Nova Scotia

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PRESENTED TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND TOWN OF SHELBURNE, NOVA SCOTIA BY THE OFFICERS, MEN AND WOMEN OF CANADIAN FORCES STATION SHELBURNE THE 12TH DAY OF JULY 1993 AS PART OF CANADA'S ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. THIS PLAQUE RECOGNIZES THE HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS EXISTED DURING THIS PERIOD AND CONTINUES TO EXIST BETWEEN THE CANADIAN MILITARY AND RESIDENTS OF SHELBURNE, NOVA SCOTIA.

SERVING IN SILENCE

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KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
DEDICATED TO THOSE CANADIANS
WHO SERVED UNDER THE COMMAND
OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN KOREA

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KILLED IN ACTION
ROGER B. SCHOULTZ
THOSE WHO SERVED
ALFRED J. ACKER
FRANCIS L. ATKINSON
THOMAS R. BOWER
ROBERT C. BRANNEN
ROBERT H. BROWN
A. DEXTER BRUCE
JOHN A. BURKE
HERBERT A. CONRAD
ALDEN D. CROWELL
WILLIAM S. DAVIS
ARTHUR S. DEMOLITOR
OLIVER F. DESCHAMP
JOHN E. ELLIOTT
CARMINE A. FERRETTI
LEROY GEORGE
HOWARD V. GOODWIN
ROBIE A. GOSBEE
JOHN V. GUY
HASTINGS W. GUY
RAYMOND N. HARTLEY
EDWARD D. JACKLYN
KENNETH L. JACKLYN
ROBERT F. JACKSON
SHERMAN G. LOCKE
MILNE MATTHEWS
THOMAS M. MOFFATT
WILLIAM E. MOFFATT
JAMES C. SMITH
ELDRIDGE M. STEWART
JOHN L. TURPIN
GARFIELD A. WILLIAMS
LEWIS H. WILLIAMS
RODNEY F. WILLIAMS

[Bench Front/banc de devant]WORLD WAR II
IN MEMORY OF OUR VALIANT DEAD
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1939
1945 [bench/banc]
LLOYD ACKER
ARNOLD ALLEN
THEODORE ATKINSON
BRENTON ATWOOD
NORMAN ATWOOD
PERCY ATWOOD
WILFRED ATWOOD
GEORGE BELL
VILHELM BOGGILD
CARLYLE BOWER
GLENWOOD BOWER
HORACE BOWER

ASA BRANNEN
HERBERT BRANNEN
KEITH CHETWYND
MAURICE CROWELL
RUSSELL CROWELL
BELTON CUNNINGHAM
KARL DASH
MITCHELL DASH
FREDERICK DAVIS
ELMER DOANE
WINSLOW DESCHAMP
WILLIAM DEMOLITOR
SINCLAIR FISHER

FORREST FREEMAN
WINSLOW GIFFIN
HERBERT GOODWIN
CRAIG GOULDEN
DAVID GOULDEN
MURRAY GOULDING
LESLIE GOREHAM
EDWARD HARDING
CHARLES HEATH
GORDON HEMEON
HARRY HICKS
DOUGLAS HOGG
ROBERT HOWLETT

FRED HUBBARD
ARNOLD HUPMAN
ST. CLAIR HUSKILSON
ARTHUR JACKSON
GERALD MATHESON
GEORGE MCKENZIE
VINCENT MOODY
CLAUDE NEWELL
ELROY NEWELL
EPHRAIM NEWELL
GLENRIGHT NEWELL
VICTOR NEWELL
CARL NICKERSON

CLAUDE NICKERSON
EDSEL NICKERSON
FREELAND NICKERSON
GEORGE NICKERSON
LOVITT NICKERSON
OSBORNE NICKERSON
ROBERT NICKERSON
ROLAND NICKERSON
DOUGLAS NICOLL
HERMAN O’CONNELL
IRVING PENNEY
RANDALL ROSE
WALLACE ROSS

