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95th Company, Machine Gun Corps



3rd May 1916 Arrival

4th May 1916 Reliefs

5th of August 1916 Divisional Dispositions

31st of August 1916  Warning Order Issued  location map

22nd of September 1916 Dispositions  location map

23rd of September 1916 Reliefs  location map

23rd September 1916 Operational Order No. 50.  location map

24th September 1916 Operational Order No.51.  location map

24th September 1916 Reliefs  location map

25th Sep 1916 Attack Made  location map

25th of September 1916  Instructions for Tanks  location map

25th September 1916 Attack Made  location map

28th of September 1916 Heavy Showers  location map

30th of September 1916 Dispositions

2nd of October 1916  Reconnoitring the Line  location map

3rd of October 1916 MG Coys into the Line  location map

22nd of December 1916 Quiet Day  location map

24th of December 1916 Germans Very Active  location map

12th of January 1917 Old Man's Corner Shelled  location map

17th of January 1917 Guns Active  location map

20th of January 1917 Active Artillery  location map

21st of January 1917 Our TMs Active  location map

5th of March 1917 Relief Arranged  location map

24th of March 1917 Pioneers On the Move

27th of March 1917 In Corps Reserve  location map

2nd of April 1917  Positions  location map

4th of April 1917 Orders for Moves  location map

8th of April 1917 HQ Moves

9th of April 1917 At the Ready  location map

13th of April 1917  A Push Forward  location map

14th of April 1917 Orders to Move  location map

21st of April 1917 Operations Postponed  location map

25th of April 1917 Canadians Take Over Front  location map

28th of April 1917 Rest and Training  location map

2nd of May 1917 13th Inf Bde Moves

5th of May 1917  Wood Shelled  location map

6th of May 1917 Enemy Guns Active  location map

8th of May 1917  Orders to Attack  location map

10th of May 1917 Enemy Concentration Reported  location map

11th of May 1917 Enemy Guns Active  location map

12th of May 1917 Bailleul Shelled  location map

13th of May 1917 Front Line Shelled  location map

15th of May 1917 Very Quiet Day  location map

17th of May 1917 A Surprise Attack  location map

20th of May 1917 Guns Active  location map

21st of May 1917 Quiet Night  location map

22nd of May 1917  Quiet Day  location map

24th of May 1917  Relief Completed  location map

26th of May 1917 Quiet Day  location map

31st May 1917 Work and Training  location map

2nd of June 1917   location map

9th of June 1917  A Relief  location map

10th of June 1917 Minor Op Planned  location map

12th of June 1917 Relief  location map

14th of June 1917 Relief  location map

15th of June 1917   Relief Completed  location map

16th June 1917  Quiet Night  location map

17th of June 1917 Quiet Day  location map

18th of June 1917   Aircraft Active  location map

19th of June 1917  Quiet Day  location map

21st of June 1917  Brigade Relief Completed  location map

24th of June 1917  A Raid  location map

26th of June 1917  Quiet Day  location map

28th of June 1917  Successful Operation   location map

29th of June 1917 Consolidating Gains  location map

1st of July 1917  Front Line Adjusted  location map

5th of July 1917  Our Trenches Damaged  location map

6th of July 1917  A Brigade Relief  location map

10th of July 1917 A Raid Ordered  location map

12th of July 1917  Back Areas Shelled   location map

17th of July 1917 Quiet Time  location map

18th of July 1917 Direct Hits Made  location map

19th of July 1917   Situation Quiet   location map

21st of July 1917 Back Areas Shelled  location map

23rd of July 1917 Minenwerfer Active  location map

26th of July 1917  Very Quiet   location map

27th of July 1917  Gas Attack  location map

29th of July 1917 Brigade Relief  location map

1st of August 1917 MG Activity  location map

3rd of August 1917   Snipers Active  location map

4th of August 1917  Hostile Shelling  location map

7th of August 1917  A German Raid  location map

10th of August 1917 Mostly Quiet  location map

13th of August 1917 Two Minute Barrage  location map

16th of August 1917 MGs Active  location map

19th of August 1917  Gas Drums Plan  location map

22nd of August 1917 Railway Shelled  location map

25th of August 1917  TMs Hit Oppy Wood  location map

27th of August 1917 Quiet Time  location map

31st August 1917 Quiet Time  location map

3rd of September 1917  Quiet  location map

5th of September 1917 Brigades on the March  location map

6th of September 1917 Gas Shelling  location map

7th of September 1917 Training  location map

10th of September 1917  Division to Move

11th of September 1917  Artillery Marches

