robert T. Stockton . A.H. Stone . Ralph Straub . J.P. Strathorn Charles Temple . Mary A. Thatcher . Walter L. Thorpe Albert H. Tomlinson . Willard P. Tomlinson . Raymond S. Trusty Alfred Tucker . W.deF. vanHagen . John J. vanRoden Frank M. Varrell . Craig I. Voelker . Edward D. Voelker Willin Walker . George P. Warren . Louis W. Wheelock, Jr. Edward M. Whitegar . John W. Whittier . Robert Wilfong Silas P. Wilkinson . Harvey Williamson . Ellwood E. Witmer Roy H. Witmer . Joseph E. Woodhead . Frank I. Woods Henrietta Woods . Marion Woods . Houston Worrell Russell A. Yarnall . Adolph A. Yerkes . Lewis P. Yerkes William K. Yocum . Armar D. Young.

[Died in Service]
Harold Ainsworth • Collins Chambers • Frederick Hawthorne
M.C. Johnson • Maurice F. Witmer

[Veterans]
Cyril Ainsworth • Eric Ainsworth • Marcus Ainsworth • C. Vernon Andrews
Leroy R. Andrews • Herbert Ashton • William Ayres • Charles Banane
T.W. Banks • Arthur Barlow • Robert L. Bartram • Herbert L. Bassett
Grant E. Benjamin • William F. Bitler • C.McI. Blackwell • F.T. Blackwell
C.B. Bower • Fred A. Brill • George Brooks • James P. Brown
Howard M. Buckman • Arthur H. Buehler • William B. Bullock • Albert A. Burgett
J. Brainerd Burgett • August D. Camera • Katherine C. Campbell
Gisriaco Capobianco • Frank C. Carr • George W. Casey, Jr. • Jesse Chissem
Alexander Clarkson • Hiram Clarkson • Jerold S. Cochran • Hamilton G. Cochran
Robert Colley • Merle G. Crosby • David M. Dennison • John J. Devoy
Arthur Couthwaite • Edgar Couthwaite • Howard Couthwaite • Marc P. Dowdell
Thomas L. Downs, Jr. • Preston Eaton • Gerald H. Effing • Francis C. Eller
Franklin C. Ellis • Walter S. Farley • Paul Freedley • Milton H. Fussell, Jr.
George A. Gardner • Frank L. Gettz • Orville T. Giddings • Edward A. Gillespie
Albert Gregory • John D. Gwinn • William W. Gwinn • Alfred G. Hall
Robert G. Hall • Thomas B. Hannum • David

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E. Harrower
Rexford A. Harrower • David P. Harry • R.L. Hartwell • Homer B. Heacock
Ralph H. Heacock • Philip M. Hicks • Francis B. Hitchcock • R.C. Hodge
Jesse H. Holmes, Jr. • Samuel Holmes • Frank H. Holman, Jr.
H. Trumbull Howard • Clifford P. Jackson • Howard M. Jenkins
Alister R. Jones • C.W. Jones • William T. Jones • Robert S. Joyce
John M. Kass • William F. Kenneller • Frederick N. Landon
Conrad C. Lesley • Furman Limeburner • George H. Luff • Edward Lukens
C. Howard Lungren • W. Hemphill Lungren • Ernest McCombs
Thomas McDonnell • Paul McHale • Harold G. Marr • Helen C. Marr
Wayne Marshall • Albert E. Martin • John J. Matthews • Francis K. Mickle
T. Lawrence Moore • Walter Moore • Harry Moorhouse
William Moorhouse • Harryn Moylan • William S. Moylan
James G.G. Munce • G.G. Myers • Elmer Outing • John Pasquale
John L. Patterson • William M. Pearce • Andrew R. Pearson
Leon M. Pearson • Arlington E. Peck • A.M. Perry • Francis E. Perry • J.T. Pierce
John H. Pitman • George W. Place • Hugh Plunkett • Spotswood Pollard • Grant Powers
Allen L. Putnam • Ferdinand L. Reichmuth • Carlantaneo Rinaldi • Giocondino Rinaldi
William H. Roberts • Harry Robinson • John Robinson • Joseph Robinson
Frederick Roud • William Ruth • Conrad Schatte • Preston Selby
Robert A. Sheppard • Norman

Swarthmore in the World War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 25, 2021

2. Swarthmore in the World War Memorial

G. Shidle • Edward P. Simmonds
William P. Snow • J. Russell Snyder • Howard B. Steigelman
James N. Stephens • Edward A. Stockton, Jr. • Max R. Stockton
Robert T. Stockton • A.H. Stone • Ralph Straub • J.P. Strathorn
Charles Temple • Mary A. Thatcher • Walter L. Thorpe
Albert H. Tomlinson • Willard P. Tomlinson • Raymond S. Trusty
Alfred Tucker • W.deF. vanHagen • John J. vanRoden
Frank M. Varrell • Craig I. Voelker • Edward D. Voelker
Willin Walker • George P. Warren • Louis W. Wheelock, Jr.
Edward M. Whitegar • John W. Whittier • Robert Wilfong
Silas P. Wilkinson • Harvey Williamson • Ellwood E. Witmer
Roy H. Witmer • Joseph E. Woodhead • Frank I. Woods
Henrietta Woods • Marion Woods • Houston Worrell
Russell A. Yarnall • Adolph A. Yerkes • Lewis P. Yerkes
William K. Yocum • Armar D. Young

Erected 1920 by Company H, 1st Infantry.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I.

Location. 39° 54.108′ N, 75° 20.958′ W. Marker is in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. Memorial is at the intersection of Park Avenue and Dartmouth Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Park Avenue. Monument is in Central Park.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 25, 2021

3. Swarthmore in the World War Memorial

Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Swarthmore PA 19081, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Benjamin West (approx. ¼ mile away); An Original Landscape (approx. ¼ mile away); J. Edgar Thompson (approx. 1.2 miles away); Leiper Railway (approx. 1.8 miles away); Rose Valley Historic District (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Swarthmore.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 182 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 2, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.