RONALD SEARS
JAMES N. SMITH
JOHN S. SMITH
LIONEL STUART
LOUIS SUTHERLAND
DOUGLAS SWANSBURG
ROBIE SYMONDS
FRANCIS TURPIN
DOUGLAS WALKER
CHARLES WALL
ARNOLD WILLIAMS
BURNS WILLIAMS
HARVEY WILLIAM

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EVERETT FISHER R.C.A.F. 1949
FRANK SMITH R.C.A.F. 1951
ROGER SCHOULTZ 1953

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FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
Osborne Baptist Church
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH
CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

(needs further research/recherche incomplète)

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FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
Allendale Baptist Church
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH
CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

(needs further research/recherche incomplète)

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"OPERATION ACCESS"

VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PARK
PENNY'S COVE
THIS DAY USE PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATIONAL AREA IS A COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE OF THE LAHAVE RIVER WATERSHED ENHANCEMENT FOUNDATION AND IRVING OIL LTD.

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REAR ADMIRAL DESMOND WILLIAM PIERS
DSC, CM, CD, D.SCMIL, KLJ, R.C.N. RETIRED
1913-2005

REAR ADMIRAL DESMOND PIERS, AFFECTIONATELY REFERRED TO AS "DEBBY"
WAS BORN IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA 12 JUNE 1913. HE ATTENDED THE ROYAL
MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA 1930-1932 AND SERVED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1967 AFTER 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE

AFTER LEAVING THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE ADMIRAL PIERS SERVED WITH THE ROYAL
NAVY UNTIL 1937, FOLLOWED BY SERVICE IN HMC SHIPS SAGUENAY, RESTIGOUCHE AND
ASSINIBOINE. IN 1941 HE WAS APPOINTED COMMANDING OFFICER OF HMCS
RESTIGOUCHE AND SERVED AS THE SENIOR OFFICER OF ACN ESCORT GROUP CC4.
DURING THIS PERIOD HE EARNED RECOGNITION AS ONE OF OUR NAVY'S MOST PROMISING
YOUNG NAVAL OFFICERS. IN 1944 HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF HMCS ALGONQUIN.

ADMIRAL PIERS SERVED AT SEA THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
WHILE IN COMMAND OF ALGONQUIN HE PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AND, IN
OPERATIONS WITH THE BRITISH HOME FLEET. HE ESCORTED CONVOYS TO RUSSIA.
IN 1943 HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SREVICE CORSS FOR HIS COURAGEOUS SERVICE
DURING THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.

FOLLOWING THE WAR ADMIRAL PIERS SERVED IN HMCS MAGNIFICENT NAVAL HEADQUARTERS AS DIRECTOR NAVAL PLANS AND OPERATIONS NATO SACLANT HEADQUARTERS
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, AND THE NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE KINGSTON, ONTARIO. HE THEN RETURNED
TO SEA IN COMMAND OF HMCS QUEBEC, SERVED AS COMMANDER OF THE FIRST CANADIAN ESCORT
SQUADRON AND IN 1956, AS SENIOR CANADIAN OFFICER AFLOAT, ATLANTIC. HE LATER ASSUMED THE
POSITION OF COMMANDANT ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.

FROM 1960 TO 1962 HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF (PLANS) IN NAVAL
HEADQUARTERS AND, AFTER PROMOTION TO REAR ADMIRAL IN 1962, HE WAS APPPOINTED TO THE
POSITION OF CHAIRMAN, CANADIAN JOINT STAFF, WASHINGTON, DC.

IN 1982 ADMIRAL PIERS WAS APPOINTED TO THE 'ORDER OF CANADA CM. ALSO 18 1982 HE WAS MADE AN "HONOURARY DOCTOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE"" BY THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA.

IN 2004 HE WAS AWARDED THE "KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR
(FRANCE)", FRANCE'S HIGHEST AWARD FOR BRAVERY IN MILITARY ACTION.

