Clifton Forge in Alleghany County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

World War I Memorial

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1. World War I Memorial

Inscription.

World War I Memorial. 🦅. In Memory of. Sergt. Roland Albert Williams, Co. I, 9th Infantry, 2nd Div., A.E.F., Killed in Action, Soissons, France, July 13, 1918. . Corpl. Rayburn Edison Williams, Co. I, 9th Infantry, 2nd Div., A.E.F., Wounded June 18th, Died June 19th, 1918. Chateau Thierry, France. . Victoria R. Good, Died in Brooklyn Naval Hospital, October 9, 1918. . Wilbur Mosby, In honor of those who served in the World War. Alfred, Andrew Jackson . Alley, Charles . Anderson, George Cline . Anderson, George K. Jr. . Andrew, W. Alfred . Angel, Grover M. . Angel, H. Webb . Armstead, Cahs. Edward . Ayres, Hersey . Baker, Earl . Baker, George Frank . Baker, James S. . Baker, Martin . Baker, M. Floyd . Beale, Frank D. . Bean, Harry Earl . Beasley, Grover Cleveland . Beasley, John H. . Bell, N. S. . Blackwelder, Oswald M. . Blackwelder, Young . Boswell, Osie . Broughman, Elmer . Broughman, LAcy N. . Broughman, Melvin C. . Briman, Phil H. . Bryant, James S. . Buchanan, P. H. . Cahoon, Cecil Luther . Cahoon, Jesse Norman . Callahan, Howard . Callahan, Warner J. . Camper, Jas. Jefferson . Camper, Roy L. . Carter, Briscoe Elliot . Carter, Claude Marion . Carter, Harry . Chambers, J. Merrett . Chambers, Saml. F. . Chambers, Willis . Chames, Lewis B. . Chenault, Burleigh C. . Chougas, Victor George . Clarkson, L. Anderson . Clough, Stuart L. . Coe, Samuel Gwynn . Colvin, Robert Lee . Cooke, George . Craft, Charles . Craft, Thomas Earl . Crawford, Harvey . Croxton, Willoughby N. . Cutler, Russel . Dacey, Jack . Damewood, Carl . Davies, Beverly . Davies, Frank W. . Davis, Paul W. . Davis, Richard J. . Deaton, Charles P. . Deeds, Russel Joseph . Deibert, Hazen O. . Desper, David Austin . Desper, Robert Powell . Dodd, Edward . Dodd, John L. . Dodd, Joseph . Doyle, Harry . Drumheller, Zack E. . Dugger, Roy Rainey . Duke, James Fletcher . Duval, Harry G. . Ealy, Douglas H. . Echols, Dabney H. Jr. . Eddins, Hellie H.G. . Elliot, Wallace S. . Eton, Russel L. . Farrar, C. T. . Faber, Harry L. . Fitzgerald, Ashby James . Ford, W. Kent . Foster, Floyd F. . Foster, Lewis Coe . Fout, Chas. Emory . Fox, Chas. L. . Fridley, Ernest L. . Fry, George . Gallagher, Carter . Gallagher, Earl Hughes . Gentry, Russel . Gibbs, Herbert . Gibson, Aubrey , Gibson, J. H. . Gibson, Wm. L. . Glass, John L. . Glass, Walter . Gleason, Hillary . Gleason, Michael Emmett . Gleason, Paul . Glover, Clyde Meredith . Goolsby, Lewis Edward . Gordon, Albert Howard . Gorman, George F. . Gorman, Matt . Greene, Samuel . Green, Edward Carter . Griffith, Dr. Ernest . Griffith, Grover . Grove, W. B. . Haley, William A. Jr. . Hamilton, Wm. . Harris, Frederick . Harris, Harry Yost . Harris, James Walter . Harris, Lester . Harris, O. E. . Harris, Ralph H. . Harris, Roy . Harrison, Hugh . Harrison, J. Walton . Harvey, W. D. . Haskins, Harry Tucker . Hauer, Edward Raymond . Hawkins, John W. . Hawkins, Robert P. Jr. . Hill, S. M. . Higgins, L.F. . Hippert, Wm. Leon . Holland, Lewis Earl . Hornbarger, Wm. Henry . Howard, Rupert Ezra . Howerton, Roscoe . Huffman, Albert Early . Humphries, E. L. . Humphries, H. F. . Hunter, Cecil . Ingledew, Jesse . Ingledew, Raymond . Irvine, Wm. Baxter . James, Bleakley . Johnson, Cline . Johnson, John Wilson . Johnson, Robert . Jones, Irvine . Key, Robert C. . Lawrence, Jesse Cameron . Lawrence, Linwood I. . Layne, Bernard V. . Layne, John . Lewis, J. Warner Jr. . Lewis, Meriwether . Lewis, W. H. Jr. , Lewis, W. S. . Leslie, Wm. Lee . Lindsay, James . Lipes, Walter Wm. . Lowman, Lester . Loving, Clarence . Loving, Harry . Lumsden, Edward . Lumsden, Lyle . Lyle, Clyde Cecil . Mahaney, Harold . Markli, Lewis R. . Marsh, Robert . Mason, Lawrence . May, Samuel