A Machine Gun Company was attached to each Infantry Brigade and their subsequent Division.
Brigade attached to: | 41st Brigade |
Division attached to: | 14th (Light) Division |
Formed from the Machine Gun Sections of: | 7th Bn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps 8th Bn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps 7th Bn. Rifle Brigade 8th Bn. Rifle Brigade |
The 41st Bde. M.G. Coy. was formed at Winnezeele on 15 February 1916 from the Machine Gun Sections of the listed infantry battalions.
As a unit of the 14th (Light) Division during this period, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.
1916 | |
BATTLES OF THE SOMME | |
13 to 30 August | Battle of Delville Wood [XV Corps, Fourth Army]. |
15 and 16 September | Battle of Flers-Courcelette [XV Corps, Fourth Army]. |
1917 | |
14 March to 05 April | German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line [VII Corps, Third Army]. |
BATTLES OF ARRAS | |
09 to 12 April | First Battle of the Scarpe [VII Corps, Third Army]. |
03 and 04 May | Third Battle of the Scarpe [VII Corps, Third Army]. |
BATTLES OF YPRES | |
18 August | Battle of Langemarck [II Corps, Fifth Army]. |
22 to 26 August | Fighting on the Menin Road [II Corps, Fifth Army]. (41st Inf. Bde. until 28 August) |
12 October | First Battle of Passchendale [X Corps, Second Army]. |
In March 1918, it was amalgamated with the 42nd, 43rd, and 224th Machine Gun Companies to form No. 14 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.