236th Machine Gun Company

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

Brigade attached to:Divisional Reserve
Division attached to:17th (Northern) Division

The 236th M.G. Coy. disembarked at Le Havre on 17 July 1917. It joined the Division on the same day.

As a unit of the 17th (Northern) Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.

1917
BATTLES OF YPRES
12 OctoberFirst Battle of Passchendaele [XIV Corps, Fifth Army].
08 to 10 NovemberSecond Battle of Passchendaele [XIV Corps, Fifth Army].

On 24 February 1918, it was amalgamated with the 50th51st, and 52nd Machine Gun Companies to form No. 17 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.

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