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56th Company, Machine Gun Corps    The 56th Machine Gun Company joined 19th (Western) Division on the 14th of February 1916, though the machine gunners of the 56th Brigade had formed a provisional company the previous September. They were in action during the Battle of the Somme, capturing La Boisselle and being involved in The attacks on High Wood, The Battles of Pozieres Ridge, the Ancre Heights and the Ancre. In 1917 they were in action in The Battle of Messines and the Third Battles of Ypres. They joined with the other Machine Gun Companies of the Division to form 19th Machine Gun Battalion on the 14th of February 1918. 24th Sep 1915 Orders   10th Oct 1915 Front Line   11th Oct 1915 Working Parties   12th Oct 1915 Rounds Fired   13th Oct 1915 Working Parties   14th Oct 1915 Rounds Fired   15th Oct 1915 Rounds Fired   16th Oct 1915 Enemy Active   17th Oct 1915 Enemy Active   18th Oct 1915 Working Parties   19th Oct 1915 Working Parties   20th Oct 1915 Working Parties   21st Oct 1915 Snipers Post   22nd Oct 1915 In the Line   23rd Oct 1915 Relief   2nd Apr 1917 Heavy Snow 1st Oct 1916 Orders 2nd Oct 1916 Brigades Training 3rd Oct 1916 Reliefs 4th Oct 1916 On the Move 6th Oct 1916 Orders   7th Oct 1916 Reliefs   8th Oct 1916 Orders Issued   12th Oct 1916 Shelling   14th Oct 1916 Orders   15th Oct 1916 Orders   1st Dec 1916 Training 2nd Dec 1916 Training 18th Dec 1916 Inspections 20th Dec 1916 Inspections 21st Dec 1916 Sports Medals 22nd Dec 1916 Company Training 31st Dec 1916 Training 1st Apr 1917 Artillery Registration   3rd Apr 1917 Blizzard   4th Apr 1917 Artillery Active   5th Apr 1917 Some Shelling   6th Apr 1917 Artilery in Support   7th Apr 1917 Shelling   8th Apr 1917 Artillery Registration 9th Apr 1917 Hail Stones   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 56th Company, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5276 items tagged 56th 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 56th Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Allison William. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917) Barnes Septimus Willis. Pte Collins Joseph. Pte. (d.18th Sep 1918) Plested Tom. Pte. (d.5th July 1916) 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 56th 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. 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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. 1205883 Pte. Joseph Collins 56th Btn. Machine Gun Corps. (d.18th Sep 1918) Joseph Collins was killed in action on the 18th of September 1918, aged 25 and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension in France. He was the son of Albert and Ada Collins of Bloxham, Oxfordshire, husband of Kathleen Collins and father of Rosina and Ada of Coventry s flynn Add to this record. 250641 Pte Septimus Willis Barnes 56th Battalion Machine Gun Corps My grandfather was a 1st Class Machine Gunner in the 56th Battalion MGC from August 1916 until demobilisation in December 1918. Like many others, he never talked about his experiences during the War but amongst his possessions we found a spent bullet which leads me to think that he was wounded at some point. Add to this record. 221256 Pte. Tom Plested 56th Company Machine Gun Corps (d.5th July 1916) Tom Plested was killed in action on 5th July 1916, 5 days after start of Somme offensive. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme France Keith Wright Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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