Galveston World War 1 Honor Roll

One of over 200 historical markers on the island, this marker honors the lives from Galveston Island lost during World War 1.

Inscribed

“1917 Honor Roll 1918”

“We with uncovered head
salute the sacred dead
who went and who return not.”

“McDonald, Margaret • Astal, Douglas N. • Berg, George • Bone, Albert R. • Brown, William H. • Burke, C.T. • Carrague, Michael T. • Chubb, Duble • Collerain, William A. • Combs, Harold • Conant, Earl W. • Cornett, Julius V.L. • Crawford, J.H.W. • Crippon, Felix • Duroux, L.A. • Dugat, George F. • Evans, James A. • Falconer, A.B. • Falligant, C.G. • Fisher, Sidney L. • Ghirardi, George • Graves, Ira • Greer, Don W. • Hanson, Martin • Holland, V.R. • John, Henry • Johnson, F.A. • Johnson, Henry • Karbowski, O.H. • Kimble, Edwin R. • Kirkman, G.W. • Kirschner, George • Kitchell, Alvin • Lalich, Maxim • Lassaigne, Michel • Letts, Benjamin • Lockhardt, John W. • Mackay, Vernon H. • Meenen, August C. • Metzger, Theo E. • Mike, Cornelius • Moon, Mortimer K. • Muller, Robert C. • Mullins, Henry H. • O’Neill, James A. • Paisley, James J. • Palmer, Arthur • Paul, R.C. • Peterson, L.C. • Petropol, George • Pinkerton, A.D. • Poole, William H. • Reading, Emanuel • Reilly, Victor Charles • Ross, John S. • Ruble, William • Rust, Charles E. • Saunders, John W. • Schmidt, G.E. • Scrivnor, James • Scott, L.B. • Seelen, R.P. • Shockley, Mack • Singer, B.T. • Smith, C.D. • Smith, John F. • Smith, Guyton • Snoddy, M.E. • Warner, M.H. • Wern, A.F. • Winslow, Charles • Voight, Conrad”

“Colored
Alston, G.M. • Bates, James • Blake, William • Perkins, T.P.”

““The right is more precious than peace we shall fight for the things we have always carried nearest our hearts. To such a task we dedicate our lives.”
Woodrow Wilson”

“They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them”