Machine Gun Corps (Motors), British Army

Machine Gun Corps (Motors), British Army
Years active:	– 1922
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	unknown
Type:	Machine gun
Specific type:	Identity
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Name1:	Motor Machine Gun Service
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Name1 End:	22/10/1915
Reason for change:	Transferred to Machine Gun Corps.
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Name2:	Machine Gun Corps (Motors)
Name2 Start:	22/10/1915
Name2 End:	1922
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Disbanded:	1922.
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Royal Field Artillery, British Army
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End date:	22/10/1915
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Machine Gun Corps, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	1st Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	2nd Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	3rd Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	4th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	5th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	6th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	7th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	8th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	11th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	12th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	13th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	14th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	15th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	16th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	17th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	18th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	19th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	22nd Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	24th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	25th Motor Machine Gun Battery, British Army
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	Armoured Car Company, 10th Armoured Motor Brigade, British Army
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	5th Armoured Motor Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	7th Armoured Motor Battery, British Army
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Subordinate unit:	16th Armoured Motor Battery, British Army
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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.

Other official documents

Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.

Medal	Officers	Other ranks
1914 Star
1914-15 Star	WO 329/2952	WO 329/2833
British War and Victory medals	WO 329/2265	WO 329/1771
Territorial Force War Medal	WO 329/3272

Other sources

• Chris Baker, The Long, Long Trail: Motor Machine Guns of the First World War