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36th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
The 36th Machine Gun Battalion was formed on the 2nd of March 1918 from the Machine Gun Companies of 36th Division. They were in action on the Somme, in the Battles of the Lys and the Final Advance in Flanders. At the Armistice they were at Mouscron, north east of Tourcoing, where the Division remained throughout demobilization which was complete by June 1919.
24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation
21st Jan 1918 Course
5th Feb 1918 Course Ends
13th Feb 1918 Personnel
21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation
26th Sep 1918 On the March
27th Sep 1918 On the March
28th Sep 1918 Into Position
28th Sep 1918 On the Move
29th Sep 1918 Attack Made
29th Sep 1918 On the Move
30th Sep 1918 In Action
1st Oct 1918 Counter Attack
1st Oct 1918 Hard Fighting
2nd Oct 1918 Hard Fighting
2nd Oct 1918 Into Reserve
3rd Oct 1918 Reliefs
4th October 1918 Reports
4th Oct 1918 Reliefs Completed
4th Oct 1918 Reliefs
5th Oct 1918 Heavy Shelling
6th Oct 1918 Line Advanced
7th Oct 1918 Artillery Active
8th Oct 1918 Heavy Shelling
9th Oct 1918 Heavy Shelling
10th Oct 1918 Heavy Shelling
11th Oct 1918 Counter Attack
12th Oct 1918 Farm Captured
13th Oct 1918 Artillery Active
14th of October 1918 A Busy Day
14th Oct 1918 Attack Made
15th of October 1918 Attack Continues
15th Oct 1918 Attack Made
16th Oct 1918 In Action
17th of October 1918 Line Along the Lys
18th of October 1918 Belgian Advance Planned
18th Oct 1918 Reliefs
19th Oct 1918 Attack Made
20th of October 1918 Pushing On
20th Oct 1918 Attack Made
21st of October 1918 Orders to Advance
21st Oct 1918 Attack Made
22nd of October 1918 A Combined Attack
23rd of October 1918 Germans Withdraw
23rd Oct 1918 Reliefs
24th Oct 1918 Orders
25th of October 1918 Heavy Fighting All Day
25th Oct 1918 In Action
26th of October 1918 Enemy Retiring Slowly
26th Oct 1918 Patrols
27th Oct 1918 Advance
4th of October 1918 Reports and Reliefs
15th of February 1919 Boxing TournamentIf you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
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