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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  location map

29th Sep 1918 Attack Made

29th Sep 1918 On the Move  location map

30th Sep 1918 In Action  location map

1st Oct 1918 Counter Attack  location map

1st Oct 1918 Hard Fighting  location map

2nd Oct 1918 Hard Fighting  location map

2nd Oct 1918 Into Reserve  location map

3rd Oct 1918 Reliefs  location map

4th October 1918 Reports  location map

4th Oct 1918 Reliefs Completed  location map

4th Oct 1918 Reliefs  location map

5th Oct 1918 Heavy Shelling  location map

6th Oct 1918 Line Advanced  location map

7th Oct 1918 Artillery Active  location map

8th Oct 1918 Heavy Shelling  location map

9th Oct 1918 Heavy Shelling  location map

10th Oct 1918 Heavy Shelling  location map

11th Oct 1918 Counter Attack  location map

12th Oct 1918 Farm Captured  location map

13th Oct 1918 Artillery Active  location map

14th of October 1918  A Busy Day  location map

14th Oct 1918 Attack Made  location map

15th of October 1918 Attack Continues  location map

15th Oct 1918 Attack Made  location map

16th Oct 1918 In Action  location map

17th of October 1918 Line Along the Lys  location map

18th of October 1918 Belgian Advance Planned  location map

18th Oct 1918 Reliefs  location map

19th Oct 1918 Attack Made  location map

20th of October 1918  Pushing On  location map

20th Oct 1918 Attack Made  location map

21st of October 1918 Orders to Advance  location map

21st Oct 1918 Attack Made  location map

22nd of October 1918 A Combined Attack  location map

23rd of October 1918 Germans Withdraw  location map

23rd Oct 1918 Reliefs  location map

24th Oct 1918 Orders  location map

25th of October 1918 Heavy Fighting All Day  location map

25th Oct 1918 In Action

26th of October 1918 Enemy Retiring Slowly  location map

26th Oct 1918 Patrols

27th Oct 1918 Advance

4th of October 1918  Reports and Reliefs  location map

15th of February 1919 Boxing Tournament

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Pte. Fred Malton 36th Btn. Machine Gun Corps

Fred Malton served with 36th Battalion, MGC.







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