Byrd . McCoy, Thomas Floyd . McCoy, Warren Chas. . McDaniel, Dr. Winfred . McDaniel, Valrie . McKinney, Wm. T. . McMullan, Osier N. , McSherry, Robert J. . Meadows, Chas. F. . Merriman, Garnet Lee . Miller, Cletus . Miller, Emmett O. . Miller, Everett Lynn . Miller, Gordon . Milton, Pollard C. . Moeschler, Alva Adison . Montgomery, Clayton , Montgomery, Samuel L. . Montgomery, Wm. R. . Morris, Cecil . Morris, Frank . Morris, Hubert . Morris, Hughes . Mullen, Jack . Nair, Wm. Burger . Nelson, Harry Edwards . Nelson, H. W. . Nicely, Jacob Price . Nicely, Lee Washington . Nicely, Robert N. . Nicely, Shaderick . Nuckols, Robert . Obenchain, Emmett . Painter, Lawrence Mike . Painter, Wm. McKinley . Parrish, Charles . Parrish, Earl . Patterson, Chas. Wm. . Patterson, Sink . Patterson, Massey . Paxton, Carrol W. . Payne, Paul Jennings . Pendleton, Littleton F. . Plunkett, Thomas Joseph . Powell, Walter Forest . Pursley, John L. . Reed, Edgar . Reed, Leroy . Reed, Milton . Rhoads, Herman Gill . Rhodes, Nalle . Riddlebarger, Cecil A. . Roadcap, Robert Russel . Roadcap, Robert Swinton . Rogers, Harry . Rogers, Lewis George . Rucker, Dr. C. N. . Rule, Raymond J. . Samples, Fife Hughes . Samples, Linwood . Samples, Ralph L. . Sanders, Cecil . Saunders, Raymond . Saunders, Curtis . Savage, Francis . Savage, Walter . Scruggs, Jesse Joseph . Scruggs, Warren B. . Sharp, William Wallace . Shelton, John F. . Shelton, Oscar B. . Showalter, John F. . Simpson, Homer . Simpson, Horace . Simpson, Taylor . Siples, Glen . Slusser, Frank Maxwell . Smith, Brinkley . Smith, Chas. E. . Smith, Edwin . Smith, Elmo . Smith, Harold . Smith, Hubert . Smith, Raymond . Smith, Walter K. Jr. . Snead, E. H. . Snyder, Albert Elmer . Snyder, Luther Wheeler . Spinner, Rives B. . Staley, Frank . Staley, Garland . Stinnett, Chas. O. . Stock, Cecil Fred . Stock, George Ernest . Sloan, Robert Lee . Sloan, Silas O. . Sloan, Wm. Edwards . Stratton, Jack , Straub, Eugene . Straub, Robert Eaton . Switzer, Harry L. . Taylor, Harry Edward . Terry, Ashby . Terry, Bernard B. . Thomas, Floyd Mason . Thomas, Franklin . Thomas, Harry . Thompson, Marvin . Thurston, Chas. Franklin , Tribbett, Frank Marion . Tucker, James Austin . Tucker, Robert W. . Turpin, Lambert M. . Tyler, Frank . Tyler, John Paul . Tyler, Roy . Van, Fossen Mason P. . Vanscoy, F. E. . Vess, Osie L. . Via, Beulah . Via, Samuel . Wade, Lewis Mowyer . Wagner, J. M. . Waldrop, Thomas Garland . Waldrop, Walter . Walker, French B. . Walton, Jesse James . Wamsley, Charles . Wamsley, Hubert . Waskey, William Beroscious . Wells, Dr. E. D. . Werner, Leo C. . Westerman, Dewey . Westerman, Elmer . Williams, James Neil . ★ Williams, Rayburn Edison . ★ Williams, Roland Albert . Williamson, John M. . Wilson, Frank . Winchester, Baxter . Winchester, Thomas . Withrow, Carl W. . Withrow, Charles A. . White, Willie Sherman . Whitlock, Benjamin J. . Woods, H. D. . Woodson, G. N. . Wysor, Frank Laird , Nurses Coyner, Miss Mamie . Good, Miss Victoria . Leech, Miss Garfield . Leech, Miss Nancy . Smith, Miss Verna Mae , Colored Anderson, Frank Lee . Anderson, Oscar Lee B. . Banks, Joseph . Baker, James Stevenson . Blakey, Adolphus . Brown, Richard . Carter, Lawrence E. . Crawford, Hugh . Davis, William . Dickerson, Oliver . Doss, Chas. . Garris, L. L. . Green, Melvin . Hill, George . Hiter, John H. . Jackson, Asey . Jordan, Eugene . Lee, Frank A. . Lemon, Russell . Lewis, Elmore . Mack, James O. . Marks, Charles . Massey, Albert . McCray, William D. . Moore, Alphonso . Moore, Branch Cecil . Moore, Theo. Harrison . Morris, Charlie . Morris, William . ★ Mosby, Wilbur . Patterson, Henry . Reed, Howard . Reynolds, Boise . Reynolds, John Daniel . Shelton, Leonard . Smith, Thomas . Taylor, Clayborne . Tinsley, Charlie Lee . Thomas, John N. . Tyler, Raymond L. . Waller, Peyton . Ware, Emanuel . Watson, Willie . Wilson, Harry . Wright, Bridgett

