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| subordinate = Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), British Army
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=== Unit histories ===
 
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==== Medal rolls ====
  
 
Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.
 
Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.
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* [http://www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/ The Vickers Machine Gun website]
 
* [http://www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/ The Vickers Machine Gun website]
 
* {{Cite TLLT|http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/machine-gun-corps-in-the-first-world-war/|Machine Gun Corps in the First World War}}
 
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:22, 11 November 2017

This page is about the Machine Gun Corps, which included most machine gun units of the British Army, but Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army was separate.


Machine Gun Corps, British Army
Years active: 14/10/1915 – 1922
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch:
Type: Machine gun
Specific type: Corps (administrative)
Full size:
Sources for overview:
Created: 14/10/1915. Created by Royal Warrant as a corps for the purposes of the Army Act.
Sources for created: [1]
Name1: Machine Gun Corps
Name1 Start: 14/10/1915
Name1 End: 1922
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
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
Subordinate unit: Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date: 22/10/1915
End date: 1922
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date: 22/10/1915
End date: 1922
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: Machine Gun Corps (Motors), British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date: 22/10/1915
End date: 1922
Sources: [2]
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: Machine Gun Corps (Heavy), British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date: 14/7/1916
End date: 1922
Sources: [3]
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: Machine Gun Training Centre, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:

Record Office

This administrative corps had its own record office which is represented here, not on a separate page.

Location: London
Letter code: MGC


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

Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.

Medal Officers Other ranks
1914 Star
1914-15 Star WO 329/2952 WO 329/2826, WO 329/2827, WO 329/2828, WO 329/2829, WO 329/2830, WO 329/2831, WO 329/2832, WO 329/2833
British War and Victory medals WO 329/2263, WO 329/2264 WO 329/1734, WO 329/1735, WO 329/1736, WO 329/1737, WO 329/1738, WO 329/1739, WO 329/1740, WO 329/1741, WO 329/1742, WO 329/1743, WO 329/1744, WO 329/1745, WO 329/1746, WO 329/1747, WO 329/1748, WO 329/1749, WO 329/1750, WO 329/1751, WO 329/1752, WO 329/1753, WO 329/1754, WO 329/1755, WO 329/1756, WO 329/1757, WO 329/1758, WO 329/1759, WO 329/1760, WO 329/1761, WO 329/1762, WO 329/1763, WO 329/1764, WO 329/1765, WO 329/1766
Territorial Force War Medal WO 329/3272 WO 329/3267


Other sources

References

  1. ↑ Army Order number 413 (1915)
  2. ↑ Army Order number 414 (1915)
  3. ↑ Army Order number 253 (1916)
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