Sheffield in Colbert County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

In Memory of Our Comrades of Sheffield

1917 - 1919

Photographed by Billy Clemmons, October 31, 2023

1. In Memory of our Comrades of Sheffield Marker

Inscription. In Memory of
Our Comrades of Sheffield
Who lost their lives in the World War

Lieut. James R. Crowe • Sergt. John H. Oldham • Pvt. William A. Peden • Pvt. Georce W. McFall, Jr. • Pvt. Louis Goldstein

"Take up our quarrel with the foe.
To you from falling hands, we throw the torch.
Be yours to hold it hich
if you. Break faith wth us who die.
We shall not sleep thouch poppies blow
in Flanders Field."

Erected 1923 by James R. Crowe Post, American Legion.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the In Flanders Fields series list.

Location. 34° 45.402′ N, 87° 41.915′ W. Memorial is in Sheffield, Alabama, in Colbert County. It is at the intersection of South Montgomery Avenue and East Blake Street, on the right when traveling north on South Montgomery Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 215 S Montgomery Ave, Sheffield AL 35660, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Alabama

and in the Shoals.

It is also

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in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

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 Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Percy Sledge / Producer Quin Ivy (approx. 0.2 miles away); History of Sheffield (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sheffield Colored School / Sterling High School (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Singing River Sculpture (approx. 0.4 miles away); Furnace Hill (approx. 0.6 miles away); Nitrate Plant No. 1 (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Nitrate Plant No. 1 (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sheffield.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes Tidwell, May 29, 2025

2. In Memory of Our Comrades of Sheffield Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2023, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. This page has been viewed 362 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 31, 2023, by Billy Clemmons of Florence, Alabama. 2. submitted on May 30, 2025, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.