Former Rectors buried in the Churchyard:

The Reverend John Croes 1787-1849 The Reverend Eli Wheeler 1789-1861 The Reverend Harry Finch 1797-1864 The Reverend Benjamin Franklin 1819-1898 The Reverend James L. Ware 1895-1948 The Reverend James E. La Sage 1956-1995

The following is a list of Veterans who are buried in Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Shrewsbury.

French and Indian War of 1746

Colonel John Redford

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 Colonel John Faucheraud Grimke, South Carolina Regiment of Artillery 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 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

Lieutenant Benjamin S. Lippincott, Company H, California Battalion

Civil War 1861-1865

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.

Spanish-American War

1st Lieutenant Frederick Waller Hope, Calvary Troop

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

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 the Pacific Theater Petty Officer Frank W. Lovekin, US Navy Lieutenant Robert Irving Manson, US Navy Gunnery Officer on a Destroyer Escort in the Pacific Theater 1942 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

Corporal Edward C. Hazard, served as corporal, US Army Corporal Webster J. McClellan, US Army

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