County
Oxford
Zip Code
04276
Type
Honor roll
Maker/Sculptor
William W. Hardy
Date Erected
1918
Date Dedicated
5-1-1919
Inscriptions
Honor Roll
Rumford, Maine
(Top Column 1)
*Major Lucian W. Blanchard
*SGT. NAPOLEON OUELETTE
*WALTER ZEWARK
*HARRY BRYANT
*DAVID CHASE
*EARL LAMBERT
*WILLIAM POOLE
*LUCIAN ARSENAULT
(Top Column 2)
*THOMAS A. ROSSI
*E. THERIEAULT
*JOHN LAVIGNE
*CHARLES NAUILES
*THOMAS ROSS
*ALBERT UMLAND
(Top Column 3)
*LIEUT. ROBERT SHAND
*THIMOTHY GAVIN
*JOHN JESELSKIS
*ERNEST N. HOLMQUIST
*ANTONIO GOLANTONI
*ALTON D. WAGNER
*JERRY GOODI
(Top Column 4)
*SALVATORE BLUNDO
*E. LELLAND
*ROBERT LANDRY
*VETO PARISE
*ALEXANDER MCDONALD
*LYMAN K. SWAZEY
(Column 1)
MAJ. JOHN A. HADLEY
MICHAEL GUTILLI
BENJ. ARSENAULT
FRED M. ARSENAULT
JOSEPH ARSENAULT
JILL ARSENAULT
SGT. WILFRED ARSENAULT
JOSEPH AYOTTE
MAJ. SPAULDING BISBEE
HAROLD M. BLAKE
LIEUT. ULRIG J. BOUFFARD
IRL O. BROWN
WM. BUSHLEY
WALLACE BUTTERFIELD LIEUT.
ENA C. CARRIER, LIEUT.
ALPHE CORMIER
GEO. COUGHLAN
EUGENE COULOMBE
ERNEST COUTURE
EDW. DOSTIE
LUBAN DOUGET
WALTER L. DRAPER
ROB’T DUGIE
AMEDIE FOURNIER
GEDEON GAGNE
PETER GALLANT
SGT. WALTER L. GLOVER
GEO. GOGUEN
CHAS. D. GODREAU
AUGUSTIN GUILLEMETTE
WM. HAMANE
WM. T. HANLEY, LIEUT.
CHESTER D. HARDY
LEONCE JOBIN
CLYDE A. LAMBERT
ALSON LAPLANTE
NAPOLEON LARABEE
ALBERT G. LEFEBURE
SGT. OVID N. LEFEBURE
FRED F. LEGER
JOS J. MARTEL
JOS. L. METIVIER
WM. T. MILLIGAN
MIKE NELLIGAN
SGT. LAWRENCE PETERSON
JOHN POIRIER
ALPHEY L. POULIN, LIEUT.
MERLE RICHARDSON
CHAS L. ROBICHAUD
DAN’L. L. ROBICHAUD
HECTOR A. RODERICK
ARTHUR ROULEAU
EMILE J. ROY
LIEUT. HARRY RUFF
ADAM SHALTMAN
LEONARD BRIGGS
EARL F. SKILLINGS
EDMUND SUTTON
LIEUT. VERLE L. SWEATT
JOHN M. SYLVESTER, SGT.
