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: | 8th Division |
The 218th M.G. Coy. was formed on the 23 March 1917.
As a unit of the 8th Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.
1917 | |
14 March to 05 April | German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line [XV. Corps, Fourth Army]. |
BATTLES OF YPRES | |
31 July and 01 August | Battle of Pilckem Ridge [II. Corps, Fifth Army]. |
31 July | Attack on Westhoek. |
16 to 18 August | Battle of Langemarck [II. Corps, Fifth Army]. |
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02 December | Assault of Southern Redoubt, Passchedaele (25th Bde.) [VIII. Corps, Second Army]. |
1918 | |
FIRST BATTLES OF THE SOMME | |
23 March | Battle of St. Quentin [XIX. Corps, Fifth Army]. |
24 and 25 March | Actions at the Somme Crossings [XIX. Corps, Fifth Army]. |
26 and 27 March | Battle of Rosieres [XIX. Corps, Fifth Army]. |
On 20 April 1918, it was amalgamated with the 23rd, 24th and 25th Machine Gun Companies to form No. 8 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.