In Memory of Sergt. Roland Albert Williams, Co. I, 9th Infantry, 2nd Div., A.E.F., Killed in Action, Soissons, France, July 13, 1918. • Corpl. Rayburn Edison Williams, Co. I, 9th Infantry, 2nd Div., A.E.F., Wounded June 18th, Died June 19th, 1918. Chateau Thierry, France. • Victoria R. Good, Died in Brooklyn Naval Hospital, October 9, 1918. • Wilbur Mosby

In honor of those who served in the World War Alfred, Andrew Jackson • Alley, Charles • Anderson, George Cline • Anderson, George K. Jr. • Andrew, W. Alfred • Angel, Grover M. • Angel, H. Webb • Armstead, Cahs. Edward • Ayres, Hersey • Baker, Earl • Baker, George Frank • Baker, James S. • Baker, Martin • Baker, M. Floyd • Beale, Frank D. • Bean, Harry Earl • Beasley, Grover Cleveland • Beasley, John H. • Bell, N. S. • Blackwelder, Oswald M. • Blackwelder, Young • Boswell, Osie • Broughman, Elmer • Broughman, LAcy N. • Broughman, Melvin C. • Briman, Phil H. • Bryant, James S. • Buchanan, P. H. • Cahoon, Cecil Luther • Cahoon, Jesse Norman • Callahan, Howard • Callahan, Warner J. • Camper,

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Jas. Jefferson • Camper, Roy L. • Carter, Briscoe Elliot • Carter, Claude Marion • Carter, Harry • Chambers, J. Merrett • Chambers, Saml. F. • Chambers, Willis • Chames, Lewis B. • Chenault, Burleigh C. • Chougas, Victor George • Clarkson, L. Anderson • Clough, Stuart L. • Coe, Samuel Gwynn • Colvin, Robert Lee • Cooke, George • Craft, Charles • Craft, Thomas Earl • Crawford, Harvey • Croxton, Willoughby N. • Cutler, Russel • Dacey, Jack • Damewood, Carl • Davies, Beverly • Davies, Frank W. • Davis, Paul W. • Davis, Richard J. • Deaton, Charles P. • Deeds, Russel Joseph • Deibert, Hazen O. • Desper, David Austin • Desper, Robert Powell • Dodd, Edward • Dodd, John L. • Dodd, Joseph • Doyle, Harry • Drumheller, Zack E. • Dugger, Roy Rainey • Duke, James Fletcher • Duval, Harry G. • Ealy, Douglas H. • Echols, Dabney H. Jr. • Eddins, Hellie H.G. • Elliot, Wallace S. • Eton, Russel L. • Farrar, C. T. • Faber, Harry L. • Fitzgerald, Ashby James • Ford, W. Kent • Foster, Floyd F. • Foster, Lewis Coe • Fout, Chas. Emory • Fox, Chas. L. •