SGT. ARTHUR J. WELCH
WM. GILMAN
JOS. GOODFELLOW
JOHN HARPER
SGT. WAYMAN S. HASSETT
SGT. RUSSELL ADAMS
SGT. JOHN D. LAUGHLIN
JOHN W. MCCLEARY
ROBT. C. MCDOWELL
ARCULA MELANSON
MIKE MOLINO
MILES QUIGLEY
CATTANO SASSIE
HAROLD A. SKILLING
HENRY C. LEFEBRE
PERLEY THOMAS
ARTHUR PARADIS
(Column 2)
CAPT. WESLEY H. WOODS
GILBERT AKERS
HERBERT F. GRANT
JAMES CALLARY
GUY F. CARPENTER
CLEMENT W. CONNORS
JAMES B. COOKE
WILBROD J. COWETT
EDWIN H. FIELDS
VERRO FORTUNATO
FRANG. DUGUISSEPE
ANTONI GAUGEMI
GLENROY GILLE
ALFRED LAMBERT
HAROLD A LURVEY
RALPH PATTERSON
JOS J. POWERS
SHELDON H. RAYMOND
MIKE ROMAN
GLIBERT H. SANDERS
EDW. WALSH
ALTON B. WILLIAMSON
JOHN R. PARADIS
GEO. W. PARADIS
ALBERT N. STANWOOD
ROB’T D. MCGRATH
ERNEST RECORD
CARL RICHARDS
JAS A. MCDONNELL
MICHAEL MCQUAID
PETER SHARON
GEO S. STANWOOD
ALPHONSO LASCOSE
THOS. W. MCBEAN
GERALD MCCARTHY
JAS. MCGLOIN
FRANK MARINOLLI
ERNEST MARTIN
GEO. K. ROBINSON, LIEUT.
NORMAN D. SAMSON
PEROY E. YOUNG
ROMEO TURGEON
FRANK A. SMITH
ELLERY G. KIDDER
JEROME DOUGET
JOS. DOUGET
JOS. H. DOUGET
JOHN DOUGET
THIMOTHE DOUGET
EUGENE DORION
LOUIS DORION
WM. DUPIL
ALDRED FORTIN
AMEDE FOURNIER
ARTHUR FOURNIER
J. EMILE FOURNIER
LOUIS FOURNIER
NAPOLEON FOURNIER
ARCHIE GALLANT
AMEDE GALLANT
EDOUARD GALLANT
JEROME GALLANT
JAMES GALLANT
PAUL GALLANT
JACQUES GALLANT
RAYMOND GALLANT
JEREMIE GALLANT
FLORIEN GALLANT
WM. GARNEAU
HENRI GAUTHIER
JAS. GILLIS
MICHEL GIRARD
UBAIN GOGUEN
FIDELE GOTREAU
FRANK GAUDETTE
JAS. GUILLMETTE
HERBERT F. FREEMAN
(COLUMN 3)
CLARENCE ABBOTT
CHAS. R. ATWOOD
H.B. ARMOUR
O’NEIL R. ALBERT
WALTER ANDREWS
VITO ATTISANO
SGT. FRANK M. BRYANT
HERBERT G. BLAKE
GEO T. DYER
CHAS. J. BISHOP
PETER B. BEEAKER
STEPHEN C. BEEAKER
HOWARD E. BEEDY
LEONARD BRIGGS
CHAS. BROTZMAN
AUSTIN M. BULGER
WILFRED BUTLER
ROSAMOND CASEY
ROSCOE D. CURTIS
EMILIE J. CARRIER
HARRY W. CLARK
FRANK CELENTINA
THOS. W. CHAMBERS
F.R. CHAPPELL
JOHN CHAYNE
CLAUDE CLARKE
HARRY CLARKE
FRED’K J. KINCH
EDW. H. CONNOR
J.B. COOKE
DONALD COOMBS
BASIL A. CORNISH
EARL GATES
NORMAN A. CRAWFORD
GEO. CROSS
EARL M. CURRIER
PERGY L. DAVIS
JAMES E. DWYER
CLYDE A. DAVIS
CLAUDE A. DAVIS
