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Casey, John-2nd Lieutenant, 56th Regiment, C. A. C. Served in France.
Casey, Raymond-38th Infantry. Served in France.
Chapman, Linwood P .- Seaman, 2 C, 3rd Company, Naval Reserve Force. Chapman, Paul W.
Colvin, Alanson B .- Bat. Spec. Patrol 790, Naval Reserve, New Bedford, Mass.
Colvin, Waldo P .- 24th Company, 152nd Depot Brigade; 1st class Private, Infantry.
Cote, Arthur.
DeForest, Arthur-Battery D, 56th Artillery C. A. C.
Desautels, Oliva.
DeViney, Walter-1st class Private, Company K, 326th Regiment, Infantry; wounded October, 1918.
Doyen, Raymond-19th Company, Corporal, Medical Department.
Doyen, Serge-Lieutenant. Served at Fort Wright, N. Y.
Dragon, Robert-Private, 56th Regiment, C. A. C. Served at Chateau Thierry, Fismes and Argonne.
Evans, Walter H .- 1st class Private, 31st Machine Gun Company, 74th Regiment, In- fantry, Camp Devens.
Ferrigno, Joseph-Private, 56th Regiment, C. A. C. Served at Argonne, Fismes and Chateau Thierry.
Gaudreau, Emil.
Gaudreau, Laurian-Private, Medical Corps. Served in France.
Gorman, Thomas-Private, Headquarters Company, 304th Infantry. Served in France. Gosselin, Joseph.
Goulet, Armond-3rd Company, 152nd Depot Brigade, Hospital Corps.
Guathier, Romeo.
Harney, James H.
Ide, Roland-Fireman 1st class, S. S. Amphitrite, Naval Reserve Force.
Kelly, Henry.
Kinmonth, Raymond-Private 1st class, Coast Artillery, 101st Field Artillery, 26th Divi- sion, Sanitary Department; gassed October, 1918.
Langevin, Frederick E .- Camp Greenleaf, Ga.
Lathrop, Robert L .- Merchant Marine, July, 1918, to April, 1919.
Lawton, Carrol-Sergeant, 6th Company, 152nd Depot Brigade, Company B, Base Hos- pital, Medical Department, Camp Upton.
Leidemer, Martin B.
Mason, Hugh-Lieutenant Commander, Oil Tank Steamer Charles Pratt, U. S. N. R. F. Mathe, Oliva-Fireman 1st class, Naval Reserve, U. S. S. Winchester.
Mathieu, Adelard-19th Company, Medical Department, Camp Greenleaf.
Mayhew, John-Private, 56th Regiment, C. A. C. Served at Chateau Thierry, Fismes and Argonne.
Mayhew, William A .- Private, 56th Regiment, C. A. C. Served at Chateau Thierry, Fismes and Argonne.
Messier, Albert-Corporal, Depot Brigade.
Moran, Thomas-Depot Brigade, Camp Devens.
Parent, Alfred-Battery D, 56th Regiment, C. A. C. Served in France.
Pearl, George-Sergeant, Chief Mechanic, 13th Company, C. A. C.
Piette, Albert.
Pike, Ernest-Coast Artillery, Private, 13th Company. Served overseas.
Pike, William H .- Private 1st class, 13th Company, Connecticut Coast Artillery National Guard. Died in service February, 1918, of pneumonia at Fort Terry, N. Y.
Rainville, Arthur-Company A, 104th Infantry, 26th Division. Served in France. Renaud, C. Edmond-Company G, 304th Infantry. Served in France.
Renaud, Francis-Private, 326th Infantry, 82nd Division. Served in France.
Rondeau, Henry-Private, Battery D, 56th Artillery, C. A. C.
Smith, Merrill C .- Died of wounds received in action.
Stone, George D .- Sergeant, 56th Regiment, C. A. C. Served at Chateau Thierry, Fismes and Argonne.
Tetreault, Ernest-Co. L, 306th Infantry, 77th Division; wounded. Served in France. Tillotson, Howard-Private, 56th Regiment, C. A. C. Served in France.
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Thomas, Joseph W .- Private 1st class, 3rd Company, 152nd Depot Brigade, Medical Corps.
Wild, Arthur-Carpenters Mate, 1st class, on Constellation, Naval Reserve. Woodson, Alfred.
Young, Milton.
CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES
In September, 1914, Brooklyn sent $150 to the National Red Cross. No- vember 17 an association for war work was formed at the home of the Misses Dyer, and later this was called the Brooklyn War Relief Association. The work was carried on at the Grange Hall, later in the barn of the Misses Dyer, and finally, as the work increased, the parlors of the Congregational Church were used, and then the Unitarian vestry. Comforts were sent to our men in the camps, and hospital supplies to the Far East mission; clothing and knitted articles to Red Cross, to Mrs. Nina L. Duryea for French and Belgian refugees, to the Army and Navy League, Eleventh Engineers, Serbian mission, and to camps at Plum Island and Devens. The association raised $3,577.25 during the five years of war, and each of the five Liberty loans was oversubscribed. War Savings Stamps were sold in large numbers. During the last two years of the war fifty-three boxes and packages were sent out.
CANTERBURY ROLL OF HONOR
Appley, Milo-Enlisted July 5, 1918, at New London, Conn. In Navy Reserve; sent to Newport, R. I .; in training about four months; in hospital two months; at Rum- ford, R. I., about seven weeks at Rifle Range. Discharged January 28, 1919. Baunier, August-Stationed at Fortress Monroe.
Blaine, Leodore.
Blaine, Wilfred-Assigned to hospital work.
Carr, George Henry-Service, April, 1917 -. First in the Coast Artillery, 1st Company, N. G .; transferred June, 1917, to the Brown University Ambulance Unit, Section 579, at the Concentration Camp, Allentown, Pa., Section 579, U. S. A. A. C. Left Camp Crane June, 1918, sailed for Genoa, Italy, on Guisseppe Verdi. Served as ambulance driver at Velo, then went to Pergine and Trent. From September, 1918, until January, 1919, the Ambulance Corps carried a total of 9,789 patients and traveled a distance of 53,230 miles. During the great advance 902 patients were carried and 3,623 miles traveled. Decorated with the Italian War Cross, March, 1919.
Coombs, Harvey-Detailed to hospital work.
Galloway, Millard-Fortress Monroe.
Jones, Thomas-Sergeant, "A. A." (All American) Division, 1917, 326th Infantry, Com- pany A. In engagements at St. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry, Argonne Forest, Meuse, etc. In one of these battles was one of the 26 survivors out of the 250 men in Company A who entered.
Kneubuehler, John-Navy, Lieutenant, with Submarine Destroyer Fleet in European waters, with Base at Queenstown, Ireland.
Lathrop, Parker-W. T., U. S. N. R. F. Enlisted as Fireman 1st class at Brooklyn Navy Yard, April 13, 1917. Left for overseas June 6, 1917. Patrol duty out of Brest July 4, 1917-August, 1918. Stationed at Lorient, France, August, 1918-Novem- ber, 1918. On board U. S. S. Piqua two months. Stationed at Brest December, 1918-May, 1919. Released July, 1919.
Lawson, William-Army, Private. Entered service September, 1917, Company B, 101st Machine Gun Battalion, "Y" Division. Wounded July 18, 1918.
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Lecreau, Henry-Navy, Service, March, 1917-January, 1919. First U. S. N. R. F. at New London, then Newport, Machinist Mate 1st class. Transferred to U. S. S. Birmingham, then to subchaser base at New London. Made Chief Machinist Mate and placed in charge of engine room of U. S. S. Kestrel, which was then station ship at entrance of Long Island Sound. Promoted to rank of Warrant Machinist and assigned to U. S. S. Missouri, of the Atlantic Patrol Fleet. At present holds rank of Machinist N. R. F. 2nd class.
McDonald, Harry.
Medbury, Frank-Army, Corporal. Service in France. In the service 1918-Fall of 1919. Moody, Oliver-Navy, 1st Electrician on the U. S. Transport George Washington. Made eleven round trips to Europe. Was in the service before the war. Newton, Herbert-Navy. In service May, 1918-February, 1919. Stationed at sub- marine base New London, N. C. O.
Olsen, Oscar-Corporal, June, 1918-November, 1919. Camp Eustis, Fla. When two days at sea, bound for Europe, his regiment recalled by wireless because of armistice. Battalion A., 30th Regiment.
Pettier, Arthur.
Picard, Albert-Navy, service November, 1916-December, 1919. Went overseas August, 1917. While in service was in twelve countries without encountering submarines. Is now on Naval Reserve list in Boston, Mass.
Pike, William Howard-Deceased. Died at Fort Terry, Conn., February, 1918. Buried with military honors.
