World War I Memorial
4 Uxbridge Road, Town Hall Main Entrance Vestibule
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In 2018, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, the Sutton Historical Society undertook an ambitious project to prepare a biography for each WWI soldier who served from Sutton during WWI. The starting point was the Memorial in the Town Hall Vestibule.
This information was cross-checked with information from
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - The Adjutant General's Office
This information was cross-checked with information from
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - The Adjutant General's Office
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Memorial Tablet History
On November 20, 1919, the Board of Selectmen voted to accept the recommendations of a previously appointed committee to place in the Vestibule of Memorial Hall (Town Hall) two marble tablets with suitable designs and with the name of every soldier and sailor in WWI inscribed thereon, at a cost not exceeding $800. Also the names of the soldiers and sailors, who enlisted in the Spanish war, be suitably inscribed on said memorial tablets.
The final payment for the memorial was made on January 6, 1921
Total Cost: $721.30
Soldiers identified as deploying from Sutton who are excluded from the Memorial:
Arthur Arnold
John Leo Cardin
Eugene L. Donais
Oscar J. Fanion
George Inman Johnstone
James E. McHenry
Andrew Suares
Anthony White
Comparison of a list of WWI veteran's from Sutton from the
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Adjutant General's Office brought to light
the above excluded names.
Also noted were several names on the tablet which The Commonwealth of Massachusetts- Adjutant General's Office excludes as Sutton Veteran's. In the case of George Plante, lifelong resident of Manchaug, he is recognized as a soldier from South Carolina. As he enlisted at Paris Island and not from his hometown, the military considers South Carolina his home state. Other discrepancies resulted from mailing addresses for those living close to Whitinsville, Douglas, etc.
The Society recognizes the following as citizen's of Sutton and agree with their inclusion on the Tablets
Howard Barnett (Douglas, MA)
Lucius Bowdoin
Ernest Samuel Clark (Connecticut)
Broer Devries
Alexander Joseph Fanion
Napoleon Fagnant (Rhode Island)
Warren Hicks
Walter Morrill
Asrop Okugian
Taeke Oppewal
William Pariso
Stanley Perry
George Plante (Paris Island, SC)
Raoul Renfrette
The final payment for the memorial was made on January 6, 1921
Total Cost: $721.30
Soldiers identified as deploying from Sutton who are excluded from the Memorial:
Arthur Arnold
John Leo Cardin
Eugene L. Donais
Oscar J. Fanion
George Inman Johnstone
James E. McHenry
Andrew Suares
Anthony White
Comparison of a list of WWI veteran's from Sutton from the
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Adjutant General's Office brought to light
the above excluded names.
Also noted were several names on the tablet which The Commonwealth of Massachusetts- Adjutant General's Office excludes as Sutton Veteran's. In the case of George Plante, lifelong resident of Manchaug, he is recognized as a soldier from South Carolina. As he enlisted at Paris Island and not from his hometown, the military considers South Carolina his home state. Other discrepancies resulted from mailing addresses for those living close to Whitinsville, Douglas, etc.
The Society recognizes the following as citizen's of Sutton and agree with their inclusion on the Tablets
Howard Barnett (Douglas, MA)
Lucius Bowdoin
Ernest Samuel Clark (Connecticut)
Broer Devries
Alexander Joseph Fanion
Napoleon Fagnant (Rhode Island)
Warren Hicks
Walter Morrill
Asrop Okugian
Taeke Oppewal
William Pariso
Stanley Perry
George Plante (Paris Island, SC)
Raoul Renfrette
Civil War Veterans
Civil War Veteran's appear on the two additional marble tablets in the vestibule.
Society members have not researched these veterans.
Sutton History Volume 1 pages 787-788 list these Veterans - click on button below
Society members have not researched these veterans.
Sutton History Volume 1 pages 787-788 list these Veterans - click on button below