From 1917 to 1919, the men of Cheshire went forth to fight in the Great War for humanity and justice. Those honored included Wilbur W. Adkins, Richard H. Atwood, Earle W. Barnes, George S. Barton, William H. Bassett, Jr., Robert E. Becker, Alfred M.C. Bennett, Mark Bishop, Allison E. Borel, Clifford L. Borel, Stanley Borel, Reginald M. Brainerd, John E. Brandt, Archille E. Brodeur, Edmond Brodeur, Walter H. Brooks, William E. Buckingham, George Burns, Charles O. Butler, Henry H. Carey, James H. Carr, George B. Clark, Arthur P. Coleman, James F. Corliss, Harry E. Cottrell, Fred J. Currier, Frank S. Davis, Walter A. Dean, Edward L. Deming, Elmer M. Deming, Gustave Dickens, Joseph D. Doolittle, Joseph V. Doyle, George E. Egan, Charles J. Farist, Edward Fenn, William J. Fenn, John F. Finn, George Ford, John H. Gode, John Greeley, Charles Grime, Clarence Hafner, Walter I. Hall, George Hanson, Nicholas D. Harithas, Arthur F. Harry, Joseph A. Healy, Walter W. Holmes, Earl P. Hotchkiss, Leslie W. Hubbell, William N. Hull, Stanley T. Johnson, Norman B. Knowlton, Ewald Kramer, Frederick A. Lawson, William Le Herissier, Clifford Lewis, Charles C. Logan, Eugene F. Longo, John Madden, Howard L. Mattison, John T. Miller, Richard Miller, Martin Moller, Benjamin H. Moss, George F. Nichols, Charles L. O’Brien, Arthur J. Odgers, Clarence G. Pardee, Theodore B. Patchen, Eugene P. Peugeot, George L. Peugeot, Harold N. Pierce, Christopher W. Platt, Edward Porter, John H. Prescott, William Reinhardt, Harley Richards, Hubert McK. Rigney, Albert E. Roberts, William Sanford, Michael S. Sheehan, Bertel Smith, Frank Sokolowski, Andrew W. Solandt, Benjamin P. Storrs, Edward Strosnick, Joseph W. Tibirio, William Verner, Henry E. Voegeli, Rev. Edward J. Walsh, George O. Whitcomb, Charles Wilson, Etta Clark, Nurse, and Laura Dayton, Yeoman F. Those who gave their lives in this great cause were Richard H. Atwood, Gustave Dickens, Joseph A. Healy, Bertel Smith, and Charles Wilson.