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51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps    The 51st Machine Gun Battalion was formed on the 19th of February 1918 from the Machine Gun Companies of 51st (Highland) Division in the Cambrai area, where they remained until the 21st of March 1918, when the enemy launched an overwhelming attack and the Division were engaged in a fighting withdrawal back to Bapaume. In April they moved north and fought in The Battles of the Lys before a quiet spell at Oppy near Arras, from May to July. They were then in action at The Battle of the Tardenois, The Battle of the Scarpe, The pursuit to the Selle and the Final Advance in Picardy. They were resting the Cambrai-Iwuy area at the Armistice and demobilisation began December. The 6th Black Watch, 4th Seaforth Highlanders and 4th Gordon Highlanders were selected to join the Army of Occupation on the Rhine and left for Germany in February 1919. 24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 19th Feb 1918 Formation 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation 22nd Feb 1918 Arrival 2nd Mar 1918 HQ Established 11th Mar 1918 In Reserve 12th Mar 1918 Guns into Position 20th Mar 1918 Machine Guns into Position 21st Mar 1918 Enemy Attack   21st of March 1918 Intense Barrage    22nd Mar 1918 Under Pressure   22nd Mar 1918 Under Attack   23rd Mar 1918 In Action   23rd Mar 1918 Heavy Fighting 24th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal 25th Mar 1918 Pressed Back   26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   26th Mar 1918 Casualties 26th Mar 1918 HQ Moves 27th Mar 1918 On the Move   28th Mar 1918 On the Move 29th Mar 1918 Inspection 30th Mar 1918 On the Move   31st Mar 1918 Fierce Fighting   31st Mar 1918 At Rest   1st Apr 1918 At Rest   2nd Apr 1918 At Rest   3rd Apr 1918 Reinforcements   4th Apr 1918 Reinforcements   5th Apr 1918 Refitting   6th Apr 1918 Refitting   7th Apr 1918 Refitting   8th Apr 1918 New Billets 9th Apr 1918 Enemy Attacks   10th Apr 1918 Line Held   11th Apr 1918 Heavy Fighting   12th Apr 1918 Heavy Fighting   13th Apr 1918 In Defence   17th Apr 1918 Reinforcements 18th Apr 1918 Reinforcements 19th Apr 1918 Reliefs 20th Apr 1918 In Billets 21st Apr 1918 At Rest 22nd Apr 1918 Baths 23rd Apr 1918 Reliefs 24th Apr 1918 Training 25th Apr 1918 Training 26th Apr 1918 Reliefs 27th Apr 1918 Equipment 28th Apr 1918 Award 29th Apr 1918 Training 30th Apr 1918 Training If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5285 items tagged 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Findlay David. L/Cpl. (d.18th July 1918) Melrose Thomas Shaw. Pte. (d.21st March 1918) Thornton Arol Edmond. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2023 marks 24 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 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Announcements 18th April 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263925 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 260471 Arol Edmond Thornton 51st (Highland) Btn. Machine Gun Corps Arol Thornton served with the 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps in WW1. This information was found in the book of poetry (among several) my grandfather had with him, probably acquired during his war. The entry is dated "4th of April 1919, Daren Germany" - guarding the Zeppelin factory. He never spoke about the war. His wife died in 1917 (while he was away) leaving my father (aged 2) with his grandmother. I do not know his war record even his service number gives no details. Arol died in 1968. Helen Powles Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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