New England Boys Suffer Losses in War Casualties
War Department lists 512 names of killed wounded missing or dead of wounds with New England contributing a large share. Private Fred Heffler of Brockton describes units 301st and 302d Regiments as replacement troops and notes arrivals at battle lines. Reports from Brockton Springfield Holyoke South Boston Torrington and Suffield detail individual casualties and missing soldiers including Corporal Roy MacMenigall and Lieut Thomas Shea. A Y M C A worker Daniel Kennedy is gassed near front lines and recovering in base hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
New England
76Th
Camp Devens
301St Infantry
Boston
Fred Heffler
Brockton
Heffler
Pershing
Oreenaif
Suffield
Conn
Daniel R. Kennedy
France
Soldiers Reported Killed or Missing in Action in France
Sergeant Eugene P Canty of South Boston is reported killed in action in France. He was 20 and had enlisted in 1917, serving in the 47th Infantry. Also missing are Private Roy Hall of West Somerville and Corporal James H Dankert of G Company 1th Infantry. Private Arthur B Hurley of Weymouth died of wounds in France. Private Orrin Herbert Edwards of Antrim New Hampshire was killed in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
D Company
47Th Infantry
Robert E. McNabb
Joseph McNabb
Fitchburg
McNabb
France
John Kollar
M Company
1024 Infantry
Torrington
Conn
Kollar
Standard & Union Hardware Company
Eugene P. Canty
Nora Canty
Dorchester Avenue
Boston
Canty
Regular Army
Syracuse
N. Y
Charlotte
N. C
Roy Hall
United States Marine Corps
Albion R. Hall
Highland Avenue
West Somerville
Hall
Moira
Somerville
James H. Dankert
1Th Infantry
Mary J. Donnelly
Summer Street
Dankert
Arthur B. Hurley
Simon R. Hurley
Norton Street
North Weymouth
Hurley
Weymouth
Camp Devens
Orrin Herbert Edwards
110Th Infantry
Thomas
Antrim
N. H
New England Boys on Casualty List
A long casualty roster lists many names from New England towns and cities including Danbury Waterbury Worcester and Boston area locations. The list covers killed in action died of wounds or disease with service units including 102d and 101st Inf and 47th Inf along with many towns in Conn Me and VT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW England Boys
Casualty
Robert T. Johnson
Blackstone St
Woonsocket
R. I
Percy C. Gedney
Spencer’ Ave
Chelsea
D Co
Thomas M. Mooney
Millst
Lee
Joseph F. Santos
Plymouth
Med. Dept
Corp
Ernest T. Siebert
Langley Rd
Newton Centre
Edward J. Hubbard
Waterbury
Conn
H Co
Patrick J. Burke
B Co
Unofficial War Casualty List Names Reported by Relatives
Names compiled from relatives and War Department notices list soldiers in A Co Mach Gun Batt 16th Inf to I Co 39th Inf with home towns Fitchburg Antrim Worcester Linwood Lynn Northhampton Manchester Holyoke Easthampton Springfield South Hadley and others. Entries include ranks units and birthplaces with wounded missing in action and casualties reported as unofficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Robert E. McNabb
Fairmount St
Fitchburg
A Co
Orrin Herbert Edwards
Antrim
DD Co
Military personnel list from New England area
A roster listing multiple individuals with addresses in Connecticut Massachusetts Rhode Island and nearby states including Harold Carney Harry Chefetz James Dankert William Donnelly James Fasciani Louis Lizotte John Sakovitch Gaudius Joubert Everett Strachan Charles Wilkerson John M O Connor Daniel Kennedy and a SUF field Y M C A worker. The document names U S M units and Co 102d Tr 103d Inf and G Co signals a wartime compilation of personnel.
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Harold Carney
Lamberton St
New Haven
Conn
Harry Chefetz
Mulberry St
Fall River
James Dankert
Appleton St
Lowell G Co
William Francis Donnelly
Feverage Ave
Pawtucket
R. I
James Fasciani
East Sixth St
South Boston
Louis Lizotte
Middleboro Ave
East Taunton
John Sakovitch
Charles Wilkerson
Stratford Ave
Waterbury
C Co
John M. O’connor
G Co
Daniel R. Kennedy
Suffield
Congressmen barred from British front visit in WWI France
Two U.S. congressmen Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota and Charles H. Dillon of South Dakota were denied permission to visit the British battle front in France. They arrived in July aboard a British ship and later toured the American lines. they are believed to be touring Italy now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
Ernest Lundeen
Minnesota
Charles H. Dillon
South Dakota
Italy
Cocoanut Oil as Hair Wash A Simple, Safe Shampoo
A health note recommends plain mutilified cocoanut oil as a superior shampoo compared with soaps and alkali heavy products. It advises rubbing the oil into damp hair to produce rich lather that cleanses hair and scalp, leaves hair silky and manageable, and rinses easily. The oil is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.
