The Borough of Red Hill was not much different than most American towns that sent their young men off to fight in the war to end all wars. In the early part of the twentieth century the well noted industry of the town was cigar manufacturing.  What made Red Hill unique was its German Heritage.   A large percentage of the residence immigrated from the southern part of the German States and many of the boys coming from Red Hill spoke, at least a little, Pennsylvaniche Deutch (Pennsylvania German) or commonly called ‘Pennsylvania Dutch’,  a decided advantage during their military service ‘Over There’.   Also, considering the small population of the Borough at approximately 760, the recorded number of those that served totaled 37 men, about 5% of the population.   This included Charles Boyer and Charles Schuler who paid the ultimate price, never to return home to continue their lives and enjoy the fruits of their service.   Although the names of the 37 volunteers are known, little information has been uncovered as to their service records at this writing.   It is known that Edwin E. Zepp, a cigar maker by trade, and Robert Snyder, both took their training at Camp Meade, Maryland and served in Co. F, 314th Infantry, 79th Div., a unit that saw heavy fighting on the Western Front, ‘going over the top’ for the first time in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on 26 September, 1918 and participating in action at Bois de Chenes, Moirey Crepoin, Hills 328 and 319 and Cote de Romagne ending on Monday, 11 November, 1918.   John N. Snyder of Co. I, also served with the 314th, 79th Div. as well as Charles L. Moyer, Headquarters Company, Regimental Band.

Slightly more information is known of Wilson Fillman originally of Third and Main Sts.  Fillman enlisted on 2 November, 1917 at Camp Mead, Maryland and trained at Camp Logan, near Houston, Texas, arriving in France on 23 April, 1918 joining up with the 5th Division near Chaumont and serving in Company L, 11th Infantry Regiment.  It is known he took part in the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Offensives.  He was wounded on 10 November, 1918, one day prior to the Armistice.  Fillman returned to The States and was honorably discharged on 2 May, 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.

Those who participated in the ‘War To End All Wars’ and are listed on the RED HILL monument are:

* Made the Supreme Sacrifice

Paul Decker, Director
Historical Information
Red Hill Borough
46 West Fourth St.
Red Hill, PA  18976

Slightly more information is known of Wilson Fillman originally of Third and Main Sts.  Fillman enlisted on 2 November, 1917 at Camp Mead, Maryland and trained at Camp Logan, near Houston, Texas, arriving in France on 23 April, 1918 joining up with the 5^th Division near Chaumont and serving in Company L, 11^th Infantry Regiment. It is known he took part in the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Offensives. He was wounded on 10 November, 1918 one day prior to the Armistice. Fillman returned to The States and was honorably discharged on 2 May, 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. 

Bronze plaque dedicated to the members of the Salem congregation who served in the First World War.

Information:
The monument located adjacent to the man-made lake bearing his name, Shuey Lake. Sgt. Perry R. Shuey , a native of Lebanon, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action during World War I near Fleville, France on Oct. 5, 1918. The monument was dedicated sometime in the late 1950s. It is located on Fort Indiantown Gap, an active military installation. Please visit the installation website for additional information www.ftig.ng.mil

Location:
Quartermaster Road
Fort Indiantown Gap, PA, 17003

The memorial acquisition had its beginnings as early as March 1920 when a successful campaign was conducted to raise funds to acquire the plaque by public subscription. The original plan was to place it on a large boulder at the Franklin County Courthouse, but a state art commission rejected that plan. After considerable delay, the base shown in the above photograph was built and the Doughboy was dedicated at the current location on a rainy November 12, 1923 – Armistice (November 11) was on Sunday that year. The parade paused for a minute of silence at 11 a. m. to recognize the effective time of the armistice five years earlier. Numerous organizations, bands and speakers participated in the ceremony.

Bronze plaque dedicated to the members of the church who served in the First Wolrd War, including Lyman Rohr who was killed, and has an American Legion Bronze plaque located in the front yard of the rectory next door to the church

The inscription on this memorial reads:

1917-1918
These men of the Swiftwater Valley put their country’s need above opportunity, ease and private gain and served with the armed forces in the World War.
These mountains and the folks who find peace among them shall ever hold them in grateful remembrance.
[A listing of 24 servicemen follows]

The 1799 Lazaretto is located on the site of the 1st permanent European settlement in Pennsylvania.  Its roles as a quarantine station sixth oldest in the world, 19th century river side resort, religious center, very early civilian 20th century seaplane aviation training center, Chandler Field was a WW 1 US Army Signal Corps base, and 20th century civilian seaplane base and marina arguably makes it one of the most unique Cultural Landscapes in the world.

WEST GROVE, PA

 1917-1918

 IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE

 OF

THE COURAGE, SERVICE AND SACRIFICE

 OF OUR

 WORLD WAR VETERANS

ACCIAVATTI, GUIDO KELLY, JOHN V.

BAKER, H. MERVILLE KURTZ, EBER L.

BAKER, ROLAND E. MAULE, WALTER W.

BALDWIN, HADLEY w. McALLISTER, NORMAN

BINDER, E. FREEL McLIMANS, S. PUSEY

BOND, DAVID McNEIL, H. OTTIS

BOND, EDWARD MILLER, EDWIN D.

BOVE, MICHEAL MITCHELL, THEODORE J.

BROWN CLARENCE MOORE, FRANK P.

BROWN, RAYMOND MOORE, HAROLD

BROWN, RUSSELL L. MOORE, J. WESLEY

BULLOCK, FRANK A. MYERS, CHESTER

CARR, HOWARD *NICHOLS, CHESTER

CHANCE, HERSHEY NICHOLS, LEON F.

COCHLIN, MAURICE NICHOLS, WARREN

COLE, CLARENCE O’CONNELL, JOHN J.

DICKINSON, CLARENCE PATERNIANI, ANNIBALE

DOUGHTERY, J. EARLE PENNINGTON, NORMAN W.

EWING, CHARLES T. QUINN, ANNA G.

EWING, ROBERT S. QUINN, LILLIAN FAIRLAMB, HOWARD QUINN, WILLIAM G.

FITE, RAYMOND L. REGETZ. JOHN J.

FOUNDS, ERVIN N. RICKS, JOHN

GALLOWAY, N. SHARPLESS ROBERTS, ANGELO

*GARRETT, CLINTON H. ROSSO, TONY

GATES, ELLSWORTH ROTUNNO, NICOLO

GOOD, ROBERT W. RUSSELL, LeROY

GOODWIN, G. MAHLON SATTERTHWAITE, CHARLES H.

GOODWIN, WARREN D. SLOAN, LESLIE N.

*GRAY, LEANDER TANGUY, LEWIS L.

GREGG, CHARLES B. TAYLOR, IRVING

HANEY, GEORGE THOMPSON, WILLIAM L.

HARRIS, W. ROY TICE, FORD

HINKEL, HARRY E. TODD, CHARLES E.

HOOD, CHARLES B. TODD, F. ERNEST

HOOPES, OWEN TOWNSEND, LeROY W.

HUTTON, MILLER E. TWOHIG, JOHN E.

JOHNSON, CHARLES D. VAHL, FRANK

JOHNSON, HARRY W. WALKER, WILLIAM

JOHNSON, JOSEPH T. WATTERS, HORACE

JOHNSON, ROBERT W. WILSON, RALDON J.

JOHNSTON, W. FAULKNER WILLIAMS, RICHARD R.

KAVANAGH, JOSEPH E. YEATMAN, RAYMOND

KAVANAGH, RAYMOND V. YONGER, WILLIAM

 *DIED IN SERVICE 

Trafford World War I Memorial

100 Cities / 100 Memorials

The World War I Memorial in Trafford was first dedicated on November 11, 1919. Following the wars that took place in Iraq and Afghanistan, a group of Trafford residents came together to plan for the installation of a new memorial to honor all those from Trafford who served in the Global War on Terror. While planning for this new memorial, the Trafford Veterans Memorial Renovation committee recognized the need to restore the aged World War I Memorial and address the overall disrepair of the park that occurred over time from the effects of age and weather.  Work began in the park on November 15, 2011 and the project was completed and dedicated on Memorial Day, May 26, 2014. The group was honored to add the name of Nicola Elmo to the roster of veterans listed on this memorial. He was a Trafford resident who was killed in action during the Great War and his name was missing from the memorial roster for 95 years. The overall beauty of the park, and the luster of the restored World War I Memorial, provides a place of solemn reflection and inspiration to the residents of Trafford. It is an honor to recognize these former citizens of Trafford who answered the call so that liberty justice and equity might not perish. For a complete list of names on the bronze plaque and some photos of these men, please visit TraffordHistory.org

"Honor Roll World War 1917-1919 This tablet is erected in honor of the men of Fort Washington who served in the victorious war for democracy"
50 names
Trinity Lutheran Church
235 Summit Ave, Ft. Washington, PA 19034
Montgomery Coounty, Pennsylvania
40.140056, -75.206573
Bronze plaque located inside the church on west wall of the main sanctuary, approx. 2 ft. wide X 4 ft. high, in good condition

Includes exhibits from the First World War, along with other U.S. wars.  Entrance is on Army Heritage Dr.

Visitor and Education Center:
Monday - Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday, 12 noon to 5 pm

This memorial is erected and dedicated to those residents of Versailles who answered the call of our country in the World War. 1917-1919

VFW Post 1597 is named after Joseph Albert Schumacher. Schumacher enlisted in the Army at the age of 17, and sailed to France on August 17, 1917, as a member of 5th Company, 1st Trench Mortar Battery, 1st Infantry Division. On February 26, 1918, he was mortally gassed by the enemy just 10 days short of his 19th birthday. He was interred in France, but in 1923, at his family’s insistence, his body was returned to the U.S. for burial in the Bristol Cemetery in Croydon, Pa., where today he lies besides his parents.

VFW Post 781, the J. Howard Snyder Post, is named in honor of the first Irwin area resident to be killed in action during WWI.

VFW Post 895 is named after Army Pvt. Frank Bauwens, who was killed in action near Soissons, France, on July 17, 1918.

Three stepped base surmounted by obelisk with bronze sword of sacrifice on shaft, screen wall behind bearing name tablets.

Obelisk, front: To our glorious dead

Obelisk, side, plaque: The Burma Star Association Warrington Branch: To honour those who laid down their lives in the war in the Far East 1941-45

Obelisk, side: In honour of those who gave their lives in service of their country in other conflicts (names)

Wall, left: To the honoured memory of those of Warrington who lost their lives in the second world war 1939-1945 (names)

Wall, center: This tablet enshrines the honoured name of Warrington men who made the supreme sacrifice for their country 1914-1918 (names)

Wall, right: To the honoured memory of those of Warrington who lost their lives in the second world war 1939-1945 (names)

A memorial erected in the interwar period (the memorial refers to the conflict as "The World War") in front of Brownstown Elementary school. It lists everyone male and female from the township who served in the war and mentions those who served overseas as well as the two people killed and the three wounded in the course of the conflict. The monument is currently at risk because teachers at the elementary school want the monument removed because they view its presence outside a school as inappropriate and promoting violence.