Pike, Ernest-Private, 56th Artillery, Battalion D. Saw active service in France on gun crew.
Rice, Trenor A .- 1st class Private. Entered service, June, 1918; 302nd Heavy Tank Battalion. Sailed on S. S. Otranto, torpedoed in Irish Sea off Queenstown Harbor, September, 1918. Twelve hours in the water.
Robbins, Elmer F .- Camp Devens. Discharged January, 1919.
Rosenzweig, Israel H .- Navy, July, 1918-November, 1919.
Wilson, Walter-Enlisted in the Canadian Army, January, 1915, and soon after was sent overseas on the transport Hespersian, which was later sunk by a submarine. Detailed to Intelligence Department as scout and was with Company D, 49th Battalion, C. E. F. Saw severe fighting in the vicinity of Spers and also during Somme campaign. Killed in action October 9, 1916.
Whipple, Sidney B .- Lieutenant. Entered service 1917. British Royal Air Force. Wounded August 24, 1918. Official credit of one Hun airplane.
CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES
Albert A. Bennett was town chairman for the State Council of Defense. The Canterbury Red Cross, auxiliary of the Norwich chapter. organized April 24, 1917, with about one hundred members, forty-five from Westminster. Offi- cers : Mrs. Charles Barstow, president; Mrs. Jessie A. Meade, vice president ; Mrs. H. H. Hawes, secretary and treasurer. Work committee, Mr. Frank Hoxie, Mrs. Carrie Carr, Mrs. T. E. Davies. Contributed to Red Cross fund, $67. Work accomplished, 129 pairs of pajamas, 25 hospital shirts, 12 convalescent robes, and bandages and sewing for the refugees; 35 knitted articles.
Mrs. Cora Hawes had charge of the Red Cross work for Canterbury and Marshall J. Frink of the Liberty loans, and their work was efficient, with a fine spirit of co-operation in the community. Canterbury went "over the top" on the third, fourth and fifth loans, more than doubling its quota and winning a flag. Levi N. Clark, as one of the Liberty Loan solicitors, received a prize for the largest amount subscribed, and was successful not only in his own ยท district, but very helpful in co-operation with the other solicitors. His prize was a German helmet, said to have been picked up on the battlefield "nearest
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to Paris that the Germans got." In Westminster parish, in the third loan, the women subscribed $650.
CHAPLIN ROLL OF HONOR.
Fred Bolduk, Michael Peter Bujak, Robert Orin Colburn, George Evans, Frank Edward Hall, Walter Haynes Griggs, Guiseppe Nardi (service in France and Italy), Charles Peter Wright.
No deaths; no wounded.
CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES
The following served as officers of the Red Cross at Chaplin : B. M. Welch, chairman ; C. E. Chester, secretary ; Mertie E. Lanphear, treasurer. Under the chairmanship of Mrs. B. M. Welch the ladies of Chaplin worked two full years sewing for the Red Cross and refugees with the following results: 6 clippings, 41 handkerchiefs, 4 T bandages, 4 slings, 10 comfort bags, 2 nightingales, 43 hospital shirts, 57 pajama suits, 12 convalescent robes, 36 oval bands, 24 chemise, 30 underdrawers, 13 blue bags, 10 women's blouses, 20 housewives, 51 pinafores, 5 night robes ; a total of 392 garments. Mrs. Frank C. Lummis served as chair- man of the knitting committee with fine results, as follows: 261 pairs of stock- ings, 3 pair house socks, 36 sweaters, 47 helmets, 26 scarves, 22 bandages, 57 wash cloths, 67 pairs wristers and mittens, wipes for surgical work, thirty to forty knit continually. At one time more than fifty women were knitting. Miss Jane Clark at age eighty-three knit forty-three pairs of stockings and one scarf, and Miss Cynthia Plumley at the age of seventy-five knit seven scarves, five pairs wristers, one helmet and thirty-seven pairs stockings. A total of 534 articles were knitted. 1
During the old-clothes drive the following articles were collected and sent for relief work : 51 pounds underclothes, 62 pounds old clothes, 26 pieces dress braid, 225 spools thread, 350 dozen buttons, 12 pairs shoes.
Miss Jane Clark, Mrs. Eliza Healey, Mrs. Burton M. Welch, Mrs. F. C. Lummis, Mrs. Merritt Welch, Mrs. W. J. Lanphear, Mrs. F. W. Martin, Mrs. George B. Howard and Mrs. W. B. Gallup received badges for eight hundred or more hours' work.
