A Machine Gun Company was attached to each Infantry Brigade and their subsequent Division.
Brigade attached to: | 27th Brigade |
Division attached to: | 9th (Scottish) Division |
Formed from the Machine Gun Sections of: | 11th Bn. The Royal Scots 12th Bn. The Royal Scots 6th Bn. The Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
The 27th Bde. M.G. Coy. was formed on 23 December 1915 from the Machine Gun Sections of the listed infantry battalions.
As a unit of the 9th Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.
1916 | |
BATTLES OF THE SOMME | |
01 to 13 July | Battle of Albert (In Corps Reserve on 01 July) [XIII. Corps, Fourth Army] |
03 July | Capture of Bernafay Wood (27th Bde.) |
14 July | Battle of Bazentin Ridge [XIII Corps, Fourth Army]. |
15 to 19 July | Battle of Delville Wood [XIII Corps, Fourth Army]. |
10 to 18 October | Battle of the Transloy Ridges [III Corps, Fourth Army] |
12 to 18 October | Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt. |
1917 | |
09 to 15 April and 30 April to 10 May | BATTLES OF ARRAS. |
09 to 14 April | First Battle of the Scarpe [XVII Corps, Third Army]. |
03 and 04 May | Third Battle of the Scarpe [XVII Corps, Third Army]. |
18 to 23 September and 11 to 25 October | BATTLES OF YPRES. |
20 to 23 September | Battle of the Menin Road Ridge [V Corps, Fifth Army]. |
12 October | First Battle of Passchendaele [XVIII Corps, Fifth Army]. |
On 01 March 1918, it was amalgamated with the 26th, 28th and 197th Machine Gun Companies to form No. 9 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.