228th Machine Gun Company

Machine Gun Company of the Machine Gun Corps was attached to each Infantry Brigade and their subsequent Division.

Brigade attached to:228th Brigade
Division attached to:28th Division
Formed from the Machine Gun Sections of: 2nd (Garrison) Bn. King’s (Liverpool) Regiment
2nd/5th (Garrison) Bn. Durham Light Infantry
1st (Garrison) Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
22nd Bn. Rifle Brigade

The 228th M.G. Coy. was formed on 11 September 1917. It is likely to have been formed from the Machine Gun Sections of the listed infantry battalions.

As a unit of the 28th Infantry Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.

1917
16 OctoberCapture of Bairakli and Kumli [XVI. Corps].

It remained as part of the 228th Bde., yet on 20 November 1917, it was renumbered 277th MG Coy.

MGC Database

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War Diaries

  • WO 95/2577/5 – July to December 1917 (France and Flanders).

Sources

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