192nd Machine Gun Company

A Machine Gun Company of the  Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) was attached to each Infantry Brigade and their subsequent Division. An additional Company was attached as a divisional reserve.

Brigade attached to:Divisional Reserve
Division attached to:6th Division

The 192nd M.G. Coy. joined the Division from England on 15 December 1916.

As a unit of the 6th Infantry Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.

1917
13 to 22 AprilFighting on Hill 70 (Lens) [I. Corps, First Army].
20 November to 03 DecemberBATTLE OF CAMBRAI.
20 and 21 NovemberThe Tank Attack [III. Corps, Third Army].
23 to 28 NovemberCapture of Bourlon Wood [III. Corps, Third Army].
30 November to 03 DecemberThe German Counter-Attacks [III. Corps, Third Army].

On 01 March 1918, it was amalgamated with the 16th, 18th and 71st Machine Gun Companies to form No. 6 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.

MGC Database

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War Diaries

  • WO 95/1601/3 – August 1916 to February 1918 (France & Flanders).

Sources

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