A Machine Gun Company was attached to each Infantry Brigade and their subsequent Division.
Brigade attached to: | Divisional Reserve |
Division attached to: | 19th (Western) Division |
The 246th M.G. Coy. disembarked at Le Havre on 16 July 1917. It joined the Division at Bailleul on 19 July 1917.
As a unit of the 19th (Western) Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.
BATTLES OF YPRES | |
20 to 25 September | Battle of Menin Road Ridge [IX Corps, Second Army]. |
26 September to 03 October | Battle of Polygon Wood [IX Corps, Second Army]. |
04 October | Battle of Broodseinde [IX Corps, Second Army]. |
09 October | Battle of Poelcappelle [IX Corps, Second Army]. |
12 October | First Battle of Passchendaele [IX Corps, Second Army]. |
26 October to 10 November | Second Battle of Passchendaele [IX Corps, Second Army]. |
On 14 February 1918, it was amalgamated with the 56th, 57th and 58th Machine Gun Companies to form No. 19 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.