New England Names Listed Among Aug Casualties
Ottawa reports a casualty list from the war noting wounded individuals from New England localities including W Dubois Franklin N H and A H Valiquette Boston R Urmston Central Falls N H Lvy H Malone Cambridge Mass R Cragg Central Falls J Hill Dorchester Mass A W Wind Lawrence Mass T A Walker Medford Mass F J Bridge Hopkinton Mass among others from Maine Vermont and Connecticut with scattered spellings and incomplete names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
New England
W. Dubois
Franklin
N. H
N. Harris
Springfield
Mass
W. D. Grass
Milo
A. H. Valiquette
Boston
R. Urmston
Central Falls
Lawrence
T. A. Walker
Medford
F. J. Bridge
Hopkinton
Co. G. Peeples
Hartford
Atlas
Somerville
E. B. Jamieson
Freeport
L. J. Keyser
Tilton
N. Hu
W. Geary
New Bedford
J. Ballantaweer Raavidence
R. L
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leer
R.a.white Co
Palm Beach
Neiten Sodal
Sones
Rhia Sangeitee
Hamburg
Batiste
Bien Jolie
Norfolk
Trench Topcoats River
Ion
Adam
Velour
Uphol
Davenport
F. O
Tapestry
Brussels
Wilton
Rego Wilton
Rego
Eenports
Private Robert E. McNabb
Lieutenant Thomas P. Shea
Thomas P. Shea
14Th Infantry
Norwood
Plattsburg
Shea
Corporal Roy MacMenigall
John MacMenigall
Sonoma Place
Holyoke
Roy
104Th Infantry
MacMenigall
Aviation Department
Private John Kollar
Eugene Canty
Corporal James H. Dankert
Private Arthur B. Hurley
Private Orrin Herbert Edwards
Joseph A. Glover
Spring St
New Britain
Charles W. Plummer
F. A
Stanley A. Beane
Bingham, Me
E Co
Dorchester Ave
Frederick Morris
Gay St
Portland
M Co
Clarence P. Brodeur
Watehbury
John F. Gilbert
Fairfield Ave
Danbury
Norton St
NO. Weymouth
Emile Tardiff
Madison, Me
William M. Glendon
Lake St., Winchester
Eben McIntosh
Wollaston. Corp
Summer St
Lowell
Inf
Joseph Chicoine
Maple St
Webster
Batt
101St F. A
John Henry Demag
Essex Junction
Frank Lapointe
Thomas J. O'Reilly
Crest St
Concord Junction
R. Arnold Rohan
Butler St
Meriden
Claude E. Nash
George A. Demers
Thorne St
Worcester
A.co
Frank H. Lovett
Oakland Ave
Methuen
Joseph Preszle
Chestnut St
Hatfield
John J. Southern
Circular Ave
Pittsfield
Stephen Zuck
Union St
William M. Evans
Windsor
Charles Pernaitis
Kings Highway
Fairfield
E. Co
Charles P. Ladue
Waterbury, Conn
Pasengers
Lester H. Giles
Melrose
101St Infantry
Charles Sinckers
Everett St
Arthur Landin
North Oxford
George Daker
School St
Linwood
Edmund Dumis
George T. Taafe
Keene
F Co
George Stanley Robilar
Derry
Timothy Flaherty
Northampton
M J. McKilligott
I Co
Charles F. O'Connor
Clayton T. Saunders
Lookout Terrace, Lynn
104Th Inf
John L. Candy
Bangor
Sam Blakesley
Westhampton
L Co
Harry W. Bishop
Appleton St. Lowell
14Th
Roy McMenigall
Sonoma
Charles Russel
Easthampton
John Allen Crafts
South Hadley
Congressmen
WM. Sheinwald
Mall
Oxfords
Mary Janes
W.L. Douglas
U. S. Army
Preston
New York City
Eee Ave
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