In the Great World War of 1914-1918, people from Greenock offered their lives in humanity's defense, and those remembered as having given their last full measure of devotion were Carl G. Huemme, John J. Joyce, William A. Kretschmer, Charles H. Binder, John Colling, Edward Chapman, Joseph R. Chapman, John P. Dunn, Thomas M. Dias, Albert Forsythe, Herman J. Goretzka, Edward Gruetzner, Chris F. Geruschat, Thomas Graning, Edward L. Huemme, Henry C. Haidle, Jacob E. Haidle, Karl J. Haidle, Ross D. Heath, Albert Kretschmer, William Koester, Charles E. Lenhart, Herbert C. Lawson, Herman Mohlman, Henry Moreni, Ross McCoy, Raymond H. McLaughlin, Aristide Pigozzi, Dante Pigozzi, Fred H. Ransick, Howard W. Ransick, Albert E. Rojohn, Paul Speroni, Cheaser Talavinia, Fred H. Talavinia, William F. Wunder, Joseph A. Wunder, Charles F. Widany, and Henry W. Waldbaum.