1st of October 1917 Orders to Attack  location map

5th of October 1917 Quieter Night  location map

7th of October 1917 Enemy Driven Off  location map

14th of October 1917 Training  location map

17th of October 1917 Training  location map

19th of October 1917 Relief Ordered  location map

21st of October 1917 Offensive to be Resumed  location map

27th of October 1917  Quiet Time  location map

28th of October 1917 Enemy Guns "Above Normal"  location map

3rd of November 1917 Enemy Fire  location map

4th of November 1917 Heavy shelling  location map

6th of November 1917 Attack Launched  location map

8th of November 1917 Fairly Quiet  location map

11th of November 1917 Quiet Time  location map

16th of November 1917 15th Brigade Entrain

18th of November 1917 121st Battery Moves  location map

19th of November 1917  Pioneers Move

26th of November 1917   HQ Closes and Re-opens

27th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy

28th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy

24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation

21st Jan 1918 Course

5th Feb 1918 Course Ends

13th Feb 1918 Personnel

21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation

25th Mar 1918 Reorganisation

25th Mar 1918 Appointments

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95th Company, Machine Gun Corps

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Bond Milton. Pte (d.27 July 1916)
  • Evans Levi Henry. Sgt (d.11th Nov 1917)
  • Hilton Ernest. Pte.
  • Lockley John Bright. CQMS (d.5th April 1918)

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Pte. Ernest Hilton 95th Coy. Machine Gun Corps

Ernest Hilton was transferred into the Machine Gun Corps from the 5th Battalion, City of London Rifles, a Territorial regiment. He enlisted into the 5th battalion on 1st March 1915, agreeing at the same time to serve outside the United Kingdom. He transferred into the Machine Gun Corps on 26th July 1916, being posted to the BEF in France on 13th August that year. He joined the 95th Company, MGC on 21st August 1916 and remained in France until 11th October 1916, during which period the company saw action on the Somme as part of 95th Brigade, 5th Division. After a period at home, he was posted to the 224th Company MGC, BEF, France on 25th April 1917, remaining out there until 17th September 1917, during which period the company saw action around Arras as part of the 63rd (Naval) Division.

He spent the remainder of the war in Britain, being posted to 15th Company, MGC on 14th March 1918 and posted Category Bii on 29th August 1918. A short attachment to 421 Agricultural Company, Labour Corps, Warrington then followed (26th September to 27th November 1918) before he was posted to 6th Reserve Battalion, MGC on 22nd February 1919. After transfer to the Army Z Reserve on 5th April 1919, he was discharged from the MGC on 20th April 1921, under paragraph 392 (xvia) of King's Regulations "being surplus to military requirements having suffered impairment since entry into the service." He was later awarded a pension, backdated to 5th April 1919, for Neurasthenia (a common diagnosis for "shell shock"), attributable to his war service, with the "degree of disablement" being given as 50%. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Anthony Jordan




209115

CQMS John Bright "Bright" Lockley 95th Machine Gun Company (d.5th April 1918)

John Bright Lockley enlisted in the Manchester Regiment in 1898. Private 5421, 2nd Battalion. He served in the Boer War and finished his 12 years of service in 1910.

He volunteered for service in August 1914, enlisting in the Manchester Regiment. Private 2771, 4th Battalion. He did a musketry course on machine guns and was tranferred to the 2nd Battalion and onto France.

The Machine Gun Company of the 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment became the 95th Machine Gun Company in the 95th Infantry Brigade where he served as Company Quarter Master Sergeant 7733.

Chris Lockley




2112

Sgt Levi Henry Evans 95th Coy Machine Gun Corps (d.11th Nov 1917)

Evans, Levi, Henry. Serjeant, 30842, Killed in action on 11th November 1917. Aged 39 years.

Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, in grave XXII. EE. 12.

The 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers records show that Sgt Evans was previously in the 19th Btn with service number 19/1221. killed in action whilst serving on Attachment to the Machine Gun Corps, his new service number suggests that he had transferred.

Husband of Ethel Evans, of 53, Regent St, Gateshead.

From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.

Dave Willis






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