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World War I Memorial

 
 
Memorial to Our Sons and Daughters Who Served Their Country in the World War 1914-1918 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, June 4, 2009
1. Memorial to Our Sons and Daughters Who Served Their Country in the World War 1914-1918 Marker
Northwest Face
Inscription.
Memorial to our sons and
daughters who served their country
in the World War 1914-1918

Dedicated in grateful recognition by the
people of Watertown May 30th 1921

Earl D Anderson • J H Haydn Bryan • John J Egan • Nelson C Henger • Stanley H Andrews • Wilfred B Bryan • Thomas C Egan • Thomas W Herring • Joseph M Angel • Harold J Budge • Thomas P Farrell • Clifford A Holleran • * Harold R Archer • Charles Burton • William A Fenn • Floyd D Hotchkiss • Harry B Ashenden • Edward Butler • Edward Fitzpatrick • Herbert B Howe • Harold C Ashworth • * George A Byrnes • John O Fitzpatrick • Frank E Hoxley • Clifford I Atwood • Alfred Cavannah • Joseph M Fitzpatrick • Earl R Hudson • * H Leroy Atwood • Carlton B Clyma • Le Roy Foster • Carlos W Hungerford • Harold W Atwood • Robert Colburn • Luther France • Arthur C Ingraham • Ina W Atwood • Clifford C Conrad • Harold R Fray • Raymond Irish • Lester W Atwood • Howard P Conrad • Harold R Fuller • Harold P Johnson • Floyd N Barlow • Clarence J Cook • Henry Gagnon • John Johnson • Leslie R Barlow • Francis E Cook • Frank V Gallagher • William J Johnston • Spencer W Barlow • Harry
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J Cook • John Galligan • Rena M Kane • Wilfred Barlow • Geroge B Crawford • Elgie L Galpin • Mark J Keaney • Peter Bartkus • James Creahan • Matthew C Gee • Charles T Kelly • Arthur Beard • Erwin Creighton • Russell B Gee • Leslie T Kennedy • Joseph W Bebrininks • William B Cruttenden • J H D Grannis Sr • Peter Kenney • * Harold A Beers • Anthony Daley • J H D Grannis Jr • John Kieley • Edison J Bennet • James H Damery • Seraifino Greco • Clifford Kingsbury • * Clarence Benway • John D’amico • Jacques P Grenier • Peter P Kvietkus • William J Bogle • Michael D’amico • G William Griffin • Joseph Lampron • Teresa Bolt • David H Davidson • Edwin H Glover • Granville T Leeke • Clarence N Booth • C Lewis Dayton • Joseph Glover • Harold H Lewis • Anne C Bormolini • Herbert S Dayton • Joseph A Gugliemetti • Jeffrey S Lewis • Joseph F Bormolini • Walter E Decker • Walter Guyette • Samuel A Lindsay • Albert L Botelle • James J De Martino • * Henry Hamel • William G Lindsay • George W Botelle • Alphonse Desaulnier • Martin E Hansen • Harry B Lockwood • Louis L Brandemeyer • Thomas H Dimock • Robert A Harrison • James A Logue • Thomas J Brennan
Memorial to Our Sons and Daughters Who Served Their Country in the World War 1914-1918 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, June 4, 2009
2. Memorial to Our Sons and Daughters Who Served Their Country in the World War 1914-1918 Marker
Southwest Face
• Herbert Dougherty • Charles E Haudberg • Samuel C Logue • Leman C Bronson • Harry W Downing • Barton L Heminway • Neil Lorensen • George F Brooks • William J Dundon • Buell H Heminway Jr • Gerald C Low • Harry A Brouette • George Edmonds • Merrit Heminway • William F Lynn

Alfred J Magee • Earl M O’Dell • Thomas Rodden • Herve Therrault • Harold T Magee • John O’Donnell • Howard H Rogers • Charles L Thompson • Nicholas J Manton • Joseph O’Donnell • John A Rogers • Fred C Thompson • Joseph Marino • Charles E Olson • John Rowe • George L Thompson • George A McCleary • Frederick T Olson • Alfred E Roy Jr • Clarence V Thunberg • John A McCleary • Louis Olson • George B Ryan • George I Tompkins • William M McDonnell • Thomas J O’niel • Clarence B Ryder • Jesse W Traver • Alexander M McLean • Raymond E Parker • Eddir Sakalikes • G Belden Trinkaus • James McLean • Byron F Parsons • Edward Schlenesky • Nicholas Waehn • Henry J McDough • Albert E Patterson • Edmond Schreier • William Walton • Martin P McGough • John D Peacocke • William Schreier • Charles Warner • Charles S McGowan • * George H Peck • Harris F Scott • Carlton B Weed •
The Boulder on the Watertown Public Green at DeForest Street and Veterans Hill image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, June 4, 2009
3. The Boulder on the Watertown Public Green at DeForest Street and Veterans Hill
John V McGowan • Walter Pendleton Jr • Robert O Semple • William H Weiss • Thomas F McGrath • Fred Pfeiffer • De Leo Severia • Samule H Wheeler • Frank A Menetrey • Alfred L Platt • Michael Shea • James F White • Dewey R Menetrey • Albert J Pope • Patrick Shea • Thomas White • H Morton Merriman • Howard F Potter • Joseph G Shields • Robert W Whittaker • John T Miller • Joseph W Purdy • Thomas H Shields • John A Wiehn • Angelo Moscariello • J Harry Purvis • Hulet Shipman • Charles F Wilkerson • Frnak Moscariello • Frederick C Quick • Earl W Skilton • Kneeland B Wilkes • Vinton W Mitchell • Alfred Reichenbach • George W Skilton • * Edward R Williams • Joseph W Moody • August Reichenbach • Frederick W Slater • Francis Williams • Wilbur J Moore • Frank M Reinhold • Justin L Smith • Augustus Wood • Robert J Mulhern • John J Reirdon • Setmour R Smith • Edward C Woodruff • William Mulhern • Warren Reynolds • Howard A Snyder • Frederick B Woodward • James F Neagle • Charles Rikonski • Frederick L Steindal • Herbert D Woodward • John A Ney • John Rinkavage • Harry C Steiskal • * LeRoy G Woodward • Edward F O’Brien • Leonard Rinkavage • Joseph
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A Steponaipis • Russell J Woodward • John J O’Brien • Frank S Roberts • * Olaf W Swanson • Harrold H Wright • James E O’Connell • Michael J Roberts • Francis Synnot • John J Young • Edward F O’Connor • John Rodden • * William S Taylor • John Zuraitis • John H O’Connor • Philip Rodden • William J Tetro • Samuel Zuraitis
 
Erected 1921 by People of Watertown.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 41° 36.344′ N, 73° 7.112′ W. Memorial is in Watertown in Naugatuck Valley Region, Connecticut. It is at the intersection of DeForest Street (U.S. 6) and Veterans Hill, on the right when traveling east on DeForest Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Watertown CT 06795, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Connecticut’s Berkshire Foothills and in the Litchfield Hills. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Litchfield County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Watertown Killed in Action Memorial (here, next to this marker); Watertown World War II Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Marion A. Munson Memorial Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Watertown (within shouting distance of this marker); Soldiers of 1776 Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Michael Dayton (approx. half a mile away); Rev'd John Trumbull (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Watertown.
 
More about this memorial. These markers are on the boulder on the Watertown Public Green at DeForest Street and Veterans Hill.
 
Regarding World War I Memorial. The * denotes those who were killed in action.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 3,564 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on August 22, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 4, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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