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47th Company, Machine Gun Corps    The 47th Machine Gun Company joined 16th (Irish) Division on the 28th of April 1916 they were in action on the Somme during the The Battle of Guillemont in which the Division captured the village and The Battle of Ginchy. In 1917 they fought at the The Battle of Messines and The Battle of Langemark, during the Third Battles of Ypres. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme 1918 suffering very heavy casualties. On the 18th of June 1918 the Division returned England and was reconstituted loosing almost all of its remaining Irish units at this point. The reformed Division returned to France on the 1st of August 1918 and fought in The Final Advance in Artois. They joined with the other Machine Gun Companies of the Division to form 16th MG Battalion on the 9th of March 1918. 24th Apr 1916 Orders Received 25th Apr 1916 On the Move 26th Apr 1916 On the Move 27th Apr 1916 On the Move 28th Apr 1916 On the Move   29th Apr 1916 On the Move   30th Apr 1916 Recce   1st May 1916 Instruction   2nd May 1916 HQ Moves   3rd May 1916 Reliefs   7th May 1916 Reliefs   8th May 1916 Reliefs   13th May 1916 Reliefs   16th May 1916 Reliefs   17th May 1916 Reliefs   21st May 1916 Reliefs 24th May 1916 Reliefs   1st Jun 1916 Emplacements   2nd Jun 1916 Emplacements   3rd Jun 1916 Night Firing   4th Jun 1916 Night Firing   5th Jun 1916 Working Party   6th Jun 1916 Heavy Shelling   7th Jun 1916 Working Parties   8th Jun 1916 Wet Weather   9th Jun 1916 Reliefs   15th Jun 1916 Quiet   16th Jun 1916 Reliefs   17th Jun 1916 Night Firing   18th Jun 1916 Night Firing   19th Jun 1916 Emplacements   20th Jun 1916 Heavy Shelling   21st Jun 1916 Emplacements   22nd Jun 1916 Working Parties   23rd Jun 1916 Bombardment   24th Jun 1916 Night Firing   25th Jun 1916 Heavy Shelling   26th Jun 1916 Raid   27th Jun 1916 Repairs   28th Jun 1916 Gas   29th Jun 1916 Night Firing   30th Jun 1916 Attack   24th Aug 1916 Reliefs Completed 7th Sep 1916 Line Consolidated   9th Sep 1916 In Action   6th Oct 1916 Enemy Machine Guns Active   5th of December 1916 Spranbroek Group Formed 1st Jan 1917 Artillery Active   2nd Jan 1917 Night Firing   3rd Jan 1917 Reliefs   4th Jan 1917 Artillery Active   5th Jan 1917 Artillery in Action   6th Jan 1917 Night Firing   7th Jan 1917 Bombardment   8th Jan 1917 Heavy Shelling   9th Jan 1917 Intermittent Shelling   10th Jan 1917 Shelling   11th Jan 1917 Night Firing   12th Jan 1917 Artillery Active   13th Jan 1917 Poor Conditions   14th Jan 1917 Frost   15th Jan 1917 Night Firing   16th Jan 1917 Night Firing   17th Jan 1917 Reliefs   18th Jan 1917 Night Firing   19th Jan 1917 Artillery Active   20th Jan 1917 Night Firing   21st Jan 1917 Accident   22nd Jan 1917 Artillery AIn Action   23rd Jan 1917 Night Firing   24th Jan 1917 Reliefs   25th Jan 1917 Night Firing   26th Jan 1917 Artillery Active   27th Jan 1917 Artillery Active   28th Jan 1917 Night Firing   29th Jan 1917 Shelling   30th Jan 1917 Artillery in Action   31st Jan 1917 Night Firing   30th Jan 1917 Posting 19th of February 1917 A Lively Day 1st Mar 1917 Trench Raid   2nd Mar 1917 Trench Raid   3rd Mar 1917 Trench Work   4th Mar 1917 Working Party   5th Mar 1917 Reliefs   1st Jun 1917 Cleaning up 2nd Jun 1917 Reliefs 3rd Jun 1917 Bombardment   3rd Jun 1917 Transfers 4th Jun 1917 Emplacements   5th Jun 1917 Preparations   6th Jun 1917 Preparations   7th Jun 1917 In Action   8th Jun 1917 Reliefs   9th Jun 1917 Reliefs   20th Nov 1917 Attack Made 24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 47th Company, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5331 items tagged 47th Company, 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 47th Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Larn MC, MID.. Cyril Francis. Mjr. Murphy Patrick. Pte. (d.12th Sep 1918) 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 47th Company, 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. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. 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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. 239016 Mjr. Cyril Francis Larn MC, MID. 47th Battalion Machine Gun Corps Major Cyril Larn was my father. Prior to joining up as a volunteer he worked as an accountant trainee with the Norwich Union. In 1914 he joined the Norfolk Regiment Cycle Corp, serving with time in Norfolk until his 18th birthday when he joined up as a private, presumably with the Norfolk Light Infantry. In 1915 he transferred to the Machine Gun Corp, was made a Lieutenant, and fought at Ypres and both Battles of the Somme. It was at the Second Battle, now a Major, Commanding Officer of the 47th Battalion, that he was awarded a Military Cross. Suffering from severe shell shock he was in and out of military hospitals, remaining in the Army as a senior Machine Gun Instructor at Grantham, until 1923, when he left the service. He married in 1924, to Pansy Vincent, from Berghapton, Norfolk, had two children, and started a cherry farm at a village called Aplington. He continued to have mental problems and was in and out of nursing homes and mental hospitals until June 1932 when he took his own life by hanging. Because suicide was a crime at the time 'Against God and the Crown' my mother was refused permission to bury him in Alpington churchyard. In desperation she sought a meeting with the Bishop of Norwich and pleaded with him for permission. He refused whereupon she broke down and went down on her knees, sobbing. The Bishop eventually relented and said, "Alright Mrs Larn you have my permission to bury your husband in the churchyard but, the grave must be round the back where no one can see the grave, and I will not allow a headstone." The family got round the headstone by installing a marble kerb round the grave plot on which his name still shows, but no mention of his military rank or Military Cross for exceptional bravery. Thank God the world has moved on since then. Richard Larn Add to this record. 218159 Pte. Patrick Murphy 47th Btn. Machine Gun Corps (d.12th Sep 1918) Patrick Murphy was executed for desertion 12/09/1918 and buried in Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, France. Patrick Murphy, a private in the 47th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, was just minutes away from his appointment with a firing squad. It was the morning of 12th September 1918. World War I had only a couple of grim months left in it. Murphy, a Dublin native, had thus far avoided German bullets. He was not going to be so lucky with the British ones. Murphy had been sentenced to death by a British army courts martial for desertion. The word “desertion” was afforded a broad definition during the war to end all wars. It didn’t necessarily mean that the accused had physically fled the place of battle. It could mean that a soldier had, for whatever reason, failed to take part in an operation. Not infrequently, soldiers did not refuse. They were simply unable to do much of anything because of fear, fatigue and shell shock, known more commonly these days as post-traumatic stress disorder. The war to end all wars had indeed been a particularly stressful and traumatic conflict. For countless soldiers on both sides there was nothing post about their trauma and stress. It was all too concurrent. Murphy’s trauma that September morning can only be imagined. As dawn broke, his eyes were covered. The last sounds he heard were prayers from a chaplain, crisply delivered orders and a volley of rifle shots. Murphy was the last of 26 Irish soldiers, all volunteers, executed by the British army during the four years of war. Most were shot for desertion. s flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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