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192nd Machine Gun Company

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A Machine Gun Company was attached to each Infantry Brigade and their subsequent Division, an additional Company was attached as a divisional reserve.

Brigade attached to: Divisional Reserve
Division attached to: 6th Division

The 192nd M.G. Coy. joined the Division from England on 15 December 1916.

On 01 March 1918, it was amalgamated with the 16th, 18th and 71st Machine Gun Companies to form No. 6 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.

As a unit of the 6th Infantry Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.

1917
13 to 22 AprilFighting on Hill 70 (Lens) [I. Corps, First Army].
20 November to 03 DecemberBATTLE OF CAMBRAI.
20 and 21 NovemberThe Tank Attack [III. Corps, Third Army].
23 to 28 NovemberCapture of Bourlon Wood [III. Corps, Third Army].
30 November to 03 DecemberThe German Counter-Attacks [III. Corps, Third Army].

Sources

  • Becke, 1934
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