A Machine Gun Company of the Machine Gun Corps 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: | 1st Division |
The 216th M.G. Coy. was formed on the 22 March 1917.
As a unit of the 1st Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.
| 1917 | |
| 21 June to 20 October | Operations on the Flanders Coast |
| 10 July | Defence of Nieuport [XV Corps, Fourth Army] |
| BATTLE OF YPRES | |
| 5 to 10 November | Second Battle of Passchendaele [II Corps, Second Army] |
On 28 February 1918, it was amalgamated with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Machine Gun Companies to form No. 1 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.
