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World War I ➔ Military Breeches
Identifier:
193536Description:
These breeches are part of a summer service uniform from the United States Army of the United States Armed Forces. They were worn by Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells Jr. of Red Cross Hospital Unit Q during World War I while serving in France.These breeches are made of khaki cotton drill.
Date:
1914 – 1918Materials:
Cotton DrillCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Mrs. Minerva WellsRelated Entities:
Mrs. Minerva Wells (donor)Alternate names: Mrs. Merrill Wells
Mrs. Minerva Ford Wells was born in 1893 to J.E. Ford of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She married Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells Jr. a prominent physician in 1936 and she passed away in 1982. Objects she donated consists of many uniforms and medical objects relating to her husband, Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells Jr.'s, service with the World War I Red Cross Hospital Unit Q that was organized by the Grand Rapids Chapter of the Red Cross. Related papers can be found in the collections of the Grand Rapids Public Library Collection # 146: https://www.grpl.org/uploads/grhsc/146.pdf. Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells Jr. (used by)
Sumner Merrill Well, Jr. was born in 1889 to Sumner Merrill Wells, Sr. and Sarah Althea Stephenson Wells. He graduated from Central High School in 1907 and the University of Chicago in 1912. He then graduated from Rush Medical School in 1914 and did his internship at the Children’s Memorial and Presbyterian Hospitals in Chicago. During World War I Wells served in the Red Cross Hospital Unit Q which was created by the Grand Rapids Chapter of the Red Cross. In 1917, he was commissioned as a first lieutenant and March of 1919 he was promoted to Captain. He was discharged in April of 1919 and returned home to Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1936 he married Minerva Ford. Sumner Merrill Wells, Jr. passed away in 1966. United States Army (is related to)
The United States Army is a service branch of the United States Armed Forces that specializes in ground-based offensive and defensive warfare. The mission of the United States Army is to fight and win our Nation's wars, by providing prompt, sustained, land dominance, across the full range of military operations and the spectrum of conflict, in support of combatant commanders.The United States Army we know today has roots that can be traced back to the Continental Army which was formed in 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. After the War, The Congress of the Confederation officially created the United States Army in 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army. The United States Army is the largest military branch of the armed forces in which participates in disputes worldwide today through preserving peace and security and providing for the defense of the United States.
