During the years from 1914 to 1918, men and women from Orford served the Nation, the Allies, and humanity in World War I as German armies attempted and failed to conquer the civilizations of the earth. Those honored are Charles A. Allen, Ray M. Ansell, Josiah C. Archer, Edwin C. Baker, Fred A. Baker, Harry F. Baker, Raymond A. Bickford, Edward Carr, Reid D. Carr, Maxwell F. Chapman, Cecil Y. Craig, Clyde S. Cutting, Guy F. Cutting, Arthur M. Currie, Hazel M. Distin, Jesse G. Donaldson, Roland B. Downing, Harold B. Emerson, A. Orville Fay, Leonor A. Field, Parker E. Foote, Roland H. Gardner, Warren L. Greenley, Edward Hall, Jesse R. Kenyon, Harland P. Manchester, Arthur E. Morey, Irving L. Preble, Fay F. Russell, Roy S. Tyrell, Charles A. Washburn, Harvey L. Washburn, Earl B. Wilson, Dwight M. Wilcox, and Parker E. Wright; Arthur M. Currie was killed in battle, Harry F. Baker, Jesse G. Donaldson, and Harold B. Emerson died in the service, and Hazel M. Distin and Leonor A. Field served as Red Cross nurses.