AFTER RETIREMENT ADMIRAL PIERS CONTINUED TO SERVE HIS
COUNTRY AND HIS COMMUNITY IN NUMEROUS VOLUNTARY
CAPACITIES. IN 1977 HE WAS APPOINTED AGENT GENERAL
OF NOVA SCOTIA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE.

REAR ADMIRAL PIERS CROSSED THE BAR 1 NOVEMBER 2005

READY AYE READY

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KEMPT HONOR ROLL
1939 WORLD WAR II 1945

PTE. BRENTON L. RINGER
1925 - 1945
HE SAVED OTHERS, HIMSELF
HE COULD NOT SAVE
F/O AVERELL W. FREEMAN
1917 - 1943
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

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DURY
DOUAI
AMIENS
ST. ELOI
BOURLON WOOD

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THE GREAT WAR
HONOUR
AND LASTING GRATITUDE
TO ALL WHO SERVED OVERSEAS
AND SURVIVED

• LINDSAY ALLEN
• MILLAGE ATKINSON
• JOSEPH ATWOOD
• CLIFFORD BANKS
• G.H. BATEMAN
• HERMAN BELLIVEAU
• EDWARD BELONG
• SIMEON BLAINE
• CECIL BOWER
• WALTER BOWER
• LAMONT BROWN
• OSCAR BURKE
• WALTER BURKE
• CHARLES CAMERON
• IVAN CHRISTIE
• JOHN CROUSE
• JOHN CLUNEY
• ERNEST CROWELL
• FREELAND CROWELL
• HARVEY B. CROWELLL
• HORATIO CROWELL
• OBADIAH CROWELL
• RICHMOND CROWELL
• WASHINGTON CROWELL
• WINNIE CROWELL
• ETHREN CUNNINGHAM
• ZEB CUNNINGHAM
• JEREMIAH DECKER
• AUSTEN DEVINE
• WILLIAM DIXON
• DOUGLAS DOANE
• HERBERT DUNCAN
• HARTLEY FORBES
• ASHFORD FOX
• EDWARD GAGNON
• GERMAIN GARRON
• ROLAND GIBSON
• ROBIE GIFFIN
• ALEXANDER GIFFIN
•  
• BURTON GOREHAM
• CLAYTON HAGAR
• CLYDE HAGAR
• BENJAMIN HAGENS
• GEORGE HARDING
• LEIGH HARDING
• PETER HARDING
• CUTHBERT HARDY
• ARTHUR HAYDEN
• HARRY HAYDEN
• LINDSAY HOMER
• WARDEN HUSKINS
• WILLIAM HUSKINS
• BRUCE KELLEY
• LAMBERT KENNEY
• OSBORNE LANGTHORNE
• RALPH LATHAM
• GEORGE LYONS
• HAROLD MacDONALD
• FRANK MacDONALD
• GORDON McGILL
• BERTRAM MacKENNEY
• SAMUEL McLEAN
• FRANK MADDEN
• JOHNSON MADDEN
• ALBERT MATHESON
• DANIEL MATHESON
• VICTOR MATHEWS
• MERTON MARDEN
• WHITMAN NICKERSON
• CLINTON NICKRSON
• EDWARD NICKERSON
• FORMAN NICKERSON
• GEORGE NICKERSON
• HARRY NICKERSON
• LESLIE NICKERSON
• PERCY NICKERSON
• ROY NICKERSON
• TRUEMAN NICKERSON
• WARREN NICKERSON
• ESMOND MURPHY
• EUGENE PAGE
• FENTON PAGE
• ROLAND PAGE
• THEODORE PAGE
• ELDRIDGE PERRY
• MADS POVLSEN
• ELIAS KAPP
• WISHART ROBERTSON
• ORIN ROGERSON
• VICTOR RICHARDSON
• ALEXANDER RINGER
• ROBERT RINGER
• MARVIN RYER
• IRVIN SHAND
• CHARLES SHERIDAN
• EBEN SMITH
• FRED SMITH
• VERNON SMITH
• WILLIAM SMITH
• CLAYTON SMITH
• GUILFORD SMITH
• DOUGLAS SMITH
• IRA SNOW
• RAY SNOW
• MILTON QUINLAN
• DAVID STODDART
• FRED STODDART
• NELSON STODDART
• JOHN H. STEVENS
• JOHN SWAINE
• JOSEPH SWAINE
• WILBERT SWAINE
• WILLIAM SWAINE
• WIMBURN SWAINE
• WHITMAN SWANSBURG
• WILLIAM SALISBURY
• TRUEMAN WALL
• REGINALD WHITMAN