PETER DECHILLIS
FRED DEMUND
ROMEO DIFIORI
CHAS. DORR
ANTHONY DROSKA
WM. DUGAN
C.E. DURRILL
IVAN M. DYER
ARTHUR E. EDGECOMB
CLIFFORD EDWARDS
STEPHEN EDWARDS
RUSSELL ENMANN
JOS. P. FLAHARTY
VERNO FORTUNATO
AMAS FOURNIER
JOHN A. GILLIS
WM. W. GILMAN
JERRY GALLANT
FRANCOIS GAUDETTE
GLENROY-GILLE
LERVIS GILLIS
JOHN J. GREEN
JOS. GUERIN
FRANK GURNEY
JOHN E. HANSON
ARTHUR J. HENRY
JOHN MELONSON
JOS. MITCHELL
ELMER F. MOORE
HAROLD MORTENSON
PETER MOSKUS
WM. MULLIGAN
WM. W. MOODY
MERLE C. NILES
SGT. CHAS. F. NILES
CHESTER NELSON
(COLUMN 4)
ALEX O. HANLEY
LEWIS G. HARKNESS
THOS. HART
CARL ANDREWS
FRANK HORGAN
THOS. JOHNSON
SGT. PHILLIP M. ISRALSON
STANLEY JARVOS
EUGENE JELLISON
WM. JONES
JAMES KIERSTEAD
ARCHIE KENNWARD
STANLEY KEURATIS
VICTOR KNEELAND
JOHN KOSICK
KARTANTIN KIMTYKO
HOWARD J. LEADER
NORTON LINNELL
C. WELSFORD LAPHAM
CORP. ALBERT LORRENTZEN
ARTHUR CURRAN
JOS. LANDRY
CRESCIENZO LATTANZI
JAMES LAW
JOHN LAZAROU
ALYRE LABLANC
JAMES LAFARO
JOS. M. LUCAS
HAROLD LURVEY
HARROLD G. MCMENNAMIN
STANLEY S. MCMENNAMIN
CORP. CARL MCMENNAMIN
PHILLIP M. MARX
ARCHIE M. MANN
SGT. DONALD MCMASTER
JOHN D. MEEHAN
SGT. OLLIE J. MURRAY
ARTHUR J. MARCOUX
ALEAH MORTENSON
FRED MORTENSON
ALBERT J. MORTENSON
LIEUT. R.L. MELCHER, JR.
SGT. H.V. MORTENSON
EARL M. MORTENSON
ROY MAILLET
DENNIS MALLEY
WM. S. MALLEY
ERNEST P. MARSHALL
WALTER L. MARSTON
ANTHONY MARTIN
PETER E. MARTIN
WALTER MCCONNELL
GORDON MCCAFFREY
WM. MCCLEARY
GUS B. MCLELLON
EDW. H. MCNEIL
FRED MELANSON
C. WALDO LOVEJOY
CYPRUS L. PERRINGTON
JAMES W. PERRY
JOS. PERRY
MANUEL PERRY
WM. QUIMBY
LIEUT. EMERSON RAWLEY
BLISS RICHARD
JOS. D. RICHARD
BENJ. ROBERTSON
CHAS. ROSS
LEON RYNGIALO
HAROLD A. STEARNS
EMIL SEACOTTE
2ND. OFF. GEO. J. SWAB
TIMOTHY R. STEARNS
RALPH STETSON
WM. W. SANDERS
NICK SORRENT
(COLUMN 5)
LUCIAN LAPLANTE
CHAS. H. HOPKINS
HAROLD W. HOPKINS
ERNEST A. BANKER
ARTHUR T. ABBOTT
CLYDE W. ABBOTT
HERBERT DURAN
CLARENCE C. ABBOTT
EVAN HALL
WM A. SKILLINGS
JAS. C. ELLIOTT
DAVID A. GLINES
EDW. DORION
AVILA ALBERT
ALBERT ARSENAULT
BENOIT ARSENAULT
CARL ARSENAULT
CLEMENT ARSENAULT
ALBERT AYOTTE
DENIS AYOTTE
CORNELIUS ARSENAULT