Nearly $5,000 of War Saving and Thrift Stamps were sold through the postoffice of Chaplin.
EASTFORD ROLL OF HONOR
Barrington, Charles P., Eastford-Private, Infantry, A. E. F.
Bowen, Clifford, Eastford-Private, 34th Machine Gun Battalion.
Collins, Donald A., North Ashford-Private, Tank Corps, A. E. F.
Dew, Clarence, Phoenixville-Signal Corps, A. E. F .; wounded.
French, Clifford, North Ashford-Cavalry.
Glawson, George, Pomfret Center-Navy.
Glawson, Howard, Pomfret Center-Navy.
Glawson, John, Pomfret Center-Navy.
Green, Ralph, Eastford-Six weeks in training school.
Howlett, White, Phoenixville-Infantry, Y. D. Division; gassed.
Jackson, James, Pomfret Center-Navy, Machinist.
Kalechitz, Allick, Eastford-Marine Service.
Kalechitz, John, Eastford-Private, M. P. duty, A. E. F.
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Keith, Merrill R., Eastford-1st class Gunner, C. A. C., A. E. F. Latham, Oliver Holmes, Phoenixville, Lieutenant, 34th C. A. C. Lewis, Edwin Clark, Eastford-Mechanic, Aviation, A. E. F. May, Henry, Phoenixville, Signal Corps, A. E. F.
Romanvic, S., Eastford-Cook, Infantry.
Vallient, Henry, North Ashford-Infantry.
CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES
Eastford exceeded her Liberty loan quota in every instance, as also in the drives for the Red Cross and other war relief funds. Special interest was manifested in the Armenian Relief Fund. The women went into gardening and canning with enthusiasm. The town service flag held nineteen stars, nearly all of whom saw service in France. The school children helped in Red Cross work and bought Thrift and War Savings stamps.
HAMPTON ROLL OF HONOR
Bates, Harry-807th Pioneers, Infantry, Camp Devens and Camp Dix. Sailed for France August 28, 1918; did salvage work in the Argonne Woods; July 3, 1919, landed at Newport News; discharged at Camp Upton July 14, 1919.
Blumensheid, Charles-Went to Camp Fort Howard October 24, 1918; served in the 6th Company of 41st Regiment, C. A. C .; discharged February 17, 1919.
Burchnall, Ralph-Enlisted April 17, 1918; went to Franklin Union School May 1, 1918; trained in automobile driving and repairing; June 30, 1918, entrained for Camp Mills, joined the 90th Division and assigned to the 315th Ammuni- tion Train; July 6, 1918, sailed for Europe, landed at Liverpool, England; transported across England to Camp Ramsey; crossed the English channel to Cherbourg; went to Camp LeCourneau (forty kilometers from Bordeaux) ; October 13, 1918, went to Chantaines, did transport duty; after armistice visited Luxemburg, Schweich, Kinderburen, Marbach and Hoxet; December 31, 1918, went to Asam; May 17, 1919, went to Wengnohr, entrained for St. Nazaire; landed at Boston June, 1919; discharged June 16, 1919.
Burchnall, Richard-Went to Fort Monroe October 22, 1918; discharged at Camp Upton December 22, 1918.
Cocheu, Dr. Lindsley F .- Commissioned Captain of the Medical Corps of the United States Army, September, 1918; stationed at the Laboratory School, Yale Uni- versity; discharged December 29, 1918.
Copeland, Herbert-Went to Camp Devens July 27, 1918, Company C, 74th Infantry; dis- charged at Camp Devens January 27, 1919.
Dorons, Henry Leander-Went to Camp Devens August, 1918; died at Camp Devens Sep- tember, 1918, of influenza.
Ford, Percy H .- Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy; enlisted United States Naval Reserve Force December, 1917, as 2nd class Seaman; stationed at Bumpkin Island, Boston Harbor; changed rating to 3rd class Machinist and transferred to Naval Air Station, Chatham, Mass. Performed duty in fitting out United States Naval Seaplane NC4; transferred to regular Navy with rate of Chief Machinist Mate and to Naval Air Station, Rockaway Beach, N. Y. Participated in numerous recruiting flights in New England and in coastwise flight, New York to Florida. Still serving in United States Navy and has since flown in NC4 with Lieutenant Read the length of the New England coast recruiting.
