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Union Bridge in Carroll County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Western Maryland Railway Honor Roll

World War 1917 – 1918

 
 
Western Maryland Railway Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Pfingsten, October 14, 2007
1. Western Maryland Railway Marker
Inscription.

[Honor Roll of Veterans]
[not transcribed]

Paid the Supreme Sacrifice
Walter E. Campbell · Benjamin F. Cline · Aby B. Crawford · George A. Flechtner · Daily Godwin · Hugh H. Hahn · Eli C. Hornick · Bernard T. Houck · Charles Kelly · Russell M. Kinnear · George F. Ludlow · Martin L. Lutz · George W. McAllister · Frank M. Miller · Edgar M. Porter · Gerald W. Recher · Charles E. Reid · Jenkins A. Robinson · William H. Sellman · Stewart M. Terrier · Howard Tyree · Arthur Wiley · Oliver F. Wilfong · Reno E. Wyand


 
Erected 1920 by the Employees of the Western Maryland Railway Company.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryPatriots & PatriotismWar, World I.
 
Location. 39° 34.237′ N, 77° 10.622′ W. Memorial is in Union Bridge, Maryland, in Carroll County. It is on Main Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is in front of Western Maryland Railroad Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Union Bridge MD 21791, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Union Bridge (here, next to this marker); World's First Reaping Machine (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Blue Ridge College Bell
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Safety Follows Wisdom (approx. 0.4 miles away); Elmer A. Wolfe High School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Birthplace of William Henry Rinehart (approx. 0.4 miles away); The First Reaping Machine (approx. half a mile away); “Pipe Creek Meeting” (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Union Bridge.
 
Also see . . .  Western Maryland Railway Historical Society. (Submitted on December 7, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Western Maryland Railroad Station image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Pfingsten, October 14, 2007
2. Western Maryland Railroad Station
Now a museum. The tracks in the foreground are of the Maryland Midland Railway.
Western Maryland Railway Honor Roll and Depot image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 21, 2015
3. Western Maryland Railway Honor Roll and Depot
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,808 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 16, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.   3. submitted on December 7, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 10, 2026