Near Farmville in Prince Edward County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Roll of Honor
Hampden-Sydney men who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
Samuel Anderson Johnston, 1918 Robert Milton Cook, 1922 David Albert Hurt, 1923 Winfield Thomas Jones, 1928 Hugh Thompson Hunt, 1930 Ellis Saunders Allen, Jr., 1930 James Stafford Martin, 1931 Chichester Tapscott Peirce, 1932 Herbert Fletcher Green, Jr., 1934 John Francis Blackburn, 1936 Benjamin Spottswood Preston, Jr., 1936 Preston White Campbell, Jr., 1937 Raeburn Francis Gordon, 1937 Frederick Guerrant Williams, 1937 Norman Robert Blackman, 1938 John Franklin Kincaid, Jr., 1938 George Hampton Rector, Jr., 1938 Grover Howard Walton, 1938 Henry Hunter Watson, Jr., 1938 David Spencer Wilson, 1938 Walter Ray Godsey, 1939 James Alexander Thomas, Jr., 1939 Pinckney Alonzo Wood, 1939 Thomas Martin Ford, Jr., 1940 George Archibald Newman, Jr., 1940 Edward Wright Noble, Jr., 1940 John William Rives, Jr., 1940 Charles Edward Crawford, Jr., 1941 Ellis Scott Moore, Jr., 1941 John Dunlop, 1942 Charles William Dyer, 1942 Clifford Raymond Holmes,
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Erected by Hampden-Sydney College.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World II.
Location. 37° 14.536′ N, 78° 27.585′ W. Memorial is near Farmville, Virginia, in Prince Edward County. It is at the intersection of College Road (County Road 692) and Atkinson Avenue (County Road 1002), on the right when traveling south on College Road. Touch for map. Memorial is
Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Piedmont, in Southside Virginia, and specifically in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 walking distance of this marker: Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); September 11 Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Spanish-American War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Civil War Memorial (here, next to this marker); American Revolution Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Hampden-Sydney College (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Farmville.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 358 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 6, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
