World Wars I and II Memorial
To honor the men of King and Queen County who gave their lives for their country
World War I, 1914-1918
Bernard Diggs Allen
Walter S. Aumack
Willie Braxton
Eddie Brown
Reginald H. Clark
Andrew Elliott
Rawley Fleet
James H. Garnett
William L. Hall
Alfred H. Howard
William Loving
Jesse Ruffin
William R. Seward
Willie Turner
William R. Walton
World War II, 1941-1945
Claytor S. Anderson
Clyde Thomas Atkins
Ernest Green Baytops
Oscar Benjamin Brooks
Walter L. Brooks
James J. Brown
Ivan Clark Jr.
Jame Garnett Crouch
Franklin Elvin Gibson
Lenwood Harris
Maurice Blake Haynes
William L. Milby
William E. Redmond
George I. Reid
Raleigh Ambrose Rowe
Arthur Randolph Simpkins
Richard Thomas Stone
Herbert Clyde Vaughan Jr.
Hurley L. Walton
John Alexander Wilson
Erected by The King and Queen County Historical Society.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 37° 40.17′ N, 76° 52.666′ W. Memorial is in King and Queen Court House, Virginia, in King and Queen County. It is at the intersection
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Regionally, this memorial is on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: King and Queen County Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); County Clerks Office Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Trice Mill Stones (within shouting distance of this marker); Eastern View Schoolhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Carriage House (within shouting distance of this marker); James Horace Carter Lynched (approx. 0.2 miles away); Newington (approx. 0.9 miles away); Mattapony Church (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in King and Queen Court House.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 409 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
