203rd Machine Gun Company, British Army

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203rd Machine Gun Company, British Army
Years active:	–
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	unknown
Type:	Machine gun
Specific type:	Machine gun company
Full size:	150
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Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), British Army
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	198th Infantry Brigade, British Army
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/02/1917
End date:	28/02/1918
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/02/1917
Date left:	28/02/1918
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Personal narratives

Frederick Hunt

Imperial War Museum: Documents.251 is a typescript memoir by Frederick Hunt, including his service in these units:

• 1/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army (August 1915 to August 1916; service number 3150)
• 203rd Machine Gun Company, British Army (August 1916 to January 1918; service number 67672; promoted from private to sergeant)
• Machine Gun Training Centre, British Army (instructor from January 1918 to end of war)

He also spent time in several other training camps and hospitals in the UK. He enlisted in November 1914 and may have spent time training with 2/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army but this is not made clear in the catalogue description.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3141/10 (01/02/1917–28/02/1918)

References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.