CYRUS ARSENAULT
ERNEST AYOTTE
FRED R. ALLARD
DOCITHE ARSENAULT
ETINNE ARSENAULT
FRED J. AUGER
EUCHARIST ARSENAULT
FRANK ARSENAULT
FRED M. ARSENAULT
PHILLIPE J. AUGER
GEO. ARSENAULT
GILDAS ARSENAULT
JOS. ARSENAULT
JOS P. ARSENAULT
PAUL YENTZ
JAMES YOUNG
DAVID WYSE
SELDON WORTHLEY
CHAS. F. WOODS
ANGUS WILSON
THOS. WHITE
JOHN J. WEBER
PETER A. WALTERS
JOHN WALSH
CAPT. DR. F.E. WHEET
SGT. MERLE W. WESCOTT
EZRA G. WEBBER
HERMAN O. WOODS
JAMES M. WISHART
ALFRED F. YOUNG
FRANCIS E. WARREN
LESTER C. VIRGIN
LUIGI VERONISI
HENRY M. TUCKER
CLARENCE TODD
WM. H. TAYLOR
RUSSELL P. TAYLOR
FRANCIS E. TIBBETTS
J. CLAUDE THOMAS
WILDRED SULLIVAN
JAS A. STAFFORD
JARVIS W. SNYDER
JOS. L. SENECHAL
FRANK SORRENT
DOMINIO SAMARCO
BRUNO SAMARCO
B. SALVATORE
C.M. SALMONSON
PAUL SAISI
JOHN SABALL
C. NORTON MIXER
LIEUT. DR. A.L. STANWOOD
CHAS SOULE
STEPHEN S. SWAIN
(COLUMN 6)
JOS. ARSENAULT
HENRI ARSENAULT
PIERRE ARSENAULT
EDOUARD BABINEAU
ALBERT BARRE
PIERRE G. ARSENAULT
URBAIN ARSENAULT
WESLEY ARSENAULT
ARTHUR D. BARRIAULT
ISSAAC BASTARACHE
ARTHUR BEAUDETTE
FRANCOIS BEAUSOLEIL
EDW. BELANGER
GEO. E. BELANGER
WM. BEAUSOLEIL
LIEUT. ALBERT BELIVEAU
BENOIT BERNARD
JEAN B. BENOIT
EDMUND BISSON
ANTON BLANCHETTE
GEO. BLANCHETTE
FELIX BOUCHER
FRANCOIS BOUCHER
FRED BOIVIN
ALFRED BOUFFARD
ARTHUR BOUFDARD
ADELARD BROUILLARD
D. BROUILLETTE
JOS. CARRIER
WILBROD CAOUETTE
LEON CASEY
JOS. E. CAYER
JAMES CHENARD
OMER CHENARD
JOS. E. CHASSON
ALBAN CLOUTHIER
HYACHINTHE COTE
ROMEO COULOMBE
EDGARD CYR
JOS. W. CYR
D. DAIGLE
JOS. DEMERS
ANTONIN DEROY
ARTHUR DESJARDENS
HENRI DESJARDENS
JOS. DESJARDENS
JOS. L. DESJARDENS
EUGENE DESROCHE
CHAS. DEVEAU
EDM. DOIRON
EDW. DOSTIE
FRANC. DOUGET
HERMENEGILDE GREGOIRE
CHAS. GUIMOND
ADRIEN GAMACHE
ARTHUR HEBERT
EDW. E. JACQUES
LEONCE JOBIN
GEO. E. LABRIE
ADELARD LALIBERTE
ARTHUR J. LAMBERT
ALFRED E. LAMBERT
ANTONIO LANDRY
ALYRE LEBLANC
HECTOR LEBLANC
LOUIS J. LEBLANC
HENRI LEFEBURE
WM. LEMIEUX
OSCAR LESIEUR
JOHN LESSARO
GEO. J. LEVASSEUR
OCTAVE LEVASSEUR
JOS. LUCAS
JOS. E. MAILLET
MAXIME MAILLET
ARTHUR MARCHAND
(COLUMN 7)
ARTHUR MARCOUX
ARTHUR MARTIN
ANTOINE MARTIN
JAS. MARTIN
