Chesterfield New Hampshire Historical Society
In Honor of Chesterfield Veterans
In 1926, A Congressional Resolution declared November 11 as “Armistice Day”. This gave the date official recognition for celebrating the end of the fighting in WWI that happened at 11AM, on Nov. 11, 1918 (the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month). Twelve years later, it became a National Holiday. But, shortly afterward, war broke out again in Europe. Sixteen and one-half million Americans took part. Of these 470,000 died in service with more than 292,000 killed in action (KIA). This resulted in some parts of the country dedicating Armistice Day to all veterans. The first celebration using the term Veterans Day, was in Birmingham, AL in 1947. In 1954, Congress passed a bill that officially changed the date to Veterans Day.
Throughout its history, Chesterfield has contributed men to the military. It is unknown how many fought in the French and Indian Wars. Oran Randall's 1882 “History of Chesterfield”, gives a list of some Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers. Four town monuments recognize those who officially enlisted as a Chesterfield resident during several wars. But there are many more that have served.
We Salute Them All!
With the exception of the Civil War, those with stars and bolded are our
Gold Star Soldiers and Sailors
Their stores appear in Noted Citizens
Vietnam
Allen, Thomas W.
Bevis, David E.
Bills, George J.
Brown, Ralph E.
Cameron, Ewen W.
Carpenter, John H. III
Carpenter, Robert e.
Champney, Alan M.
Chickering, Arthur B.
Clayton, Justin R.
Clough, Earl W.
Curdie, Robert H. Jr.
Davis, Robert E.
Davis, Thomas R.
Dietrich, Robert W.
Dudek, John J. III
Farr, David A.
Foster, Brian E.
Foster, Douglas B.
Fuller, Gordon C.
Gale, Rocky J.
Garland, Raymond E.
Garland, Sherry W.
Gleason, Kendall L.
Gleason, Philip D.
Grimes, Frank L.
Guyette, Stuart A.
Herrick, John P.
Johnson, Edwin R.
Johnson, Robert E.
Kaiser, H. Walker *
Kaiser, Peter M.
Kaiser, Sharon A.
Knickerbocker, Jay H.
Koch, Larry F.
Korradi, Clifford F.
LaClair, Lewis W.
Lane, Bruce m.
Lane, Stephen j.
Laskowski, Stephen L.
Macie, Chester A.
Morse, David L.
Morse. William F.
Mosbaugh, Robert S.
Mowry, Stephen L.
Neilson, Dennis F.
O’Neil, James L.
O’Neil, William W. *
Patmos, Ray M. Jr.
Rudolph, Richard D.
Scileppi, Edward M.
Sanville, Eugene *
Smith, David N.
Shaw, Robert G.
Thompson, Lawrence I.
Wall, Douglas C.
Willette, John A.
Residents Who Have Served
(If you or your loved one has served and wishes to be recognized by CHS in our annual Roll Call, contact us with the name, dates and branch of service. Being a Chesterfield resident at the time of enlistment is not necessary. We like to recognize all our residents for their service. )
Henry Edson Merrill - WWII
George Oaks, USAF: 1950 -1954
Leslie J. Nicholas, USAF: 1951 – 1955:
Sgt. Harry V. Ericson, USAF: 1947 - 1951
William M.McCarty, U.S.Marine Corps: Aug 1956 - Aug. 1960.
SGT. Raymond William Egan, Jr., USMC: 8 September 1955 to July 18, 1958
John White, USMC: 1953 – 1957
Donald J. Skiba, Air Force: 1954 - 1962
Michael A. Leclaire, Coast Guard: 1969 – 1973
Richard Damon Aldrich, US Navy: 1961 – 1967
Robert F. Fleming, U.S. Navy: 1969-1981
Capt. Robert E. Tortolani, Army Medical Corps, 1968 - 1970
Jeffrey W. Scott, U.S. Army - 1968-1969
Lt. Bayard Tracy, Marine Corps: 1969 to 1972
1LT Stephen E. Brooks, US Army: 1985-1990
Logan James Hormor: Army Ranger Medic: 2010-2014
Sgt. Norman W. VanCor, U.S. Marine Corps 1968-1971
Korea
Atkins, Alfred W.
Amidon, Ralph C
Bevis, George S.
Bevis, Harry N
Bills, Edmund H.
Bills, Neil C.
Cameron, Ewen W.
Chase, Charles I.
Chickering, Glenn G.
Chickering, Henry C. Jr.
Chickering, Lester C.
Cleveland, John L. Jr.
Cobb, Winston D.
Cooper, Joseph H.