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BOIRY
DENAIN
ARLEUX
FRESNOY
SANCTUARY WOOD

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THE GREAT WAR
HONOUR
AND LASTING GRATITUDE
TO ALL WHO SERVED OVERSEAS
AND SURVIVED.

1914 - 1918

• ETHEL ETHERINGTON
• DOUGLAS BELONG
• ANSEL BENNET
• FRANK BENNET
• HARRY BENNEY
• CHARLES BISHOP
• LAURIE BISHOP
• KIDSON BELL
• ALFRED BOWER
• DONALD BOWER
• EARL BOWER
• FRANK BOWER
• MAURICE BOWER
• REUBEN BOWER
• RALPH BOWER
• RICHARD BOWER
• ROSS T. BOWER
• WELDON BOWER
• WILFRED BOWER
• WILLIAM BOWER
• ARTHUR BRUCE
• FRANK BRUCE
• WILFRED BRUCE
• BURNS BUCHANAN
• ROBERT CROWELL
• ERNEST COX
• Dr. LEWIS CHURCHILL
• WILLIAM DARIEN
• GEORGE DAVIS
• RICHARD DAVIS
• WILLIAM DAVIS
• FRED DECHAMP
• MACK DECHAMP
• RANDALL DECHAMP
• CARLOS DEL PLAINE
• FRANK DEXTER
• WILLIAM DEXTER
• ARTHUR FARMER
• TIMOTHY FARMER
• ZACHARIAH FARMER
• WALTER GOULD
• CHURCHILL GUY
• ALVIN HARRIS
• CLIFFORD HAMILTON
• ROBERT HAMILTON
• DANIEL HOGG
• CHARLES HOLDEN
• LINDSEY HOLDEN
• MORGAN HOLDEN
• ARCHIBALD HUSKINS
• SIDNEY JUSKINS
• GRANDY IRWIN
• LAWRENCE IRWIN
• ALFRED JACKLIN
• DOUGLAS JACKLIN
• HASTINGS JACKLIN
• HUGO LARSEN
• FRANK LEBLANC
• ROY LOCKE
• WILLIAM MACGOWAN
• CECIL MACKAY
• COLIN MACKAY
• MAX MACKAY
• ROBERT MACKAY
• ROBERT MATTHEWS
• WILLIAM MATTHEWS
• ELDRIDGE NICKERSON
• MARSHALL NICKERSON
• STANLEY NICKERSON
• WILLIAM NICKERSON
• CHARLES O’CONNORS
• CHARLES OIKLE
• ROBERT OIKLE
• WALDO OIKLE
• WILLIAM OIKLE
• MAX OULSEN
• Dr. JOHN PURNEY
• WILLARD PURNEY
• WILLARD PURNEY
• JOHN RISEBOROUGH
• LEWIS ROBERTSON
• ALBERT ROGERS
• KEITH RYER
• WILLIAM RYER
• ROBERT THOMAS
• ASHTON TURPIN
• HAROLD SWANSBURG
• REGINALD SWANSBURG
• MURRAY VENO
• Rev. D.Z. WARNER
• MORTON WALL
• LEWIS WEIR
• DAVID WEIR
• ROWLAND WHITE
• FRANK WILCOX
• AUSTEN WILLIAMS
• AUSTEN WILSON
• JAMES WILSON
• AUGUSTUS WINFIELD

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VIMY
YPRES
CAMBRAI
FESTUBERT
PASSCHENDAELE

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THE GREAT WAR.

