The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 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:
The 1st Battalion was part of the 10th Brigade, attached to the 4th Division. It's MG Section was transferred on 22 December 1915 to form the 10th Bde. MG Coy..
As a unit of the 4th Infantry Division, it will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.
| 1914 | |
| 25 August to 05 September | RETREAT FROM MONS [II. Corps, 26 to 30 August 1914, and III. Corps from 31 August 1914.] |
| 26 August | Battle of le Cateau [under II. Corps]. |
| 01 September | Nery (1/R. War. R. and 2/R.D.F., 10th Bde.) |
| 06 to 09 September | Battle of the Marne [III. Corps]. |
| 13 to 20 September | BATTLE OF THE AISNE [III. Corps]. |
| 13 October to 02 November | Battle of Armentieres [III. Corps]. |
| 13 October | Capture of Meteren |
| 1915 | |
| 25 April to 25 May | BATTLES OF YPRES [V. Corps, Second Army]. |
| 25 April to 04 May | Battle of St. Julien [V. Corps, Second Army, and from 28 April to 07 May in 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]. |
The 2nd Battalion was part of the 22nd Brigade, attached to the 7th Division. Its MG Section was transferred on 24 February 1916 to form the 22nd Bde. MG Coy..
As a unit of the 7th Infantry Division, its MG Section will have taken part in the following battles and engagements.
| 1914 | |
| 09 and 10 October | Antwerp Operations [IV. Corps]. |
| 19 October to 05 November | BATTLES OF YPRES |
| 21 to 24 October | Battle of Langemarck [IV. Corps]. |
| 29 to 31 October | Battle of Gheluvelt [I. Corps]. |
| 18 December | Rouges Banes - Well Farm Attack [IV. Corps]. |
| 1915 | |
| 10 to 13 March | Battle of Neuve Chappelle [IV. Corps, First Army]. |
| 09 May | Battle of Aubers Ridge [In reserve, IV. Corps, First Army]. |
| 15 to 19 May | Battle of Festubert [I. Corps, First Army]. |
| 15 and 16 June | Givenchy [IV. Corps]. |
| 25 September and 08 October | Battle of Loos [I. Corps, First Army]. |
The 16th Battalion was part of the 95th Brigade, attached to the 32nd Division.
It was transferred to the 15th Brigade, attached to the 5th Division, on the 26 December 1915. It's MG Section was transferred on 26 December 1916 to form the 15th Bde. MG Coy.. (Becke, 1934).
In 1922, the Machine Gun Corps was disbanded and the guns returned to the Infantry Battalion as a Machine Gun Platoon and then formed as a Machine Gun Company in the early 1930s.
This remained until the formation of Divisional Machine Gun Battalions in 1936 where guns were brigaded once again.
Upon the disbandment of Divisional Machine Gun Battalions in the post-WW2 restructure of the British Army, the Vickers Machine Gun assest reverted to individual Battalions as part of the Support Company as a Machine Gun Platoon.