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11 Company Machine Gun Corps


Mick M

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Hi All,

 

I'm trying to find a war diary for the above unit, dates in question  May to October 1917. It was attached to 4th Division at that time and the soldier in question was KIA on 4.10.17 no known grave,so presumably a victim of a German counter attack concluding on the 4th or the Battle of Broodseinde which commenced on 4th....

 

If no diary does anyone know the brigade or battalion they were attached to which would be a good steer

 

Soldier, Ernest Ash Private 88497 his file des exist.

 

Thanks....

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Hello Mick

 

MG Company diaries are a bit tricky to find but here it is:

WO 95/1500 11 Infantry Brigade   
WO 95/1500 Brigade Machine Gun Company 1915 Dec. - 1918 Jan.  
WO 95/1500 Brigade Trench Mortar Battery 1916 June - Aug.  
 

It is downloadable from the Kew website for £3.50, or free on Ancestry. You may need to add /1 to the file number to get the right diary.

 

Ron

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At TNA WO95/1500/1 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7352166

 

On Ancestry if you subscribe here

 

The MGC Companies were numbered as to the Brigade they were attached to until the reorganisation in 1918 therefore 11th Infantry Brigade 4th Division

 

Ken

 

 

 

 

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36 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said:

Hello Mick

 

MG Company diaries are a bit tricky to find but here it is:

WO 95/1500 11 Infantry Brigade   
WO 95/1500 Brigade Machine Gun Company 1915 Dec. - 1918 Jan.  
WO 95/1500 Brigade Trench Mortar Battery 1916 June - Aug.  
 

It is downloadable from the Kew website for £3.50, or free on Ancestry. You may need to add /1 to the file number to get the right diary.

 

Ron

Found it thanks Ron.....

35 minutes ago, kenf48 said:

At TNA WO95/1500/1 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7352166

 

On Ancestry if you subscribe here

 

The MGC Companies were numbered as to the Brigade they were attached to until the reorganisation in 1918 therefore 11th Infantry Brigade 4th Division

 

Ken

 

 

 

 

Found it thanks Ken....

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