World War I Memorial: Norfolk, CT

World War I Memorial

Norfolk, CT

GPS: N41° 59.670; W073° 12.133

Short Description: 

The Norfolk World War I Memorial is located at the intersection of US Route 44 and SR 272 in Norfolk, CT.

Long Description:

The World War I monument in Norfolk, CT is a triple fieldstone exedra topped by a replica of the Liberty Bell. It contains a dedication plaque to those who served and two plaques listing the names of citizens from Norfolk who participated in World War I.

The dedication plaque is inscribed:

1917 THE WORLD WAR 1918

IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO GAVE AND THOSE

WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES FOR LIBERTY

THE PEOPLE OF NORFOLK HAVE BUILT

THIS MONUMENT AND CROWNED IT WITH

THE LIBERTY BELL

IN THE FAITH THAT IT WILL RING THE

KNELL OF WAR

AND PROCLAIM THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

{small lettering on the lower left}

THE BELL WAS DONATED BY MARY ELDRIDGE 

IT IS A CAREFUL REPRODUCTION OF THE 

ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL IN INDEPENDENCE HALL

{small lettering on the lower right}

DEDICATED NOV. 11, 1921 MONUMENT COMMITTEE

REV. JOHN F. MCDONALD RICHMOND P. PAINE 

ALFREDO S.C. TAYLOR ARCHITECT FECIT. 

J.W. FISKE IRON WORKS, N.Y.

The plaque on the east is inscribed with a heading and a three column list of names separated by a palm frond:


THE MEN OF NORFOLK WHO SERVED IN
                  THE WORLD WAR
                         1917 – 1918

CONCETTO BAZZANO
JOSEPH W. BENBOW
PAUL E. BLANCHARD
JOHN L. BLOW
JOHN BOUCHET
ELDRIDGE BRIDGMAN
EDMUND BROWN, JR.
CHARLES M. BURR
JOHN P. BYRON
WILLIAM BYRON
CLARENCE R. CARTER
HAROLD F. CARTER
H. CORDIS CARTER
CARMELO CATINELLA
JOHN CHRISTINAT

----- palm frond ------

         DIED
           IN
     SERVICE

PAUL BOUCHET
WALTER G. CAUL
THOMAS COSTELLO
JEREMIAH LEAHY
WILBUR LEFEBER
HARRY L. MANSFIELD
JAMES A. MOORE
JOSEPH ROBERTS 

----- palm frond ------

DWIGHT N. CLARK
GEORGE L. CLARK
EDWARD COSTELLO
MICHAEL COSTELLO
JOHN J. CURTISS
LESTER M. CURTISS
WILLIAM H. CURTISS
CLARENCE J. DEMARS
HARRY C. DEMARS
MAURICE F. DUTCHER
MULFORD J. DUTCHER
FLORENCE FIELDS
JOHN GARRITY
ALBERT W. GREEN
GEORGE A. GREEN

The plaque on the west is inscribed with a heading and a three column list of names separated by a palm frond:

THE MEN OF NORFOLK WHO SERVED IN
                  THE WORLD WAR
                         1917 – 1918

FRANK R. HORTON
LYLE P. HUMPHREY
J. HENRY JORDAN
WILLIAM A. JORDAN
HIRAM P. LAWRENCE
THOMAS LEAHY
VINCENZO LOGIUDICE
DANIEL J. MAHONEY
MATTHEW J. MAHONEY
CHARLES MCCARTHY
EUGENE T. MCCARTHY
IAN MCVICAR
JOHN E. MOORE
THOMAS MORRIS

----- palm frond ------

GEORGE NASH
JOSEPH P. O'CONNELL
HAROLD L. PARKER
FRANCESCO PISTRITTO
FREDERICK L. PRESTON
FRED ROBERTS
LESTER E. ROBERTS
HARRY E. ROOT
LESTER B. ROOT
REGINALD ROWLAND
WILLIAM SAUNDERS
LOUIS F. SCHMELTZ
HAROLD D. SCOVILLE

----- palm frond ------

STANLEY J. SCOVILLE
HERBERT M. SOULE
JAMES B. SPAULDING
WILLIAM F. STEARNS JR.
ELLIS SYLVERNALE
NEAL SYLVERNALE
PERRY M. SYLVERNALE
WILLIAM F. TOBIN
LAWRENCE TRASK
ANTONIO VERNALE
SEBASTIANO VERNALE
RICHARD J. WHALEN
ABRAHAM L. WILLIAMS
JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS