Air Force Sergeant ~ Portrayed by Stuart Buncher
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the military aviation service of the United
States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United
States Air Force. By the end of World War II, the USAAF had created 16 numbered air forces. The
5th Air Force was part of the Army Air Force in World War II. It served in the Philippines, Australia,
and the Southwest Pacific. The 5th Air Force was heavily involved in the Battle of the Philippines.
The uniform that Stuart is wearing was made in February 1942. It is marked as a second grade
Technical Sergeant rank. The servicemen and women in the Army Air Force wore various uniforms
depending on the occasion. This particular one features a short jacket known as an “Ike” jacket after
General Eisenhower.
Red Cross Gray Lady ~ Portrayed by Judith Buncher
During World War I, American Red Cross volunteer services faced rapid expansion. To delineate the
lines of service, the Red Cross employed a color coding system for the uniforms and service pins.
Although all the uniforms were distinctive and possessed their own special recognition factor, the
Hostess and Hospital Service and Recreation corps, founded in 1918 at Walter Reed Army Hospital,
became a unique and enduring symbol of Red Cross service in military and later civilian hospitals.
Although the hospital corps’ gray uniform with white collar and cuffs was not one of the more vibrant
shades, the volunteers wearing it were affectionately known as the Gray Ladies to the wounded soldiers.
The corps, composed primarily of women volunteers, acted as hostesses and provided recreational
services to patients, many of whom were injured during World War I. Although their official name was
changed to a more manageable Hospital and Recreation Corps in 1934, it was the Gray Lady moniker
that resonated through the years and in 1947, after World War II, the name was officially changed to
the Gray Lady service.
Although the Gray Ladies provided non-medical care, they underwent a rigorous training process,
provided by medical professionals and the Red Cross, which included hospital organization, ethics,
psychiatry and occupational therapy. By the 1930s, with increased demand during the Depression, the
Gray Lady Service spread to other hospitals around the country, both military and civilian. Their
services also extended to blood centers and providing assistance with disaster response. During World
War II, the service reached its peak with almost 50,000 women serving as Gray Ladies in military and
other hospitals throughout the United States. Following the war, some Gray Ladies also served in U.S.
military hospitals overseas. Today, the Red Cross continues providing support to hospitalized U.S.
military personnel with dedicated volunteers through Service to the Armed Forces.
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE
Cemetery Memorial Service
Priest:
In the Name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen.
Priest:
For our beloved departed, let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ who said, “I am Resurrection
and I am Life.”
Priest:
People:
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People:
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People:
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People:
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God the Father of Heaven,
Have mercy on your servants.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world.
Have mercy on your servants.
God the Holy Spirit, our Sanctifier,
A Reading from the Gospel according to Saint John 6:37-40.
Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive
away; for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. And
this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up
on the last day. This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may
have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.
The Word of the Lord
At the end of the reading, the people respond saying:
Thanks be to God.
Priest:
The Lord be with you.
People:
And also with you.
Priest:
Have mercy on your servants.
Lord, you raised the dead to life; give to these your servants eternal life.
Hear us, Lord.
You promised paradise to the thief who repented; bring your servants to the joys of heaven.
Hear us, Lord.
Your servants were washed in Baptism and anointed with the Holy Spirit; grant them
Priest:
People:
Priest:
Let us Pray. (note: on ML+ bulletin insert the actual prayers found below)
I.
Prayer for all who are buried in Christ Churchyard.
II.
Prayer for the former Rectors of this parish who are buried in this Churchyard.
III.
Prayer for those who have given their lives in the service of our country.
Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord:
And let light perpetual shine on them.
May the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
fellowship with all your saints.
People:
Priest:
People:
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People:
Hear us, Lord.
O Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,
Grant them rest.
O Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,
Grant them rest.
O Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,
Hymn:
“America”
My country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride,
From every mountainside let freedom ring.
Our father’s God to thee, author of liberty to thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright with freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by thy might, great God, our King.
The Blessing and Dismissal with Allelulias.
Grant them rest eternal.
The Priest will say a concluding collect.
Almighty God, with whom still live the spirits of those who die in the Lord, and with whom the souls of
the faithful are in joy and felicity: We give you heartfelt thanks for the good examples of all your
servants, who, having finished their course in faith, now find rest and refreshment. May we, with all who
have died in the true faith of your holy Name, have perfect fulfillment and bliss in your eternal and
everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
The Worship has Ended. The Service begins.
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Former Rectors buried in the Churchyard:
The Reverend John Croes
The Reverend Eli Wheeler
The Reverend Harry Finch
The Reverend Benjamin Franklin
The Reverend James L. Ware
The Reverend James E. La Sage
1787-1849
1789-1861
1797-1864
1819-1898
1895-1948
1956-1995
James Schureman
Joseph Voorhees
Edmund West
Private Elisha White, Third Regiment Monmouth Brigade
Lyttleton White
Private David Williamson, 32nd and 15th Regiments.
Mexican-American War
The following is a list of Veterans who are buried in
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Shrewsbury.
