Soldiers and sailors from Calvert County who lost their lives in the World War included George Armiger, Solomon Barnes, Wm T Dorsey, Arck L Lore, William N Marquess, Thomas Osborne, Reuben Pitcher, Murray A Sherbert, Irving R Stallings, Harry Sunderland, Charles W Tongue, Alonzo Brown, James Butler, Wallace Curtis, John Gross, Thorton Gorman, Joseph S Jones, and Benjamin Kent. Three hundred and fifteen patriots from the county answered the call for liberty and humanity, and the citizens of Calvert County erected a memorial to perpetuate the memory of their sons and daughters who made the supreme sacrifice and to those who served their country in the great World War of 1917–1918.