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122nd Company, Machine Gun Corps



   The 122nd Machine Gun Company joined, 122nd Brigade, 41st Division in May 1916. They were in action at The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of the Transloy Ridges on the Somme. In 1917 they fought during The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of the Menin Road and took part in the Operations on the Flanders coast. In November the Division was ordered to Italy, moving by train to Mantua. The Division took the front line near the River Piave, north west of Treviso. In February they were summoned back to France and departed from Campo San Piero, travelling by train to concentrate near Doullens and Mondicourt. They were in action during The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume and The Battle of Arras They joined with the other machine gun companies of the Division to form 41st Machine Gun Battalion in March 1918.

1st May 1916 On the Move

8th May 1916 Concentration

9th May 1916 Orders

10th May 1916 Orders

11th May 1916 Preparations

12th May 1916 School of Instruction

13th May 1916 Postponement

17th May 1916 Gas Alert

18th May 1916 Orders  location map

1st Jun 1916 Observation Balloon  location map

2nd Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

3rd Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

4th Jun 1916 Reliefs  location map

11th Jun 1916 Reliefs  location map

12th Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

13th Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

14th Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

15th Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

16th Jun 1916 Gas Alert  location map

17th Jun 1916 Gas Alert  location map

24th Jun 1916 Reliefs  location map

25th Jun 1916 Holding the Line  location map

26th Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

27th Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

28th Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

29th Jun 1916 Quiet  location map

30th Jun 1916 Trench Raid  location map

24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation

21st Jan 1918 Course

5th Feb 1918 Course Ends

13th Feb 1918 Personnel

21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation

1st Mar 1918 On the Move

2nd Mar 1918 On the Move

3rd Mar 1918 On the Move

4th Mar 1918 On the Move

5th Mar 1918 On the Move

6th Mar 1918 Into Billets

16th Mar 1918 Training

17th Mar 1918 Reorganisation

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Pte. Henry John Haskell 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment

Harry Haskell lived all his life in Portsmouth, Hampshire. He was my Grandfather, although I never met him. He lied about his age in order to enlist with the 15th Hampshire Regiment on 2nd June 1915, being only 17 at the time. He married on 11th September, and left for war almost immediately.

Apparently he was in action at Flers in October 1916 where huge losses of men from 15th Hants. saw Henry transferred to the 122nd Machine Gun Corps. and a diary entry says he was with them in France 2nd of September 1917, ( Battle of Ypres) and in Italy from 19th of January 1918. In June 1918 he was wounded by gunshot in the left knee and right side at Givenchy, France. This was blighty wound and he arrived back in England on 7th of July 1918. He was discharged from the army as unfit, and from hospital in Ripon, on 13th December 1918. He arrived back home at midnight on that day. He was granted a war disability pension of 11 shillings and sixpence a week. His knee continued to trouble him. About 1929 his mental health deteriorated, and in 1931 was admitted permanently to St James's Psychiatric Hospital, where he spent the rest of his life.

Janet Quested




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Lt. William Armel Yearwood 122nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps

Armel Yearwood left Barbados for England in order to enlist with the British Army in 1915. I have found his enlistment dated 29th July 1915. He was first sent to the Army Ordinance Corps as he had had experience in handling mules. He grew up on a sugar plantation in Barbados. He transferred to the 122nd Machine Gun Corps and made a Temp Lieutenant 1st November 1916.

He was invalided out on 21st July 1917 with Trench Fever. He only rejoined the regiment a year later on 4th July 1918. He was wounded in action on 24th September 1918. On this occasion a shell landed near him. He regained consciousness and thought he had lost his leg. Fortunately, only his boot was blown off by the blast. The gentlemen riding next to him died, as did both horses.

Victoria Brennan






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