Lieutenant Benjamin S. Lippincott, Company H, California Battalion
French and Indian War of 1746
Civil War 1861-1865
Colonel John Redford
Private Samuel T. Denise, Co. F, 29th Regiment, NJ Vol. Inf.
Private Joseph H. Dennis, Co. F, 29th Regiment, NJ Vol. Inf.
Private Franklin Goodwin, Co. F, 1st Regiment, NJ Calvary
Private Thomas Hawkins, Co. A, Second New Jersey Militia
1st Lieutenant John Hopper, Co. B, Second New Jersey Militia
Private William F. Marshall, Co. D., 13th Regiment, NJ Vol. Inf.
William McDonald, Confederate States Army
William Lawes, Union Army druggist
Private John Buckingham, Co. H, 34th Regiment, NJ Vol. Inf.
Private Rufus West, Co. G, Second New Jersey Militia
Private John L. Wheeler, served as private, 8th New York Calvary
Captain John White,
Private John Worthley, served as private in Co. A, 1st Regiment, NJ Vol. Inf.
1st Lieutenant Thomas K. Durham, Co. M, 1st New York Vol. Engineers
Ernst Schroeder
Commodore Edward W. Carpender, appointed Midshipman 1813, served War of 1812;
served as Lt. in Command of the Brig. Truxtan, Mexican War of 1846; served as
Commodore on the Navy's Reserve list during the Civil War and also stationed at Key West,
Florida, in charge of captured prize vessels.
Captain Samuel Sleeper, husband of Abigail Sleeper who is interred in the graveyard was
killed at Fredericksburg during the Civil War. Abigail tried to have his remains returned for
burial in the Christ Church graveyard but to no avail.
Revolutionary War Soldiers 1775-1783
Private Edward Bennett, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
Private Joseph Dennis, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
General James Greene, served as captain, Company of Light Horse, Monmouth Militia
Private John Haggerty, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
Private William Lippincott, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
Corporal Thomas Lloyd, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
Private Lewis McKnight, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
Private Thomas Morford, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
Private John Slocum, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
Private Holmes Throckmorton, Continental Army and served with General John Sullivan's
Division against the Six Nations in Western, Pa. and New York
Private James Throckmorton, Monmouth Grenadiers, also a minuteman, troop of light
horse.
Private Job Throckmorton, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
Private John West, First Regiment of Monmouth Militia
War of 1812
Lieutenant Col. William Carpender, New York Volunteers
Private Henry Clay, Second Regiment of New Jersey Detailed Militia
Private Joseph Dennis, New Jersey Detailed Militia
Private Asher Haggerty, Third Regiment of New Jersey Detailed Militia
Spanish-American War
1st Lieutenant Frederick Waller Hope, Calvary Troop
Corporal Edward C. Hazard, served as corporal, US Army
Corporal Webster J. McClellan, US Army
World War I
Captain Franklin G. Allen, US Army
Walter S. Bowker
William E. Donald
1st Lieutenant Morgan R. Eilert
Corporal Robert R. Graham, served as band corporal, HQ Company, 107 Inf., US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Louis H. Hanson, Medical Corps.
1st Lieutenant Arnold Watson Hazard, Motor Transportation Corp.
Private Howard G. Montgomery, Head Quarters Company, 165th Inf., NY, US Army
1st Lieutenant Howard Stokes, US Army
Private Joseph L. Thompson, US Army Air Force
Major Dr. Harry Ticehurst, US Army, 9th Division Cavalry veterinarian
Vietnam
Lieutenant Commander Bruce A. Brand – served as Lt. US Navy 1962
New Jersey National Guard (1895)
1st Lieutenant Frederick W. Hope, Second Troop Calvary, National Guard of New Jersey
George D. Tillman, served in Head Quarters, Second Troop Calvary, National Guard of New
Jersey
Monmouth County Loyalists during the American Revolution
Anthony Dennis
World War II
Lieutenant Hermann Alexander Allen, US Navy 1942 - 1946
Private Michael Jonathan Badal, US Army Air Force, Private 1st Class, 5th Adrom
Squadron
Tech. Sergeant Reuel K. Hartshorne, US Army, 1942 – 1945, Bronze Star Medal
Colonel Arthur E. James, Army Air Corp flight instructor in US and in the Pacific Theater
1941-1947, USAF Reserves 1950 - 1979
1st. Lieutenant Alvin Bradford Judd, Doctor, US Army Air Corp.
1st Lieutenant Eleanore M. Judd, US Army, served in the Medical Corp. of the 351st
General Hospital
Richard A. Kirby
Colonel John Kline, served in Ordnance Corps in Pacific theater
Petty Officer Frank W. Lovekin, US Navy
Sergeant William F. Marshall, US Army Air Forces 1943-1946
Staff Sergeant George D. Maxfield, 1306 Engineer Ground Support Regiment, US Army
Ortrude V. Maxfield, US Navy
Harold G. Paynton, Jr. US Army South Pacific and Japan
1st Lieutenant Stewart Van Vliet, Jr., 182nd Inf., American Division, US Army.
Korea
May the sacrifices they made for our great Nation and us never be forgotten.