Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available: This beautiful uniform grouping for the 30th Division, including a patched 30th Division uniform, a painted 30th Division M1917 Helmet, and a painted 30th Division gas mask, makes this the perfect group for any 30th Division or AEF Collector.
This is a uniform & field gear grouping belonging to Stanley Perry, Serial #:1665846. The grouping includes Perry’s uniform jacket and breeches, both in great worn condition, his jacket having a 30th Division patch and US & Ordnance collar discs. There are no discharge or overseas chevrons on the uniform. His gas mask has a 30th Division insignia painted on the flap, with his dog tag on a string attached to the hook. His M1917 Helmet is lacking the liner and only has a partial chinstrap remaining. There is an aged 30th Division insignia painted on the front. Also included are his pair of puttees and his canteen, cover, and cup.
Perry was born on July 19th, 1892, in Nova Scotia, Canada. He immigrated to the United States in 1911, and was drafted into federal service some time after registering for the June 1917 Draft. He went overseas on July 8th, 1918, with the 301st Military Police Company, 76th Division. From his uniform and insignia, we can see that he was briefly attached to the 105th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop of the 30th Division. He would later be transferred to Company B, First General Headquarters Battalion, Military Police Corps, traveling back stateside with this unit on June 27th, 1919.
Approximate Measurements:
Collar to shoulder: 9"
Shoulder to sleeve: 24.5”
Shoulder to shoulder: 14.5”
Chest width: 19"
Waist width: 17"
Hip width: 19"
Front length: 30"
Pants:
Waist: 15"
Inseam: 27.5"
The 30th Division
The 30th division was originally activated as the 9th Division (drawing units from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee) under a 1917 force plan, but changed designation to the 30th Division after the American entry into World War I in April 1917. From August 28th, 1917 to May 1st, 1918, the 30th Division trained at Camp Sevier in Taylors, South Carolina. It was formally activated under its new title in October 1917, as an Army National Guard division from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.
In May 1918 the division was sent to Europe and arrived in England, where it departed for the Western Front soon after. The division, along with the 27th Division, was assigned to the U.S. II Corps but did not serve with the main American Expeditionary Force (AEF) and was instead attached to the Second Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), trading American equipment for British equipment.
The major operations the 30th Division took part in were the Ypres-Lys and Somme Offensives, in which it was one of the two American divisions that assisted the Australian Corps to break the Hindenburg Line in the Battle of St. Quentin Canal. The division had, in three months, from July until October 1918, sustained 1,237 officers and men killed in action (KIA), with a further 7,178 wounded in action (WIA) or missing in action (MIA).
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