Ford, William H .- Warrant Officer, United States Marine Corps; enlisted U. S. Army January, 1910; stationed at Fort H. G. Wright, N. Y .; discharged January 2, 1913. Enlisted Massachusetts National Guard February 28, 1916; stationed El Paso, Tex., and Las Cruces, N. M .; discharged March 23, 1917. Enlisted United States Marine Corps March, 1917; appointed Warrant Officer July, 1918; stationed at Navy Yard, Boston, Mass .; Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va .; Port au Prince, Haiti; Washington, D. C .; and Fort Lyon, Colo. Still serving in United States Marine Corps.
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Graeber, John-Enlisted in March, 1917, in the Coast Artillery; active service overseas; received several wounds, some severe; gassed once. Returned to the United States; discharged in the summer of 1919.
Greene, Edward-Sergeant, Company K, 102nd Infantry, 26th Division; in active service overseas; wounded several times and gassed twice; still in the United States Army. Sergeant Greene was the second man to enlist in the city of Hartford. Greene, James-Sent to camp but discharged because of disability.
Hakensen, Robert-Enlisted in February, 1917, in the United States Navy; on the U. S. S. Arkansas; discharged February, 1920; in June, 1920, reenlisted for two years.
Hawkes, Raymond-Enlisted in the U. S. Navy June, 1917; served on the U. S. S. Ver- mont; transferred to the Florida and promoted to 3rd class Petty Officer; was on the ship that carried the body of the Chilean minister back to Chile; dis- charged July, 1920.
Hoffman, Albert-Enlisted in the Marines, went to Boston July, 1918; on board U. S. S. Maine; did coast duty; discharged in 1919.
Howe, Quinton H .- Joined Home Guards, Detroit, Mich., March, 1917; promoted to Ser- geant; enlisted March, 1918, at Columbus, Ohio; sent to Kelley Field, San Antonio, Texas; then to Madison Barracks, Sacketts Harbor, N. Y .; April was promoted to Drill Sergeant; November sent to Officers' Training School, Camp Lee, Va .; graduated with rank of 2nd Lieutenant February, 1919; discharged from the Army before he was twenty years of age, but subject to call for five years. A bulletin from the Adjutant General's Office, Washington, for the year 1919 says Quinton H. Howe was the youngest commissioned officer in the Infantry in the state of Connecticut. He received a Lieutenant's commission at the age of nineteen, etc.
Huling, George-Went to Camp Upton in the Depot Brigade April, 1918; went to Camp Devens in May; transferred to Company G, 304th Infantry; in July sailed from Boston; on way encountered German submarine; arrived in England and went to Camp Winnall; then to Southampton; arrived in La Havre; then went to Chatteauneuf and Chevanne, then to the former place; transferred to 116th Supply Train; in November started for the front; after the armistice visited many places in Germany, where he was with a fire truck in April, 1919; returned to United States; discharged at Camp Upton July, 1919.
Jewett, Marius R .- In April, 1917, joined the Machine Gun Company, 1st Regiment Infantry, National Guard; Machine Gun Company used to make up the Machine Gun Company of the 102nd Infantry, 26th Division. Left Yale Field for France September, 1917; reached the training area (Neufchateau) September, 1917; put on detached service with the Division Headquarters, and soon reached the area; made Sergeant 1st class Q. M. C. April, 1918; in charge of rationing the division from then until discharged; went through all the campaigns in which the 26th Division took part: Toule Sector, Soissons, Chateau Thierry, Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne; returned to United States April, 1919, and discharged from the service April, 1919, at Camp Devens. Received citation in recognition of gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on October 12, 1918, during the Meuse- Argonne offensive.
Kinlin, William-Sent to Camp Devens, but because of the dependence of his mother was honorably discharged.
Luciano, Marsalisi-Sent to Camp Devens October, 1917; served overseas in the Engi- neers in Italy; returned to the United States and discharged.
Marsh, Dr. Arthur D .- Commissioned 1st Lieutenant Medical Corps June, 1918; on duty September, 1918, in the Medical Detachment at Camp Custer, Mich .; in the 14th Division, 77th Infantry; discharged at Camp Upton, February, 1919.
Miller, Robert-Enlisted in Boston, Mass .; served overseas several months; returned to the United States and received his discharge.
