Description
This volume, entitled Service Records Cumberland County In the World War 1917-1918,
lists individuals who served in WWI from Cumberland County. Information for each individual includes name and serial number, residence, birth place, age, induction/selection place and date, military assignment, discharge rank, overseas service, discharge date, and miscellaneous information. (1+3 copies and 3 CCHS owned copies.)
Arrangement: Alphabetical by surname of soldier within the various sections with and
without tabs: Army-Enlisted – White; Marines; Marine Officers; Navy-Enlisted; Army-Officers-White; Army-Enlisted-White-Deceased; Navy-White-Enlisted-Deceased; Navy Officers; Navy Officers-Deceased; Nurses; Army-Enlisted-Colored; Colored-Deceased.
Index: Three separate indices titled “Index to Service Records: Cumberland County In the
World War 1917-1918 compiled by
CCHS: 1) Index I-Alphabetical by surname of soldier,
2) Index II-Alphabetical by residence, 3) Index III-Original Order. These indices are essentially an abstraction of the volume’s contents.