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150th Company, Machine Gun Corps



   The 150th Machine Gun Company was formed in 150th (York & Durham) Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the 1st of February 1916. They fought on the Somme at The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval and The Battle of the Transloy Ridges. In 1917 they were in action at Arras during The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge and The Second Battle of the Scarpe before moving north for the Third Battle of Ypres. They joined with the other machine gun companies of the Division to form 50th Machine Gun Battalion on the 1st of March 1918.

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12th February 1916 Quieter  location map

14th February 1916 Bomardment  location map

15th February 1916 Orders  location map

18th of February 1916 Reliefs Complete  location map

21st February 1916 Snow

22nd February 1916 Gas

22nd of February 1916 Machine Guns  location map

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24th February 1916 Reliefs

25th February 1916 Dangerous Wind

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28th February 1916 Dummys

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29th February 1916 Report

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8th of March 1916 Mining  location map

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28th of March 1916 On the March  location map

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29th of April 1916 Relief Complete

30th of April 1916 Stand To

30th of April 1916 At Rest  location map

1st of May 1916 Orders

14th of May 1916 Training & Sport

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23rd May 1916 Inspection

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27th of May 1916 Reliefs  location map

14th of June 1916 Tinme

14th of June 1916 Orders  location map

21st of July 1916 Orders  location map

1st of August 1916 Gas

2nd of August 1916 Alert

8th of August 1916 Reliefs  location map

1st of September 1916 Locations

1st Sep 1916 Flies  location map

2nd Sep 1916 Wet Day  location map

7th Sep 1916 Conference  location map

11th Sep 1916 Return to Duty  location map

13th of September 1916 Instructions  location map

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14th Sep 1916 Stretcher Bearers  location map

15th Sep 1916 In Action  location map

16th Sep 1916 150th MCG in action.  150th Machine Gun Corps are in action at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette

16th Sep 1916 Large number of Casualties  location map

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21st Sep 1916 Poor Sanitation  location map

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27th of September 1916 Instructions

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3rd of October 1916 Congratulations

4th of October 1916 On the March

6th of October 1916 Training

7th of October 1916 Training

8th of October 1916 Rain

9th of October 1916 Working Parties

12th of October 1916 Training

14th of October 1916 Training and Working Parties

15th of October 1916 Exercise

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20th of October 1916 Working Parties

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22nd of October 1916 Signals

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1st of November 1916 Thick Mud  location map

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2nd of November 1916 Shelling  location map

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4th of November 1916 Secret  location map

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24th of February 1917 Orders

2nd of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

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13th of November 1917 Dispositions  location map

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24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation

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21st Jan 1918 Course

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3rd of February 1918 Orders

5th Feb 1918 Course Ends

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13th Feb 1918 Personnel

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15th of February 1918 Orders  location map

16th of February 1918 Machine Guns Relieved

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21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation

27th of February 1918 Orders

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150th Company, Machine Gun Corps

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Bollands Walter. Pte.
  • Robson John. Pte. (d.19th Sep 1916)
  • Rymer MM.. Robert. Sjt. (d.10th Apr 1918)

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Pte. John Robson 150th Company Machine Gun Corps (d.19th Sep 1916)

John Robson was born in 1882 at Sunnyside Farm, Great Whittington (later known as the Whiggs) the son of John Robson and Isabella (nee Jackson) the innkeeper of the Queen’s Head, Great Whittington, Northumberland. In 1911 John had been working on a farm for Elizabeth Blackburn at Dukesfield Hall near Hexham and was a farm worker when he had enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He later became a member of the 150th Company of the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

The Hexham Courant carried news of his death in hospital from wounds – mentioning his sister Mrs Elizabeth Burn of the Square in Humshaugh, Northumberland. This was Elizabeth Robson who had married Thomas Burn on New Year’s Eve at Corbridge 1903. Private John Robson, aged 35, was wounded and later died in hospital in France on September 19th 1916 and is buried in the St Sever Cemetery near Rouen. His name is recorded on the commemorative wooden plaque recently discovered in the Wesleyan Chapel at Great Whittington.

Phil Taylor




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Sjt. Robert Rymer MM. 150th Coy Machine Gun Corps (d.10th Apr 1918)

Robert Rymer was an apprentice pork butcher prior to the war. He joined the Yorkshire Regiment (4th or 5th Battn) with the service number 1800. He transferred to the 150th Machine Gun Company in 1916 and this was renamed 50th Battalion M.G.C. in 1917.

I was told by the son of a friend of Roberts who survived the war that he was apparently he was a bit of a boxer; during the war one man tried to goad some of the men into fighting him by throwing around pair of boxing gloves, until Bob picked them up and gave him, a 'good hiding'. There was also a rumor that he turned a machine gun on some German prisoners when he realised his younger brother (James) had been killed at the battle of the Somme in 10th July 1916. There is a line in one of his letters to his sister Meg, where he says the 'tarts' thought he was a bit of a hero when they saw his 'little bit of ribbon' which was obviously his M.M. ribbon.

His niece, who I spoke to in the early 80's, remembers going to see Robert off at Middlesbrough railway station on his last leave, she also remembers him singing a song called 'Moira my girl'. He was 24 years old when he was killed in action. His father never got over the loss of his two sons and died a short while afterwards.

Steve Robinson




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Pte. Walter Bollands 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment

Walter Bollands of Middlesbrough, enlisted on 14/09/1915, age 16 years & 9 months. He was posted to the 3/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment was a Depot/training units formed in Northallerton and Scarborough, April and March 1915, transferred 08/02/1916 to 5th Yorkshire regiment.

He went to France, Embarking from Southampton with 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment to Rouen. On the 1st of Aug 1916 Aged 17, he saw action on the Somme in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette with the 5th Bat Yorkshire Reg. Between the 7th and 17th August 1916 the 5th Battalion moved from Kemmel to Millencourt, a village just West of Albert in the Somme. On the 11 Aug 1916, Walter joined 150th Machine Gun Corps Frances 50th (Northumbrian) Division, 150th (York & Durham) Brigade and was in action on the 16th Sep 1916 on the Somme in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15th-22nd September) The following day, 17 Sep 1916 he recievd a Gun shot wound to the back, and was sent to Le Treport on the French coast which was the site for some significant hospital provision.

In the 1 Oct 1916 issue of the Green Howard Gazette, Walter is amongst those listed in Sept - Oct 1916. On the 5th Oct 1916 he was admitted to the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, Cardonald, Glasgow. But on the 6 Oct 1916 there is a AFW 3016 Army form authorising a wounded man to return to duty and he was posted to 87 Territorial Forces Depot.

On the 16th of Nov 1916 He joined the Highland Light Infantry 2/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion who were at Danbury, going on to the Curragh in January 1917, Dublin in August, and back to the Curragh in November 1917. On the 20th of Feb 1918 Walter was posted to 14th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (120th Brigade 40th Division) (202902) in France. On the 1st of Mar 1918 The battalion moved into the front line at Fleurbaix relieving 2/10th K.O.L.R.

On the 9th of Apr 1918, then aged 19, Walter;s Service record shows him as reported missing. Walter Bollands was taken Prisoner of War after the Battle of the Lys, when the Portugeuse line collapsed and was taken to a German POW camp April 1918.

Paul Bollands






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