LEVI MARTIN
HENRI MATTHIEU
GEO. MAZROLM
ACHILAS MELANCON
ALFRED MEANCON
HARRY MELANCON
ALBAN MELANCON
ALB. E. MELANCON
ALB. J. MELANCON
ALYRE MELANCON
ADELARD MERCIER
JOS. MERCIER
SALOMON MERCIER
ALF. J. NADEAU
JOS. E. NADEAU
ALBERT OUELETTE
JOS. OUELETTE
TREFFLE OUELETTE
JOHN PARKER
LEO PAULIN
ANTOINE PERRAULT
ARTHUR PICARD
ERNEST PINNETTE
HENRI PINNETTE
EMMANUEL POIRIER
FIDELE POIRIER
JAS. M. POIRIER
JAS. POIRIER
JOS. J. POIRIER
JOS. M. POIRIER
ERNEST J. POULIN
JOS. L. POULIN
AUGUSTIN PREVOST
ADELARD RICHARD
ALBERT J. RICHARD
ALBAN RICHARD
BLISS RICHARD
PLACIDE RICHARD
SYLVAIN RICHARD
WILLIE RICHARD
MARCEL ROBICHAUD
WM. P. ROBICHAUD
JOS. ROCHON
NERE ROSSEAU
ALFRED ROY
ALYRE ROY
AMABLE ROY
ELI ROY
EMILE A. ROY
EMILE SICOTTE
AIME ST. PIERRE
JOS. ST. PIERRE
WILFRID SULLIVAN
EDM. SUTTON
ERNEST TAILLON
VITAL THIBEAU
CHAS. THOMPSON
ALFRED THURMAN
FRED TOUCHET
FRANC V. TREMBLAY
MERLE CARVER
JOS D. VALLE
ERNEST VALLE
CYRILLE VEILLEAU
BENJ. ROBERTOSON
F. MACLELLAN
JAMES T. LAW
ABE COHEN
CHAS. LEVIN
PETER KVERSZAS
TONY STASIULIS
CHAS. BABIANAS
(COLUMN 8)
LEVAN BOGOILA
ANTON WALONCHIUS
ALEX. GAUDISH
JOE JEKUBAITIS
JOHN SOBOLEUSKIS
JOE LUKAS
JOHN ZADIEKAS
STEVE KIAURAKIS
KONSTONTIN KONTEIKIS
PAUL YENCIUS
JOE ASAWENSKIS
ANTON DRAKSZAS
JOHN DAGILIUS
JOHN STRIMAITIS
ANTON BAGDON
PETER BIEKER
STANLEY JERUSUNAS
ADAM SHALTMER
JOHN BOCHONIS
ALEX. SABALEUSKIS
JOHN WOOD
JERRY HAMMEL
FRED W. LOVEJOY
CHAS. ARMATA
DAVID LINDBERG
DANIEL M. ROWE
ORIAN PATTERSON
JOHN GILLIS
BRUCE RUFF
CLARENCE AMES
EDW. AMBECK
CARL M. ANDREWS
PHILIP DAVIS
WM. MOREY
ALDEN GOODRICH
RAND A. DUNHAM
CAPT. HARRY L. KILBURN
WM. HANNON
JOHN MITCHELL
GUY R. WHITTEN
ALFRED L. MIXER
ELMER G. FROST
JOHN O’LOUGHLIN
WALTER R. PEARE
JAMES B. LYNCH
ELMER GRANT
CORP. OTTO F. HARNDEN
VINCENT E. NEGRINI
ELMER T. SHAW
CHAS. L. MILLS, JR.
ROBT. E. MILLS
ERNEST L. MILLS
HARRY H. SIDDALL
LIEUT. WM. B. CARROLL
CHAS. M. LACOURSE
H.W. FREEMAN
CECIL H. WORCESTER
CARROLL W. HOLT
RICHARD ROSS
EDWARD ROACH
FRED J. ELLIOTT
FRANCESCO GIRONDO
CECIL L. GRAVES
(COLUMN 8)
ENSIGN JAS. E. DYER
LIEUT. DR. H.W. STANWOOD
ARTHUR BOGLE
JOHN HANSON. JR.
