233rd Machine Gun Company

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

Brigade attached to:Divisional Reserve
Division attached to:3rd Division

The 233rd M.G. Coy. joined the 3rd Division on the 18 July 1917.

As a unit of the 3rd Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.

1917
BATTLES OF YPRES
22 to 25 SeptemberBattle of the Menin Road Ridge [V. Corps, Fifth Army]
25 to 30 SeptemberBattle of Polygon Wood [V. Corps, Fifth Army, until 10 a.m., 28 September, then under II. ANZAZ Corps, Second Army].

On 06 March 1918, it was amalgamated with the 8th9th and 76th Machine Gun Companies to form No. 3 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.

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