from the Tablet: "Among the numerous New York City memorials designed to pay tribute to those killed in action, the most cherished ones for many in Windsor Terrace include the bronze plaques at the base of the trees surrounding Holy Name of Jesus Church. These plaques were first installed in 1919 and honor by name local servicemen who died in the First World War."

Surrounding Holy Name of Jesus Church are plaques dedicated to local servicemen who lost their lives in WWI. The yellow line points to where one of them is located.

Lynch really lived at 1663 10th Avenue, not 1661.

Lynch's plaque located near a tree by Holy Name

A notice of Lynch's death. So many WWI casualties were due to illnesses contracted in training or on the battlefields. It was also the time of a pandemic like flu of 1918.

Lynch's WWI draft registration card. He was born in Ireland in 1890. It looks like it says "Kenmare" At the time of his registration he was working as a machinist at a factory in the Bush Terminal

Thomas Gaynor lived at this address.

So many casualties occurred doing the last m onths of the war in 1918. Casualty lists were always being printed. New York City soldiers bore a large brunt of these casualties. Gaynor is listed here as living at 201 Windsor. That's where his father lived

Gaynor's plaque near a tree by Holy Name.

This shows Gaynor's service record. It states he was killed on November 5, 1918

A section of the 1910 census. Here it states that Gaynor was living at 203 Windsor. He was 19 years old at the time. He had two brothers and two sisters.

Geary's had lived at 312 16th St.

Geary's plaque near Holy Name

Geary's WW! draft registration card. Geary was born on April 29, 1887. He was working as a driver.

Geary had lived with his aunt Mrs. Edward McNulty at 392 15th Street, She received the notification of his death.

Geary's WWI service record

A November 1918 article listing casualties. These lists came out periodically. U.S. armed forces bore a heavy blow in the last months of the war and New York State contributed more men than any other state to those forces. New York had the largest population but they also contributed more men proportionally.

Purcell lived at 421 12th Street..

Purcell's service record, including his death notification. He, like many other servicemen, died from illnesses as opposed to being killed in action. In Purcell's case he had pneumonia and the very deadly flu of 1918.

Purcell's service record.

This John Purcell lived at 689 Wythe Street. Perhaps a different John Purcell. The Sedan refers to "The city of Sedan lies approximately eighty miles northeast of Paris along the French-Belgian border. Because Sedan served as a crucial supply center for the vast majority of the western front, both sides competed intensely for Sedan throughout the war. The German Army conquered Sedan in a major offensive in 1914. Between 1914 and 1918, the city served as major German ammunition and supply depots. Also, Sedan with Carignan and Mézières formed a hub for the railroad line that cut across northern France. The Germans used this railroad to send over 250 supply trains a day for their soldiers scattered across France. Because of Sedan’s strategic importance, the Allies launched two major campaigns to recapture Sedan; the St. Mihiel Offensive, and later, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Between September 12, 1918, and September 16, 1918, the Allied Forces attacked a triangular area in the German lines known as the St. Mihiel salient. The Germans had fortified the area with complex trenches, extensive amounts of barbed wire, machine-gun nests, and numerous artillery emplacements. However, the German soldiers in the salient were second-grade, and the German leaders started to evacuate just as the attack hit. After two days of fighting the Americans succeeded in capturing the objective as well as 8,000 prisoners and 443 guns."

Here Scully is listed as missing in action. later it was discovered he was killed in action on September 2

Where Edward Durney once lived

Durney was killed in action on October 16

This Frank Grogan is not the one who has a plaque by Holy Name. He survived the war and was commended for his valiantry. He lived at 491 14th Street near PPW