EDWARD ELMER RAMSDELL who was killed on 9 October, 1918 in the Argonne Forest of France while serving as a cook. He was a United States Army Private in Co. K and in the 39th. infantry of the 4th. Division. HENRY ALLEN ROGERS who died in a Japanese Prison camp in the Philippines on 20 Nov. 1942. He was a Private serving in the United States Air Force.

REV. GRUBE BURDETTE CORNISH, (First Post Commander of Ramsdell Post), was a pastor at the Methodist Episcopal church in York Village, Me. On 18 Feb. of 1918 He was commissioned Chaplain and assigned to the fifth division, trains & Headquarters.He served oversea from Apr. 1918 to July 1919. From 1920 to 1935 he served in the 103rd. Infantry of the Maine National Guard as a Chaplain. FRANCIS R. MORSE Served as 2nd Post Commander of Ramsdell American Legion Post no. 56. REV. WALTER HAROLD MILLINGER served as Commander in 1930. He was the Pastor of the First Parish Church form 1929 to 1952. DOC. DAVID HARRIMAN served as Post Commander in 1943. He also served as York's Civil Defense Leader and organized the Aircraft Warning Service. DANIEL T. BAGLEY served as Post Commander in 1944-45. CAPT. WILLIAM P. HANCOCK, (Maine State Police), served as Post Commander in 1947. GRACE SMITH, was a yeoman 1/C USCGR stationed in Boston, Ma. She and Iris Ellis are velieved to the first WWII servicewoman to join a service organization in the Portsmouth, NH. area. IRIS ELLIS, was a Seaman 1/C USNRW and the daughter of Past Post Commander Lawrence Ellis. She was very active with the youth of the group coordinating the majorettes. She became the first woman Post Commander of Ramsdell Rogers American Legion Post no. 56 in 1977. EDWARD A. BRAGDON, (knows as Ted) served as Post Commander in 1954.