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| size_at_full_strength = none
 
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| start_date = 22/10/1915
 
| start_date = 22/10/1915
| created = Formed as a branch of the [[Machine Gun Corps, UK|Machine Gun Corps]]<ref name="ao-1915-414">{{Cite AO|1915|414}}</ref>
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| created = Formed as a branch of the [[Machine Gun Corps, British Army|Machine Gun Corps]]
| unit_name1 = Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)<ref name="ao-1915-414">{{Cite AO|1915|414}}</ref><ref name="ao-1916-253">{{Cite AO|1916|253}}</ref>
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| start_ref = {{Cite AO|414|1915}}
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| unit_name1 = Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
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| unit_name1_ref = {{Cite AO|414|1915}}; {{Cite AO|253|1916}}
 
| unit_name1_start_date = 22/10/1915
 
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{{Infobox command structure
 
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| command_start_date = 22/10/1915<ref name="ao-1915-414">{{Cite AO|1915|414}}</ref>
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| command_start_date = 22/10/1915
 
| command_end_date = 1922
 
| command_end_date = 1922
| parent = Machine Gun Corps, UK
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| parent = Machine Gun Corps, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
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| ref = {{Cite AO|414|1915}}
 
}}
 
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{{Infobox command structure
 
{{Infobox command structure
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
| subordinate = 4th Dismounted Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 4th Dismounted Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
| subordinate = Dragoon Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = Dragoon Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
| subordinate = 1st Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 1st Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
| subordinate = 2nd Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 2nd Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
| subordinate = 3rd Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 3rd Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
| subordinate = 4th Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 4th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
 
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| subordinate = 5th Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 5th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
| command_start_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
 
| command_end_date =  
| subordinate = 6th Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 6th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
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| command_end_date =  
 
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| subordinate = 7th Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 7th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| subordinate = 8th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
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| subordinate = 11th Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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| subordinate = 11th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
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| command_start_date =  
 
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| subordinate = 12th Machine Gun Squadron, UK
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* {{Cite TLLT|http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/machine-gun-corps-in-the-first-world-war/machine-gun-corps-cavalry-squadrons/|Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) Squadrons}}
  
 
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[[Category:All British Army units]]
 
[[Category:All British Army units]]
 
[[Category:British machine gun units]]
 
[[Category:British machine gun units]]
 
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 12:45, 11 November 2017

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), British Army
Years active: 22/10/1915 – 1922
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: unknown
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 (Cavalry)
Name1 Start: 22/10/1915
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Reason for change:
Sources for name1: [2]
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Disbanded: 1922. 
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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: [3]
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 4th Dismounted Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: Dragoon Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 2nd Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 3rd Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 11th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 13th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 14th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 15th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 16th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 19th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 20th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 21st Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 24th Machine Gun Squadron, British Army
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Subordinate unit: 25th Machine Gun Squadron, 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.


Unit histories

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Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.

Medal Officers Other ranks
1914 Star
1914-15 Star WO 329/2833
British War and Victory medals WO 329/1767, WO 329/1768, WO 329/1769
Territorial Force War Medal


Other sources

References

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