Fi Shepherd Posted 26 December , 2018 Share Posted 26 December , 2018 Hi Folks, Am trying to find the war diary for 60 Coy Machine Gun Corps during their engagement at Cambrai in November 1917 - to no avail. My interest is via Pte Thomas Kennerley 108557 who was KIA 20/11/17. All help gratefully received, as ever! Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 26 December , 2018 Admin Share Posted 26 December , 2018 (edited) Here at TNA http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7353115 and on Ancestry Here Pages 487/488 not named but presumably the one man killed during the advance across open ground to consolidate new positions. Ken Edited 26 December , 2018 by kenf48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Shepherd Posted 27 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 December , 2018 Ken, that's brilliant, thank you! Had been looking without success on both sites. How did you know that 60 MGC was attached to 60 Bde - was that the numerical convention? Either way, am really grateful. Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 27 December , 2018 Share Posted 27 December , 2018 Yes, brigade MG companies carried the number of their infantry brigade. Confusingly, the index to the War Diaries in class WO95 does not quote the company number, so if you search on "Brigade Machine Gun Company" you get about 200 hits. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Shepherd Posted 27 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 December , 2018 Ron - am much obliged to you, thanks! Best, Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 27 December , 2018 Admin Share Posted 27 December , 2018 I use this site which is invaluable https://www.arcre.com/wdsearch However if you enter 60 Company Machine Gun Corps it returns 60 Battalion, in March 1918 the Companies were organised into Battalions and took the nomenclature of th Division, but yes as Ron has confirmed prior to that the Companies were organised and numbered to the Brigade. Unfortunately later in the war a fourth Company was attached to each Division. However with 60 Company it was relatively simple in that if you enter 60 Brigade in the search box you get half a dozen hits you can usually ignore ‘Headquarters’ and the named units which leaves two, the Brigade MGC is usually at the tail end so start at the bottom and ...good luck! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Shepherd Posted 30 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2018 Great tip - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianB Posted 1 January , 2019 Share Posted 1 January , 2019 (edited) Details from 60 Coy War Diary (WO 95/2122) ends on the 28th February 1918. This is quite a detailed WD, with full names of officers and award winning ORs and casualties etc. The War Diary of the new 20th Bn, (WO 95/2108) only begins on the 15th March 1918 There is a bundle of papers concerning the 60th Coy at the IWM,[1] but they largely concern actions in 1917. There is however, a copy of Lt Gen Sir I Maxse’s (GOC XVIII Corps) report on the actions of 20 Div for the period 21st March – 1st April 1918. There is a typescript history of the 20 Bn MGC tucked into the War Diary [1] IWM 02 (41).49, acc. no. K.91/534 Edited 1 January , 2019 by JulianB hist of unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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