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48th Company, Machine Gun Corps    The 48th 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. 16th May 1916 Reliefs   17th May 1916 Reliefs   24th May 1916 Reliefs   9th Jun 1916 Reliefs   16th Jun 1916 Reliefs   1st Jul 1916 Report   1st Jul 1916 Report   1st Jul 1916 Attack   2nd Jul 1916 Artillery   6th Sep 1916 Patrols 2nd June 1917 Reliefs   2nd Jun 1917 Reliefs 3rd Jun 1917 Bombardment   3rd Jun 1917 Transfers 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 48th Company, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5249 items tagged 48th 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 48th Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Robinson Samuel. 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 48th 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. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. 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. 249628 Samuel Robinson 144th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Samuel enlisted in the 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment at Dudley in October 1914. He embarked for France on 17th August 1915 and disembarked on 18th August 1915 at Le Havre. He transferred to the 144th Battalion Machine Gun Corps on 28th October 1916. Samuel also served with the 48th Company MGC and saw fighting in Italy. His WW1 Army Records exist showing disciplinary and health issues during his enlistment. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, War and Victory Medals. Keith Robinson Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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