Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), British Army
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This unit has too many administrative children to list in infoboxes. See also Category:British machine gun battalions and Category:British machine gun companies.
| Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), British Army | |
|---|---|
| Years active: | 22/10/1915 – 1922 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Service: | British Army |
| Branch: | |
| Type: | Machine gun |
| Specific type: | Identity |
| Full size: | none |
| Sources for overview: | |
| Created: | 22/10/1915. Formed as a branch of the Machine Gun Corps |
| Sources for created: | [1] |
| Name1: | Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) |
| Name1 Start: | 22/10/1915 |
| Name1 End: | 1922 |
| Reason for change: | |
| Sources for name1: | [2] |
| Alternate names: | Machine Gun Corps Infantry of the Line |
| Sources for alternate names: | [3] |
| Disbanded: | 1922. |
| Sources for disbanded: | |
| For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. | |
| Command structure | |
|---|---|
| Relationship type: | Administrative |
| Parent unit: | Machine Gun Corps, British Army |
| Parent level: | |
| Start date: | 22/10/1915 |
| End date: | 1922 |
| Sources: | [4] |
Contents
[hide]Personal narratives
Related media
Official Sources
Unit war diaries
None. Administrative organisations did not keep war diaries because they had no operational role.
See descendant unit pages for their war diaries.
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
- Chris Baker, The Long, Long Trail: The Companies and Battalions of the Machine Gun Corps
References
- Jump up ↑ Army Order number 414 (1915)
- Jump up ↑ Army Order number 414 (1915); Army Order number 253 (1916)</ref>
- Jump up ↑ The names of branches of the MGC given in Army Orders are very inconsistent. 'Infantry of the Line' is used in Army Order number 414 (1915).
- Jump up ↑ Army Order number 414 (1915)