Leighton, Frederick-Enlisted United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps May, 1917; Naval Ground School at Massachusetts; Institute of Technology August to Octo- ber, 1917; at Pensacola, Fla., October, 1917, to January, 1918; rating at that time Naval Reserve Aviator; left Navy January, 1918, as he wished to enter active
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service before twenty-one. Joined Royal Air Force, Canada, March, 1918; served at Long Branch, Ontario; at School of Aeronautics, Toronto University; at Camp Borden Flying School; at School of Aerial Artillery Direction at Seaside, Ont .; at School of Aerial Combat at Beaumsville; and at School of Special Flying, Armour Heights, Ont. Ranks held: Cadet, Flight Cadet, then 2nd Lieutenant in November, 1918; recommended for Instructor and sent to School of Special Flying for training as Instructor in November, 1918; Flying Instructor discon- tinued in Canada after the armistice, hence did no regular instructing. Released from service December, 1918.
Pease, Leonard-In United States camps a short time and then received an honorable discharge.
Phillips, Frank A .- At Fort Slocum, N. Y., September, 1918; assigned to 2nd Company, September, 1918; sent to Putnam, Conn., as Clerk of Local Board No. 16; dis- charged February, 1919.
Stenslaud, Thor E .- At Camp Devens October, 1917; assigned to Battery F, 321st Regi- ment, 82nd Division, Field Artillery; latter part of October sent to Camp Gordon, Ga., for training; went to Camp Mills, N. Y .; May, 1918, embarked from New York and arrived in Liverpool May, 1918; proceeded to Winchester, then South- ampton, then La Havre and La Courtine June, 1918; trained in the latter place until August, 1918; went into action August 18th in the Marbache Sector; partici- pated in the following engagements: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne Sector; returned to the United States and discharged at Camp Upton May, 1919.
Webster, Clarence-Enlisted May 30th, 1917, in Harper Hospital Medical Unit, Detroit, Mich; July, 1917, sent to Allentown, Pa .; July, 1917, sent to Hoboken; sailed for France in July and thence to Base Hospital No. 17, where he was on active duty until the close of the war. In March, 1919, went to Paris for a four months' course of study, returned to the United States July, 1919; discharged at Camp Mills July, 1919.
CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES
In each of the campaigns or "drives" the quota was oversubscribed; be- ginning with a quota of about $5,000 and reaching a quota of more than $20,000. In Red Cross work the women and children worked early and late. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational Church and Little River Grange each bought Liberty bonds, besides giving generously to the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other organizations.
On July 4, 1920, the unveiling exercises of the memorial tablet to the World war veterans of the town were held on the green. The bronze tablet-sixteen by twenty-six inches-is placed on a large boulder of native stone. On the top of the tablet is the figure of an outstretched eagle, and the following inscription underneath : "In honor of the men of Hampton who served their country in the great World war of 1917-1918."
KILLINGLY ROLL OF HONOR
Arnold, Walter H .- 3rd Class Electrician, United States Navy.
Adams, Claud A .- Private, Camp Devens, Mass. In Bakery.
Adams, Walter R.
Austin, Harold H.
Aubin, Odilon-Private, 26th Division in France.
Service in France, Company L, 102nd Infantry; also in Anderson, Carl-Infantry. Spanish War.
Alix, Dennis-Service in France.
Ayer, John C.
Bousquet, Lewis-Service in France.
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Beeney, George C .- Died in service.
Bousquet, George.
Bartlett, Raymond-Field Artillery.
Boucher, Amos-Quarter-Master Corps, A. E. F., France.
Bonin, Alfred Zenon-Heavy Artillery.
Breayea, John J .- In 36th Machine Gun Battalion.
Bonin, Joseph-Medical Department.
Blanchard, Leon N .- Sergeant, Battery D, 56th Artillery. Bill, Lester A .- Ensign, United States Navy at Annapolis.
Benard, Leon-Private, 13th Company, C. A. C. Bennett, Wayland W .- 7th Engineers Corps. Regimental Sergeant Major. Bernier, Wallace V.
Berthiaume, Edward-Sergeant. Bertorelli, Louis.
Berriman, Elijah-Sergeant. Service in France.
Berger, Thomas-Company B, 308th Infantry, 77th Division.
Beckley, Harold L.
Bennett, Merrill K .- 103rd Field Artillery in France. Private, Toule Sector, St. Mihiel. Barbeau, Adelard-In France.
Babbitt, Howard W .- Company F, 148th Infantry, 37th Division.
Barlow, William H .- Corporal in Cavalry.
Baker, Edgar D .- In Battery D, 56th Artillery. In France.
Brown, Benjamin Wm .- Students' Army Training Corps. Briere, Fred. Bibeault, Romeo.
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