Cutler, Alton L.
Dean, John C.
Dietrich, Robert W.
Fuller, Donald G.
Gauthier, Bruce W.
Goodell, Robert L.
Hall, Bernard W.
Hall, Frederick R.
Hall, Francis L.
Hellus, Anthony F.
Humphrey, James E.
Howell, James R.
Johnson, Russell E.
Laskowski, Raymond I.
Nurse, John P.
Orr, Dorothy L.
Parker, V. Joyce
Post, Arthur H. III
Prentiss, William H.
Rogers, Alan E.
Robertson, Edwin W.
Riendeau, Burton E.
Schollar, Charles W.
Shippee, Robert A.
Stoddard, Russell
Thompson, Lawrence I.
World War II
Aldrich, Basil H.
Aldrich, Edward R.
Amidon, Bruce R. *
Amidon, Mary A.
Atema, James T.
Barnes, Peggy Belle
Ball, William F. *
Bevis, Chester S.
Bevis, Shirley G.
Bernstein, Morris L.
Bills, Allen H.
Bills, Neil C.
Blake, Lyle P.
Blake, James f.
Callahan, John t.
Cantliff, Laurence R. Jr.
Carey, Richard
Chickering, Bernard A.
Chickering, Lester M.
Chickering, Ralph C.
Chickering, Russell C.
Chickering, Winford l.
Cobb, Charles W.
Cobb, Norman D.
Darling, Newton E.
Davis, Clinton A.
Delamater, Charles H.
Dort, Wakefield Jr.
Dunbar, Kenneth F.
Eager, Forrest J.
Flaes, Kenneth L
Fisher, Frank G.
Foley, Merwin P.
Foley, Ronald W.
Foster, Harold E. Jr.
Foster, Stuart F.
Foster, Wallace W.
Fowle, Leslie W.
Furlone Warren G.
Gover, Floyd L.
Guyette, Ronald T.
Hewett, Kenneth A.
Hills, Charles C.
Hood, Richard S.
Horrocks, Frank
Humphrey, Fred C. Jr.
Jacobson, Simon E.
Jacobson, Victor E.
Jorgenson, John e.
Kingsbury, Thayer
Kingsbury, Thayer Jr.
LaClaire, Guy
Lane, Clayton N.
Laskowski, Leonard A.
Lawton, Paul W.
Lee, George W. *
Lewis, Emily E.
Lewis, Floyd L.
Lyle, Cornelius R. II
Merrifield, Cecil A. *
Merrifield, Kenneth L.
Henry E. Merrill
Michaud, Claude R.
Morrison, Frank J.
Neilson, Harold W.
O’Kelly, Lawrence W.
Orr, Dorothy E.
Orr, John C.
Pame, Gilbert M.
Paine, Raymond E. Jr.
Pearson, Arvid W.
Pierce, Harry M.
Plante, Gordon P.
Polhemus, Oscar M.
Post, Arthur N. III
Post, Jane J.
Potter, Frederick S.
Putnam, Richard I.
Rawson, Harold L.
Rawson, Shirley P.
Rowe, Raymond N.
Sargent, Freeman E.
Schlichting, Daniel P.
Shippee, Clarence L. Jr.
Snow, Julian H.
Spaulding, Stanley L.
Smith, robert D.
Tuttle, Deane S.
Twombly, Maynard E.
Underwood, Chester D. *
Underwood, Raymond e.
Watts, Ralph C.
Watts, Silas H.
West, Melvin C.
Weddell, Robert W.
Wiggin, Kenneth R.
Willette, Edward J.
Wilson, Edwin H.
Wilson, Harper H.
Winn, Hadley W.
World War I
Amidon, A.N.
Barcome, W.N.
Butler, E.R.
Chase, N.C.
Cripps, A.C.
Davis, R.M.
Dearing, E.E.
Foster, F.H.
Foster, R.P.
Furlone, G. C.
Johnson, C.E.
Kuhlke, J. R.
Marshall, J.E.
Post, A.L.
Post, C.O. *
Putnam, D.L.
Putnam, M.
Robbins, E.A.
Robbins, P.P.
Wilson, A.L. Jr.
Some facts about our WWI Veterans (who don't appear on the monument)
- Henry Elbridge Knight (disabled from gas on Oct 10, 1918; a “Lost Battalion” survivor. They were surrounded and besieged for five days (Oct. 2-7, 1918) only 194 of 600 survived. Awarded Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross
- John T. Prout – 5 battle stars, Croix & Guerre; a citation from Marshall Petain of France
- Carl A. Castle - Army private in the 31 Company, 20th Engineers - worked in Scotland with his brother
- John Liberty Castle – Army Private also in the 31 Company, 20th Engineers - worked in Scotland, part of 350 civilians in 10 sawmill units sent by U.S. government.
