Spree Farm Posted 24 October , 2023 Share Posted 24 October , 2023 Good morning knowledgeable people Have found three unit abbreviations that I found in some medal records belonging to soldiers who eventually transferred to the DLI. Machine Gun Corps (M) TC (HB) Machine Gun Corps (H.S.) and att 15th Bty L.A.B. all men were in the MGC. kind regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 24 October , 2023 Share Posted 24 October , 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Spree Farm said: Good morning knowledgeable people Have found three unit abbreviations that I found in some medal records belonging to soldiers who eventually transferred to the DLI. Machine Gun Corps (M) TC (HB) Machine Gun Corps (H.S.) and att 15th Bty L.A.B. all men were in the MGC. kind regards Tank Corps. Heavy Branch. Home Service. Light Armoured Battery.? https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrIfdEpVThlKdgeRz4U8yA5;_ylu=Y29sbwMEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1698219434/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.researchingww1.co.uk%2fww1abbreviations/RK=2/RS=Wmeoo9gRUA9cVfKuhOc4VBD6Z8c- Edited 24 October , 2023 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spree Farm Posted 25 October , 2023 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2023 (edited) That was quick GWF, you must be burning the midnight oil Many thanks Spree PS That link was great much better than the ones I found Edited 25 October , 2023 by Spree Farm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 25 October , 2023 Share Posted 25 October , 2023 I believe HS is "Heavy Section", ie another tank reference, rather than Home Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spree Farm Posted 25 October , 2023 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2023 Brilliant. That makes sense. More questions What is the difference between Heavy Section and Heavy Branch in terms of MGC role? Is RH - MMGS - Royal Highlanders - Mounted Machine Gun Service or does this mean something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 25 October , 2023 Share Posted 25 October , 2023 1 minute ago, Spree Farm said: Brilliant. That makes sense. More questions What is the difference between Heavy Section and Heavy Branch in terms of MGC role? Is RH - MMGS - Royal Highlanders - Mounted Machine Gun Service or does this mean something else? The difference is date/scale - HS was used earlier, HB was used later, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment MMGS is Motor Machine Gun Service: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Machine_Gun_Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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