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51st Company, Machine Gun Corps
The 51st Machine Gun Company joined 17th (Northern) Division on the 12th of February 1916. In the spring of 1916 they were in action at the Bluff, south east of Ypres on the Comines canal then moved south to The Somme seeing action during The Battle of Albert in which the Division captured Fricourt and The Battle of Delville Wood. In 1917 they moved to Arras and saw action in The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and The Capture of Roeux. In late summer they moved to Flanders and fought in The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele. They joined with the other Machine Gun Companies of the Division to form 17th Machine Gun Battalion on the 24th of February 1918.
24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation
21st Jan 1918 Course
5th Feb 1918 Course Ends
13th Feb 1918 Personnel
21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation
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Those known to have served with51st Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. - Brotherton W.. Pte. (d.21st March 1918)
- Golson MM. William Arthur. Sgt.
- Jones W.. Pte.
- Mogg Samuel Henry Earnest. Pte (d.3rd July 1917)
- Osborne William. Pte. (d.3rd July 1917)
- Ritchie John. Pte. (d.21st March 1918)
- Wood E.. Pte. (d.21st March 1918)
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240134 Pte. E. Wood 51st Btn. Machine Gun Corps (d.21st March 1918) Private E. Wood died at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Grevillers on 21st March 1918. He is buried in Grave XI.E.3. at Grevillers British Cemetery.
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240127 Pte. John Ritchie 51st Btn. Machine Gun Corps (d.21st March 1918) John Ritchie was the son of David and Mary Kennedy Ritchie of Belvedere, Redgorton, Perthshire. John was 20 years old when he died at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Grevillers on 21st March 1918. He is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Grave XI.E.16.
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240125 Pte. W. Brotherton 51st Btn. Machine Gun Corps (d.21st March 1918) Private Brotherton died at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Grevillers on 21st March 1918. He is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Grave XI.E.13.
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235386 Pte. William Osborne 51st Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.3rd July 1917) There is not much known about William Osborne, but he's my great uncle.
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213675 Pte. W. Jones 51st Btn. Machine Gun Corps My Grandfather W. Jones served with the 51st Machine Gun Battalion
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