234th Machine Gun Company

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

Brigade attached to:Divisional Reserve
Division attached to:4th Division

The 234th M.G. Coy. joined the 4th Division on the 16 July 1917.

As a unit of the 4th Infantry Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.

1917
BATTLES OF YPRES
28 September to 03 OctoberBattle of Polygon Wood [XIV. Corps, Fifth Army].
04 OctoberBattle of Broodseinde [XIV. Corps, Fifth Army].
09 OctoberBattle of Poelcappelle [XIV. Corps, Fifth Army].
12 OctoberFirst Battle of Passchendaele [XIV. Corps, Fifth Army].

On 26 February 1918, it was amalgamated with the 10th11th and 12th Machine Gun Companies to form No. 4 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.

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