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224th Company, Machine Gun Corps



   224th Company, Machine Gun Corps was formed in late 1917 and served with 14th Division. In March 1918 it was absorbed into 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps along with the other Divisional Machine Gun Companies

7th June 1917 Operational Order 122  location map

10th June 1917 Diary  location map

12th Nov 1917 On the Move

13th Nov 1917 On the Move

14th Nov 1917 In Camp

15th Nov 1917 On the Move

16th Nov 1917 On the Move

17th Nov 1917 Into Billets

18th Nov 1917 In Billets

19th Nov 1917 In Billets

20th Nov 1917 Football

21st Nov 1917 Lectures

22nd Nov 1917 Training

23rd Nov 1917 Training Programme

24th Nov 1917 Training

25th Nov 1917 Church Parade

26th Nov 1917 Route March

27th Nov 1917 Poor Weather

28th Nov 1917 Tactical Scheme

29th Nov 1917 Baths and Sport

30th Nov 1917 Training

1st Dec 1917 Preparations

2nd Dec 1917 On the Move

3rd Dec 1917 On the Move  location map

4th Dec 1917 In Reserve  location map

5th Dec 1917 In Reserve  location map

6th Dec 1917 In Reserve  location map

7th Dec 1917 In Reserve  location map

8th Dec 1917 In Reserve  location map

9th Dec 1917 Reliefs  location map

10th Dec 1917 Recce  location map

11th Dec 1917 Ammunition  location map

12th Dec 1917 Reliefs  location map

13th Dec 1917 Less Shelling  location map

14th Dec 1917 Shelling  location map

15th Dec 1917 Reliefs  location map

16th Dec 1917 Cleaning up  location map

17th Dec 1917 Cleaning up  location map

18th Dec 1917 Mules  location map

19th Dec 1917 Inspection  location map

20th Dec 1917 Orders  location map

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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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






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