American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 27th Division

Twenty-Seventh Division - National Guard

 * Nickname: Empire (New York) Division
 * Twenty-Seventh Infantry Division History
 * Borrowed Soldiers: The American 27th and 30th Divisions and the British Army on the Ypres Front, August-September 1918.''
 * Records of the 27th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces, (World War I), 1917-1919. National Archives Microfilm Publication M819, 60 rolls
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931 Pages 130-139. (images 137-146)

Training
 Troops Drawn 
 * Sixth Division, National Guard of New York.

 Training Camp in the United States 
 * Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: May 7, 1918-July 12, 1918.
 * French training area: Dept. of Somme. Camp de Souge.
 * Date entered line: July 9, 1918, Diekebush Lake and Scherpenbcrg Sectors.
 * Days in Quiet (0_ and Active (57) Sectors. Total 57.
 * Date sailed for home: Feb. 27,1919.

Major Operations

 * Ypres-Lys Offensive. Somme Offensive. Meuse-Argonne. (Artillery only)
 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces pp. 16-17.
 * 27th Division,Summary of Operations in the World War. American Battle Monuments Commission. Washington:Government Printing Office, 1944

Military Units attached to the Twenty-Seventh Division
 53rd Infantry Brigade   54th Infantry Brigade   53rd Field Artillery Brigade  Divisional Troops   Trains 
 * 105th Infantry
 * 106th Infantry
 * 105th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 107th Infantry
 * 108th Infantry
 * 106th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 104th Field Artillery
 * 105th Field Artillery
 * 106th Field Artillery
 * 102nd Trench Mortar Battery
 * 104th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 102nd Engineers
 * 102nd Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 102nd Train HQ and Military Police
 * 102nd Ammunition Train
 * 102nd Supply Train
 * 102nd Engineer Train
 * 102nd  Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 105-108

Unit Histories

 * John F. O'Ryan. The Story of the 27th Division. Vol. 1 New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.,1921.
 * John F. O'Ryan. The Story of the 27th Division. Vol. 2 New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.,1921.
 * Stanton Whitney.  Squadron A in the Great War, 1917-1918, including a narrative of the 105th M.G. Battalion. New York:Squadron A Association, 1923.
 * Gerald F. Jacobson. History of the 107th Infantry U.S.A. New York City: Seventh Regiment Armory, 1920

Casualties and Replacements

 * Battle Deaths: 1,785
 * Wounded: 7,201
 * Replacements: 5,255
 * Strengths 13 Nov 1918: 19,279
 * New York World War I Dead A.E.F. National Archives Catalog Images NAID 34390682 Collection indexed on FamilySearch

Related Family Search Historical Record Collections

 * New York Records of the State National Guard, 1906-1954
 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 19117-1919
 * United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940

Related FamilySearch Wiki Articles

 * Beginning United States World War I Research
 * United States World War I Infantry Divisions
 * World War I American Expeditionary Forces Table of Organization, 1917-1919

Related Websites

 * New York World War One Units State Military Museum
 * Roll of Honor State Military Museum
 * National Guard World War I New York State Archives

Reference Sources

 * American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart
 * U.S. Army Center of Military History Campaigns: World War I
 * U.S.Army Center of Military History World War I Divisions: Then and Now