EDW. RANEY
JOHN SCOTT
ALPHONSE KING
E.J. BEAULIEU
N.J. BROOKS
WESLEY LACKEY
CHAS N. DORR
DAVID HAYES
EARLE FERGERSON
RUSSELL ADAMS
VERN J. WHEET
PERLEY L. BERRY
STANLEY PETERSON
BENJ. PRATT
ROY A. JOHNSON
ROY CUMMINGS
ELMER MILLS
MERLE BERRY
ARCHER BURGESS
MILES L. SWETT
ALFRED F. YOUNG
JOHN MCNEIL
ELMER L. GRAVES
ADOLPH JOHNSON
JOHN A. LAVORGNA
GEO. F. CHRISTOPHER
ANTONIO MONDAY
EDMUND RICHARD
THOS. H. JOHNSON
CARL E. TOWLE
SGT. GLENDON S. HENRY
CORP. FRED’K W. RICHARDS
CORP. CLAYTON MCNEIL
RALPH H. EASTMAN
GEO. E. FROST
IRVING J. FROST
MERTON R. HOLT
JULIAN F. DELANO
FRANK MCNEIL
ISSAAC COCHRANE
HERBERT J. HOWLAND
J. EARLE SHIELDS
(COLUMN 9)
GILBERT CROSBY
PETER MCLEOD
ADELARD CAYER
FRED KING
Materials
This Honor Roll is made of wood, and was painted by hand. The memorial also features small flags of Allied nations on either side of the Honor Roll.
Sponsor
William W. Hardy
Monument Description
The paper mill town of Rumford in the western foothills of Maine is far removed from the brutal trench warfare of WWI. Yet, when the call for Americans to join the war effort came, the men of this community were quick to answer. The service and sacrifice of these men is remembered in a sizeable honor roll, which still stands in the Rumford town auditorium.
William W. Hardy, a local painter, built Rumford's honor roll in 1918. Mr. Hardy placed an ad in the Rumford Falls Times asking for the names, enlistment dates, companies and regiments of all who had served or made “the supreme sacrifice”.[1] A gala event was held May 1, 1919 to both welcome home the men who served and dedicate the honor roll. The honor roll was rededicated on July 4,1993 following the refurbishing of the auditorium. The master of ceremonies was Edward A. Clohossey a past commander and member of VFW #1641. In Clohussey’s speech he stated “As you can see many were called; many chose to do their duty for our country. Even today 75 years after WWI…we can ‘boast’ that in a 12 mile radius of this spot 15% of the living population are Veterans.”[2] There is a proud legacy of service to the nation in Rumford.
Speaker Charles McPherson, American Legion Post 24 commander, presented a history of the life of Napoleon Ouellette. Sgt. Ouellette was the first veteran from Rumford to be killed in WWI and the American Legion Post 24 is named for him. Ouellette died on July 14,1918 from wounds received in battle. [3] Ultimately 27 men from Rumford lost their lives in battle or from wounds received in battle. Cub Scout Pack 581, Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts, Fraternal Order of Eagles, BPO Elks #862, and the Rumford Historical Society were all in attendance for the re-dedication of the honor roll.[4]
The honor roll stands against the back wall of the stage, taking up nearly the entirety of the wall. The names that William W. Hardy painted by hand remain clear. Flanking the long list of carefully hand painted names, are the flags of the allied nations. The colors of the flags have faded over the years but the carefully carved and painted wooden flourishes throughout the piece remain clear. Though today a curtain often hides the honor roll on the stage, the town remains proud of its legacy of service and is dedicated to remembering and honoring the men who served.
Entry written by Jessica Vogel, USM, History BA, Class of 2017
[1] “Names for Rumford’s Honor Roll Board,” Rumford Falls Times (Rumford, ME) , Saturday, October 26, 1918.
[2] Edward Clohossey, “Rededication Ceremonies WWI Memorial” (presentation, Rumford, ME, July 4, 1993).
[3] Rich Plante, “Rumford holds re-dedication ceremony,” Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), July 5, 1993.
[4] Program for Re-dedication of WWI Honor Roll and Memorial, Municipal Building Congress St., Rumford, ME 04276
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Photographer
Jessica Vogel
Date Taken
5-2017
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