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Shrewsbury First World War Memorial

 
 
Shrewsbury First World War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, August 16, 2024
1. Shrewsbury First World War Memorial Marker
Inscription.
The people of Shrewsbury hereby honor the memory of the eight Shrewsbury men who made the ultimate sacrifice, and commemorate the service of each resident, all one hundred sixteen men and two women, who served in the First World War, the "Great War".

Rededicated on November 11, 2013

Charles E. Abbott • John Barinowski • Herbert M. Bartlett • ★Dr. Howard W. Beal • Richard P. Benoit • Carl F. Benson • Stefan Berkiel • Paulo Bianchi • Irving E. Bigelow, Jr. • Ernest Bisson • Barlow J. Bonardi • Albert J. Bourget • Armand L. Bourget • John A. Boyce • Ernest Boyer • Harry P. Carey • Ralph E. Christie • Irving E. Clapp • Michael J. Cleary • ★James E. Conlon • Anthony J. Corazzini • Clarence A. Crooker • Thomas A. Cummins • Albert J. Daniels • Harold E. Daniels • Wells A. Daniels • Carlton L. Dean • Elroy B. Dean • Edward J. Donahue • Abner H. Dow • Maria Ducy • David L. Dunlay • Clarence E. Dunn • Henry O. Eaton • George H. Fenner • Harris G. Field • Clarence Flodman • Julius H. Friedrich, Jr. • Albert B. Garganigo • Herbert H. Gates • Edward W. Gray • George O. Gray • Harry E. Gray • Harold W. Green • Bruno
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P. Haas • Henning F. Hanson • ★Herbert B. Hapgood • Frank B. Hastings • Whitney Hastings • ★Joseph W. Hickey • Raymond J. Hickey • Harold F. Holland • Cassius H. Hoyle • Robert Irving • Arthur Johnson • Robert J. Johnson • Elved T. Jones • Harry C. Joubert • William L. Keddie • Clifton Keegan • Ward G. Keegan • William H. Keegan • Francis J. Kehoe • Philip E. Kehoe • William J. Kershaw • Bernard N. Knowlton • Leo Lamont • Fred W. Langley • August Lefort • Joseph B. Lenhart • John Macduff • Francis S. Maguire • Fredrick L. Maguire • Robert E. Marston • Rupert Lisle Marston • Guiseppe Martinelli • Edward F. McGrath • Philip A. McGrath • Ralph B. McKenzie • Jay R. A. Morton • ★Michael J. Nee • Berton W. Nelson • Warren A. Newton • Albert P. Owens • Honore A. Palardy • W. Stewart Paul • Philip H. Prouty • Rockwood F. Reed • George Reheuser • Ralph M. Ridley • Dr. Alfred E. P. Rockwell • Gustaf P. Rosenblad • Horace P. Sansoucy • ★James Schouler • Harlow A. Shepard • James A. Shields • John O. Shields • Alf E. Sieurin • Oke S. Sieurin • Ruth M. Sieurin • George Stanton • Edward E. Stickney • ★Byron E. Stone
Shrewsbury First World War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, August 16, 2024
2. Shrewsbury First World War Memorial
• Frederic L. Stone • ★Raymond Stone • John G. Subko • Denis Sullivan • Thomas Sullivan • Eric W. Sundstrom • Leo E. Sweeney • Carl F. Vaughan • Henry Vaughan • John H. Vosseler • Huestis I. Wells • James W. Wilson • Everett E. Winch • Everett C. Woodard • Peter J. Zaichuk

★Died in Service

(individual stones)
Howard Walter Beal   1869-1918
Herbert Bradford Hapgood   1890-1918
Michael Joseph Nee   1889-1918
James Schouler   1889-1921
James Eagan Conlon   1893-1918
Joseph Hickey   1889-1918
Raymond Stone   1889-1918
Byron Edwin Stone   1891-1918

(base of flagpole)
For Those Who Sacrificed Their Lives For Freedom
 
Erected 2013.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 42° 17.748′ N, 71° 42.96′ W. Memorial is in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, in Worcester County. It is at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Maple Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Shrewsbury MA 01545, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in
Shrewsbury First World War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, August 16, 2024
3. Shrewsbury First World War Memorial
the Quiet Corner and in Greater Worcester. 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Shrewsbury Minute Men (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gen. Henry Knox Trail (about 700 feet away); Shrewsbury Civil War Memorial (about 700 feet away); New Township (about 700 feet away); First Meeting House (about 700 feet away); Shrewsbury Tea Party (about 800 feet away); Ministers (about 800 feet away); Slavery (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shrewsbury.
 
Base of Flagpole image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, August 16, 2024
4. Base of Flagpole
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2024, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 142 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 3, 2024, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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