WE HOLD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
THESE OUR SHELBURNE COUNTY MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN DEFENCE OF OUR LIBERTIES.

1914 - 1918

• FRANK ANDERSON
• CLAYTON ATWOOD
• KENNETH BANCAY
• ALBERT B.E. BOWER
• HUGH BOWER
• MURRAY BOWER
• RANDALL BRANNEN
• STANLEY BRUCE
• OSCAR CAMERON
• HERBERT CHUTE
• LEO CRAIG
• ERNEST CROWE
• ROBERT CROWE
• EUGENE CROWELL
• DELMER CROWELL
• LEONARD CROWELL
• HUBERT CUNNINGHAM
• ELEALZER CUNNINGHAM
• WARREN CUNNINGHAM
• JOHNSTON DEMINGS
• HAROLD DOANE
• BASIL DUNCAN
• ERNEST DIXON
• BERTRAM FAY
• CHARLES GARRON
• WARREN GODFRIED
• HAROLD GOODWIN
• EARL GOODWIN
• VINCENT GUY
• BURTON HARDING
• CLAUDE HARDING
• ARTHUR HARLOW
• FRANK HARLOW
• ARCHIE HARRINGTON
• FRANK HUNTER
• ROBERT IRWIN
• JONATHAN JOHNSTON
• RAY JONES
• EARL KENNEY
• JAMES KING
• LEO LARSEN
• ALLEN LLOYD
• WILFRED LLOYD
• DOUGLAS LOCKE
• JONATHAN LOCKE
• MORTON LOCKE
• SAMUEL LOCKE
• TERENCE LOCKWOOD
• HAVELOCK LOWE
• GLADWIN MACDONNELL
• IVAN MACKAY
• LORAN MACKAY
• SPENCER MACKAY
• ANTHONY MACLEAN
• HILBERT MESSENGER
• ARDEN MORASH
• ERNEST MORASH
• ROBERT MURPHY
• ABIJAH NICKERSON
• BERTRAM NICKERSON
• BRUCE NICKERSON
• HILBERT NICKERSON
• OSCAR NICKERSON
• ROBERT NICKERSON
• WALTER NICKERSON
• CLARENCE OIKLE
• RALPH U. PHALEN
• CECIL PHILLIPS
• LEMUEL PERRY
• FRANK PYNE
• FREEMAN REEDE
• HARRY REYNOLDS
• FRED ROSE
• EBENEZER RYAN
• HARRY SAUNDERS
• CLARADGE SHOLUS
• COURTNEY SMITH
• DON SMITH
• HERSEY SMITH
• ROBERT SMITH
• OSCAR SNOW
• RALPH SNOW
• ALFRED STEVENS
• ARTHUR STOKE
• FRANK SWAINE
• HIBBERT SWIM
• LEIGH THORBURN
• VERNARD TOWNER
• WILLARD TOWNSEND
• WILLIAM WILLIAMS
• FLETCHER WILSON
• HARRY WILSON

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”THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”

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THE GREAT WAR
HONOUR
AND LASTING GRATITUDE
TO ALL WHO SERVED OVERSEAS
AND SURVIVED

