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249th 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(s) attached to: 14th (Light) Division
18th (Indian) Division

The 249th M.G. Coy. left Grantham on 16 July, 1917, disembarked at Le Havre on 17 July 1917. It joined the 14th (Light) Division at Westoutre on 21 July 1917.

As part of the 14th (Light) Division, it may have seen service in the following battles and engagements:
1917
BATTLES OF YPRES
18 AugustBattle of Langemarck [II Corps, Fifth Army].
22 to 26 AugustFighting on the Marne [II Corps, Fifth Army].

The Company left the 14th (Light) Division on 04 October 1917 (it was replaced by 224th MG Company). It reached Marseille on 15 October 1917. It arrived in Mesopotamia on 13 November 1917 and joined 18th (Indian) Division on 05 February 1918.


Sources

  • Becke, 1934
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