UNITS THAT USED THE VICKERS

The Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians):

The Great War

The Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) consisted of Infantry Battalions that would have had an MG Section as part of its Battalion Headquarters. These weapons would have been brigaded when the Machine Gun Corps was formed in 1915. The guns, and crews, would have been formed into a Machine Gun Company.

During the Great War, the Battalions were distributed as follows:

2nd

The 2nd Battalion was part of the 82nd Brigade, attached to the 27th Division.

As a unit of the 27th Infantry Division, its MG Section will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.

The division had no existence before the outbreak of the Great War.
The division assmebled and mobilized at Magdalen Hill Camp (2 miles east of Winchester) during November and December, 1914. The 13 infantry battalions of which was composed came from India (10 from ten different stations), Hong Kong, Tientsin and Canada (P.P.C.L.I.); the infantry brigades were formed at Winchester. The mounted troops included a cavalry squadron from an existing yeomanry unit and a cyclist company, which was formed at Winchester. Of the field artillery brigades: I. was originally at Edinburgh, whilst XIX. and XX. came from India; but all three were extensively reorganized and re-formed at Winchester. The field companies, signal company, field ambulances, and train came from territorial force divisions.
The 27th Division embarked at Southampton on the 19th - 21st December, disembarked at le Havre between the 20th - 23rd December, and concentrated between Aire and Arques by the evening of the 25th December.
The 17th Division served on the Western Front in France and Belgium until November, 1915. In the following month it embarked for the Macedonian Front, on which it served for the remainder of the War.

1914

1915

14 and 15 March St. Eloi [V. Corps, Second Army].

BATTLES OF YPRES

22 and 23 April Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge [V. Corps, Second Army].

24 April to 04 May Battle of St. Julien [V. Corps, Second Army, until 28 April; then Plumer's Force].

08 to 13 May Battle of Frezenberg Ridge [V. Corps, Second Army].

24 and 25 May Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge [V. Corps, Second Army].

On the 1st November the division was warned to be ready to entrain for Marseille on the 10th November. Entrainment began on the 15th, and embarkation for the Macedonian Front on the 17th; but it was not until the 13th February, 1916, that the last of the division disembarked at Salonika.

Its MG Section was transferred on the 16 May 1916 to form the 82nd Bde. MG Coy..

Inter-war Period

As part of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, this regiment was disbanded.

Sources

Becke, 1934

The division had no existence before the outbreak of the Great War. The division assmebled and mobilized at Magdalen Hill Camp (2 miles east of Winchester) during November and December, 1914. The 13 infantry battalions of which was composed came from India (10 from ten different stations), Hong Kong, Tientsin and Canada (P.P.C.L.I.); the infantry brigades were formed at Winchester. The mounted troops included a cavalry squadron from an existing yeomanry unit and a cyclist company, which was formed at Winchester. Of the field artillery brigades: I. was originally at Edinburgh, whilst XIX. and XX. came from India; but all three were extensively reorganized and re-formed at Winchester. The field companies, signal company, field ambulances, and train came from territorial force divisions. The 27th Division embarked at Southampton on the 19th - 21st December, disembarked at le Havre between the 20th - 23rd December, and concentrated between Aire and Arques by the evening of the 25th December. The 17th Division served on the Western Front in France and Belgium until November, 1915. In the following month it embarked for the Macedonian Front, on which it served for the remainder of the War.
1914
1915
14 and 15 March	St. Eloi [V. Corps, Second Army].
BATTLES OF YPRES
22 and 23 April	Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge [V. Corps, Second Army].
24 April to 04 May	Battle of St. Julien [V. Corps, Second Army, until 28 April; then Plumer's Force].
08 to 13 May	Battle of Frezenberg Ridge [V. Corps, Second Army].
24 and 25 May	Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge [V. Corps, Second Army].
On the 1st November the division was warned to be ready to entrain for Marseille on the 10th November. Entrainment began on the 15th, and embarkation for the Macedonian Front on the 17th; but it was not until the 13th February, 1916, that the last of the division disembarked at Salonika.