- Frank Bedford Fowke - Naturalized citizen (Canadian) served in Maine
- Paul Jakob Schlichting - Naturalized citizen (Germany), US Army served from Sept 20, 1917 - Dec. 13, 1918
Civil War
Bancroft, Clinton A.
Bancroft, Norris e.
Britton, Bradford
Britton, George S.
Butler, Roswell
Butler, John F.
Cobbs, Richard T.
Colburn, Warren *
Coverse, Julius C.
Crouch, Nelson s.
Darling, Calvin G.
Davis, Murray
Davis, Noyes J.
Eddy, George P.
Farnum, John M.
Farr, Charles M.
Farr, Charles R.
Farr, Ransom C.
Farr, Bradford C.
Farr. Wesley O.
Farr, Larkin D.
Farr, Chancey S.
Faulkner, Stephen P.
Field, James C.
Field, Francis A.
Fisk, Harrison F.
Frink, Oscar T.
Gilson, Calvin P.
Glizer, Walter W.
Goodrich, James W.
Goodrich, John F.
Goodwin, John H.
Harvey, Charles L.
Hastings, Foster W.
Hasting, Herbert r.
Hastings, Eugene
Henry, Hubbard W. *
Herrick, Dwight L.
Higgins, Sidney b.
Hildreth, John W.
Hildreth, George L.
Hill, Taylor e.
Holt, Frank J.
Holt, Joseph
Hopkins, George
Hosley, Wayland N.
Howe, Henry H.
Howe, Barton Jr.
Jackson, Robert
Lewis, Charles B.
Lewis, Reuben A.
Lincoln, Lucian O.
Lincoln, Horace S.
Martin, James M.*
McClenning, Henry J.*
Richardson, J. Milo
Robbins, Daniel E.
Safford, Otis
Safford, Norman D.
Safford, Leavitt W.
Scott, Otis H.
Scott, George D.
Snow, Henry H.
Stoddard, James S.
Streeter, Edwin H.
Streeter, Albert W. *
Streeter, Herbert N.*
Streeter, Marshall S. **
Titus, Herbert B.
Tyrrel, David B.
Tyrrel, Everett C.
Walton, David S. Jr.
Warren, Lyman H.
Wheeler, Alonzo W.
None died in battle,
1 died of wounds received in Battle**
6 died of disease *
10 were wounded and survived
(Appearing in the Vermont Phoenix Newspaper in the 1800s: John Langdon Britton, a native of Chesterfield, NH went up to the front during the Civil was as a drummer, although he was over 55 years old. He may have enlisted in Springfield, VT)
Revolutionary War
Amiden, Ephraim
Bacon, Nathaniel
Baldwin, Daniel
Bingham, Elisha
Bingham, Gustavus
Bingham, Nathaniel
Bingham, Stephen
Bingham, Theodorus
Bishop, John
Bishop, Nathan
Brown, Oliver
Carlton, Kimball
Cobleigh, Dan
Cobleigh, Eleazer
Cobleigh, Jonathan
Cobleigh, Oliver
Colburn, Amasa
Colburn, Amos
Colburn, Daniel
Converse, Samuel Davis
Coughlan, Richard
Crafford, William
Crane, Francis
Cressey, Aaron
Cressey, Henry
Cressey, Jonathan
Cressey, Jonathan Jr.
Daby, Thomas
Davis, Amos
Davis, Ezekiel
Davis, Jacob
Davis, Jonathan
Davis, Samuel
Davison, John
Higgins, Joseph Jr.
Hildreth, Jonathan Jr.
Hildreth, Isaac
Hildreth, Jesse
Hildreth, Martin
Hildreth, Reuben
Hildreth, William
Hinds, Jacob
Hollava, Merrill
Hubbard, Amos
Hubbard, Oliver
Johnson, Charles
Jordan, Eleazer
Kennison, Daniel
Lee, William
Merrill, John
Metcalf, Asa
Metcalf, Joseph
Metcalf, Joseph Jr.
Metcalf, Nathan
Metcalf, Thomas
Nichols, William
Partridge, Ames
Partridge, Eli
Peacock, John
Peacock, Samuel
Pierce, David
Pierce, John
Pierce, Simon
Porter, Ebenezer
Powers, Ezekiel
Pratt, John
Putnam, John
Richardson, William
These are the names that appear in "History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH.," by Oran E. Randall, 1882