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2. World War I Memorial

Fridley, Ernest L. • Fry, George • Gallagher, Carter • Gallagher, Earl Hughes • Gentry, Russel • Gibbs, Herbert • Gibson, Aubrey

Gibson, J. H. • Gibson, Wm. L. • Glass, John L. • Glass, Walter • Gleason, Hillary • Gleason, Michael Emmett • Gleason, Paul • Glover, Clyde Meredith • Goolsby, Lewis Edward • Gordon, Albert Howard • Gorman, George F. • Gorman, Matt • Greene, Samuel • Green, Edward Carter • Griffith, Dr. Ernest • Griffith, Grover • Grove, W. B. • Haley, William A. Jr. • Hamilton, Wm. • Harris, Frederick • Harris, Harry Yost • Harris, James Walter • Harris, Lester • Harris, O. E. • Harris, Ralph H. • Harris, Roy • Harrison, Hugh • Harrison, J. Walton • Harvey, W. D. • Haskins, Harry Tucker • Hauer, Edward Raymond • Hawkins, John W. • Hawkins, Robert P. Jr. • Hill, S. M. • Higgins, L.F. • Hippert, Wm. Leon • Holland, Lewis Earl • Hornbarger, Wm. Henry • Howard, Rupert Ezra • Howerton, Roscoe • Huffman, Albert Early • Humphries, E. L. • Humphries, H. F. • Hunter, Cecil • Ingledew, Jesse • Ingledew, Raymond • Irvine, Wm.

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3. World War I Memorial

Baxter • James, Bleakley • Johnson, Cline • Johnson, John Wilson • Johnson, Robert • Jones, Irvine • Key, Robert C. • Lawrence, Jesse Cameron • Lawrence, Linwood I. • Layne, Bernard V. • Layne, John • Lewis, J. Warner Jr. • Lewis, Meriwether • Lewis, W. H. Jr.

Lewis, W. S. • Leslie, Wm. Lee • Lindsay, James • Lipes, Walter Wm. • Lowman, Lester • Loving, Clarence • Loving, Harry • Lumsden, Edward • Lumsden, Lyle • Lyle, Clyde Cecil • Mahaney, Harold • Markli, Lewis R. • Marsh, Robert • Mason, Lawrence • May, Samuel Byrd • McCoy, Thomas Floyd • McCoy, Warren Chas. • McDaniel, Dr. Winfred • McDaniel, Valrie • McKinney, Wm. T. • McMullan, Osier N.

McSherry, Robert J. • Meadows, Chas. F. • Merriman, Garnet Lee • Miller, Cletus • Miller, Emmett O. • Miller, Everett Lynn • Miller, Gordon • Milton, Pollard C. • Moeschler, Alva Adison • Montgomery, Clayton

Montgomery, Samuel L. • Montgomery, Wm. R. • Morris, Cecil • Morris, Frank • Morris, Hubert • Morris, Hughes • Mullen, Jack • Nair, Wm. Burger • Nelson, Harry Edwards • Nelson, H. W.

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4. Veterans Memorial Park in Clifton Forge

• Nicely, Jacob Price • Nicely, Lee Washington • Nicely, Robert N. • Nicely, Shaderick • Nuckols, Robert • Obenchain, Emmett • Painter, Lawrence Mike • Painter, Wm. McKinley • Parrish, Charles • Parrish, Earl • Patterson, Chas. Wm. • Patterson, Sink • Patterson, Massey • Paxton, Carrol W. • Payne, Paul Jennings • Pendleton, Littleton F. • Plunkett, Thomas Joseph • Powell, Walter Forest • Pursley, John L. • Reed, Edgar • Reed, Leroy • Reed, Milton • Rhoads, Herman Gill • Rhodes, Nalle • Riddlebarger, Cecil A. • Roadcap, Robert Russel • Roadcap, Robert Swinton • Rogers, Harry • Rogers, Lewis George • Rucker, Dr. C. N. • Rule, Raymond J. • Samples, Fife Hughes • Samples, Linwood • Samples, Ralph L. • Sanders, Cecil • Saunders, Raymond • Saunders, Curtis • Savage, Francis • Savage, Walter • Scruggs, Jesse Joseph • Scruggs, Warren B. • Sharp, William Wallace • Shelton, John F. • Shelton, Oscar B. • Showalter, John F. • Simpson, Homer • Simpson, Horace • Simpson, Taylor • Siples, Glen • Slusser, Frank Maxwell • Smith, Brinkley • Smith,