• BRENTON ACKER
• ALBERT ADAMS
• CLARENCE ADAMS
• HARRY ANDERSON
• ALLISON ATWOOD
• FREDERICK ATWOOD
• ERNEST BAINES
• JOHN BLACK
• ELMER BLADES
• JAMES BROWN
• RUSSELL BROWN
• B.M. BURGESS
• JOHN BURNE
• A.P. CHAPPELL
• A.D. CHAPPELL
• ALBERT CHRISIE
• PERCIE CHRISTIE
• CHARLES CROWELL
• NELSON DASH
• WALTER DASH
• WILLIAM DASH
• FREDERICK DIXON
• BLANCHARD FREEMAN
• CAROL FREEMAN
• DEWITT FREEMAN
• HOLLIS FREEMAN
• JOHN FREEMAN
• GEORGE GOODWIN
• CECIL GRAYLEY
• GEORGE GRAYLEY
• MAXWELL HAMILTON
• JOHN HAMILTON
• W.E. HARDING
• GLEN HARLOW
• THOMAS HARLOW
• JAMES HATCHER
• GEORGE HAZELDINE Sr.
• GEORGE HAZELDINE Jr.
• GEORGE HOPKINS
• LEVI HOPKINS
• MILFORD HOPKINS
• WILFRED HOPKINS
• ALBERT LAMROCK
• ARCHIBALD LAMROCK
• HARRY LAMROCK
• WALLACE LAMROCK
• HAROLD LOCKE
• ALEX B. LARSON
• EARL MCARTHUR
• STANLEY MACK
• ZANER MACK
• KENNETH MACKAY
• LEONARD MACKAY
• CHARLES MACMILLAN
• HARRY MACINTOSH
• CLIFFORD MORRISEY
• WILLIAM MOVE
• GUY MURPHY
• JOSEPH MURPHY
• MILTON MURPHY
• BURTON NICKERSON
• CLAUDE NICKERSON
• DOUGLAS NICKERSON
• ETHERTON NICKERSON
• ETHREN NICKERSON
• EUGENE NICKERSON
• FRED NICKERSON
• HAROLD NICKERSON
• GORDON NICKERSON
• MANFORD NICKERSON
• RANDELL NICKERSON
• JUDAH OSBORNE
• A.L. PENNEY
• ALEXANDER PICTOU
• ALVIN PIERCE
• R.B. PIERCE
• PRESTON POWERS
• M.P. PURCELL
• STEWART RUGGLES
• HEARST RYAN
• BARRY SHEILDS
• CHARLES R. SMITH
• GUYON SMITH
• HUGO SMITH
• W.L. STEVENS
• J.H. STEVENS
• W.D. SUTHERLAND
• ARTHUR SWIM
• LESLIE SWIM
• JOHN N. THOHBURN
• JAMES THOHBURN
• EUGENE TOWNSEND
• JAMES WALSH
• CLEVEESON WATT
• WILLIAM WEAVER
• ROY WENTZELL
• ARCHIE WILSON
• LLOYD WILSON
• EVERETT TOWNSEND

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KILLED IN ACTION

SMITH, LIEUT. CECIL P.
HICKS, WALTER M.
HUMPHMAN, LOCKHART W.
INNESS. CLIFFORD R.
LEARY, WALTER C.
MISSING.
BURGESS, VALDOR A.

IN
MEMORY OF
1914 OUR SOLDIERS 1918

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SERVED OVERSEAS

MEHLMAN, LESTER C.
McGOWAN, ARTHUR A.
ROYE, EARNEST V.
SCHULTZ, GEORGE D.
SMITH, HENRY P.
SMITH, LESTER I.
SMITH, VICTOR G.
SMITH, EDGAR S.
TROTT, CHESTER
WAGNER, AUBREY H.
WILLIAMS, MERRILL R.
WOLFE, GEORGE S.

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2ND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

IN MEMORIAN
ERIC COLP
IRA BURGESS
LAWRENCE HANSON

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SERVED OVER SEAS
BURGESS, EDGAR M.
BURGESS, ABDEN H.
CAMERELL, SAMUEL L.
COLE, NATHANIEL, J.
DOGGETT, CARMAN
DOGGET, LESLIE
FAR??? WILLIAM B.
HOMANS, BURRIS P.
HUSKINS, JAMES
INNESS, OTTEN J.