Forest Hills in Queens in Queens County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Great War Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 31, 2025

1. Great War Memorial

Inscription.

Great War Memorial. . , Mark T. Ackerland . C.C. Alexander . Theodore H. Barrett . Horace H. Barse . ★ Rice Bassett . William R. Bell . Albert B. Bingham . Charles Bishop . ★ Whitney Bowles . William P. Boyd . Isaac Brodie . Frank H. Carber . Richard Cary . Philip G. Cole . Stephen L. Coles . Albert C. Collins . ★ Clarence O. Collins . James D. Collins . S.E. Davenport Jr. . Edmund J. Donahue . Sidney A. Dorlon . Thomas F. Du Puy . Victor A. Durand . John C. Eames Jr. . E. Huguenin Ellis , Myron J. Folensbee . Albert E. Gallant . James Garretson . Carroll W. Gates . George R. Genung . George German Jr. . Warren H. Gilman . Samuel E. Giudici . Frederick T. Goudy . Robert G. Graney . John Gronbeck . Hugh P. Guiler . Augustin S. Hardart . William L. Harriss . Valentine P. Hattemer . William S. Hernon . Irving S. Hillman . Irving G. Hopkins . F.B. Humphreys . George W. Johnson . Kenneth G. Judson . E. Lawrence Keyes . Hrant H. Kondazian . Francis J. Lauer , Alexander Lewis . Gerald MacDonald . Henry MacDonald . Joseph MacDonald . Ward J. MacNeal . Michael T. McDonald . Albert F. McGirr . Major McKinney . Stephen D. Mandel . H.R. Mandeville . George C. Metz . Edward H. Moir . W.A. Moorhouse . Eugene F. Moran . Thomas A. Moran . Hugh G. Mullen . Arthur Muller . William R. Naughton . Rowland S. Nichols . Robert A. Norton . J. Alfred Ortgies . James S. Parkes . Theodore C. Paton . Thomas B. Paton Jr. . Clarence A. Perry , Jacob B. Posner . Llewellyn Power . Charles E. Ruttan . J. Francis Ryan Jr. . Walter M. Ryan . Edwin P.H. Schiffer . John Schnoor . ★ Louis Serlen . Adam T. Shurick . Charles S. Snow . A.M. Springsteen . David Springsteen . H.D. Springsteen . Bentley Thoms . R.W. Turner . C.R. Vanderveer . H.S. Vanderveer . John G. Von Hofe Jr. . Harvey T. Warren . Robert A. Weir . Howard K. Winman . Robert H. Wessmann . Gilman S. Whitmore . Clarence A. Williams . Edwin P. Wittschiebe . Elmer J. Young , Erected by the citizens of Forest Hills in recognition of the patriotic spirit and loyal devotion of the men of this community who served in the military forces of the United States in the Great War

Mark T. Ackerland • C.C. Alexander • Theodore H. Barrett • Horace H. Barse • ★ Rice Bassett • William R. Bell • Albert B. Bingham • Charles Bishop • ★ Whitney Bowles • William P. Boyd • Isaac Brodie • Frank H. Carber • Richard Cary • Philip G. Cole • Stephen L. Coles • Albert C. Collins • ★ Clarence O. Collins • James D. Collins • S.E. Davenport Jr. • Edmund J. Donahue • Sidney A. Dorlon • Thomas F. Du Puy • Victor A. Durand • John C. Eames Jr. • E. Huguenin Ellis

Myron J. Folensbee • Albert E. Gallant • James Garretson • Carroll W. Gates • George R. Genung • George German Jr. • Warren H. Gilman • Samuel E. Giudici • Frederick T. Goudy • Robert G. Graney • John Gronbeck • Hugh P. Guiler • Augustin S. Hardart • William L. Harriss • Valentine P. Hattemer • William S. Hernon • Irving S. Hillman • Irving G. Hopkins • F.B. Humphreys • George W. Johnson • Kenneth G. Judson • E. Lawrence Keyes • Hrant H. Kondazian • Francis J. Lauer

Alexander Lewis • Gerald MacDonald • Henry MacDonald • Joseph MacDonald • Ward J. MacNeal • Michael T. McDonald • Albert F. McGirr • Major McKinney • Stephen D. Mandel • H.R. Mandeville • George C. Metz

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• Edward H. Moir • W.A. Moorhouse • Eugene F. Moran • Thomas A. Moran • Hugh G. Mullen • Arthur Muller • William R. Naughton • Rowland S. Nichols • Robert A. Norton • J. Alfred Ortgies • James S. Parkes • Theodore C. Paton • Thomas B. Paton Jr. • Clarence A. Perry

Jacob B. Posner • Llewellyn Power • Charles E. Ruttan • J. Francis Ryan Jr. • Walter M. Ryan • Edwin P.H. Schiffer • John Schnoor • ★ Louis Serlen • Adam T. Shurick • Charles S. Snow • A.M. Springsteen • David Springsteen • H.D. Springsteen • Bentley Thoms • R.W. Turner • C.R. Vanderveer • H.S. Vanderveer • John G. Von Hofe Jr. • Harvey T. Warren • Robert A. Weir • Howard K. Winman • Robert H. Wessmann • Gilman S. Whitmore • Clarence A. Williams • Edwin P. Wittschiebe • Elmer J. Young

Erected by the citizens of Forest Hills in recognition of the patriotic spirit and loyal devotion of the men of this community who served in the military forces of the United States in the Great War

Erected by citizens of Forest Hills.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 40° 43.026′ N, 73° 50.627′ W. Memorial is in Queens

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 31, 2025

2. Great War Memorial

, New York, in Queens County. It is in Forest Hills. It is on Greenway Terrace north of Greenway Circle, in the median. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1-15 Ascan Ave, Forest Hills NY 11375, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New York City.

It is also in the American Northeast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

the Western Hemisphere,

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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Forest Hills Beginnings (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gerald MacDonald Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Willow Lake Playground (approx. half a mile away); Remsen Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Queens Borough Hall Persian Gulf War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Maple Grove Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Forest Park Centennial Pine Groves (approx. one mile away); 1914 Pine Grove and the Memorial Drive Trees (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Queens.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 72 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 4, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.