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Chas. E. • Smith, Edwin • Smith, Elmo • Smith, Harold • Smith, Hubert • Smith, Raymond • Smith, Walter K. Jr. • Snead, E. H. • Snyder, Albert Elmer • Snyder, Luther Wheeler • Spinner, Rives B. • Staley, Frank • Staley, Garland • Stinnett, Chas. O. • Stock, Cecil Fred • Stock, George Ernest • Sloan, Robert Lee • Sloan, Silas O. • Sloan, Wm. Edwards • Stratton, Jack

Straub, Eugene • Straub, Robert Eaton • Switzer, Harry L. • Taylor, Harry Edward • Terry, Ashby • Terry, Bernard B. • Thomas, Floyd Mason • Thomas, Franklin • Thomas, Harry • Thompson, Marvin • Thurston, Chas. Franklin

Tribbett, Frank Marion • Tucker, James Austin • Tucker, Robert W. • Turpin, Lambert M. • Tyler, Frank • Tyler, John Paul • Tyler, Roy • Van, Fossen Mason P. • Vanscoy, F. E. • Vess, Osie L. • Via, Beulah • Via, Samuel • Wade, Lewis Mowyer • Wagner, J. M. • Waldrop, Thomas Garland • Waldrop, Walter • Walker, French B. • Walton, Jesse James • Wamsley, Charles • Wamsley, Hubert • Waskey, William Beroscious • Wells, Dr. E. D. • Werner, Leo C. • Westerman, Dewey • Westerman, Elmer • Williams, James Neil • ★ Williams, Rayburn Edison • ★ Williams, Roland Albert • Williamson, John M. • Wilson, Frank • Winchester, Baxter • Winchester, Thomas • Withrow, Carl W. • Withrow, Charles A. • White, Willie Sherman • Whitlock, Benjamin J. • Woods, H. D. • Woodson, G. N. • Wysor, Frank Laird

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Coyner, Miss Mamie • Good, Miss Victoria • Leech, Miss Garfield • Leech, Miss Nancy • Smith, Miss Verna Mae

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Anderson, Frank Lee • Anderson, Oscar Lee B. • Banks, Joseph • Baker, James Stevenson • Blakey, Adolphus • Brown, Richard • Carter, Lawrence E. • Crawford, Hugh • Davis, William • Dickerson, Oliver • Doss, Chas. • Garris, L. L. • Green, Melvin • Hill, George • Hiter, John H. • Jackson, Asey • Jordan, Eugene • Lee, Frank A. • Lemon, Russell • Lewis, Elmore • Mack, James O. • Marks, Charles • Massey, Albert • McCray, William D. • Moore, Alphonso • Moore, Branch Cecil • Moore, Theo. Harrison • Morris, Charlie • Morris, William • ★ Mosby, Wilbur • Patterson, Henry • Reed, Howard • Reynolds, Boise • Reynolds, John Daniel • Shelton, Leonard • Smith, Thomas • Taylor, Clayborne • Tinsley, Charlie Lee • Thomas, John N. • Tyler, Raymond L. • Waller, Peyton • Ware, Emanuel • Watson, Willie • Wilson, Harry • Wright, Bridgett

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

Location. 37° 48.976′ N, 79° 49.495′ W. Memorial is in Clifton Forge, Virginia, in Alleghany County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and River Street (Business U.S. 60), on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 518 Main St, Clifton Forge VA 24422, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Mountain Region,

in the Alleghany Highlands,

and specifically in the Potomac Highlands.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in 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: All Wars Memorial (here, next to this marker); Masonic Theatre (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Fire Department World War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Roger Arliner Young (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Robert Gallaspy Land Grant (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clifton Forge.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 5 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 27, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.