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63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation 24th Mar 1918 In Defence   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5235 items tagged 63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Barry John Joseph. Pte (d.25th August 1918) Maguire William Henry. Pte. Pyrah Joseph. Pte. (d.8th Oct 1918) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? 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He re-enlisted on 12th of August 1916 with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers under the name John Byrne. He transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 25th of October 1916 and was wounded in action in France on 17th of May 1918, a shrapnel wound to his left thigh "large enough to put your fist in". He was transferred to the class 'Z' Army Reserve on 27 Feb 1919 and discharged on 23 Jun 1919 as he was re-enlisted (short service) the next day to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was then discharged on 15 Mar 1920 for failing to meet the physical requirements. He then re-enlisted under yet another name, Joseph Byrne with the Welch Regiment Defence Force on 13 April 1921, only to be discharged for completion of engagement on 6 Jul 1921. He re-enlisted again, under the name Joseph Byrne, with the Welch Regiment on 1 Mar 1922 and was transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers on 6 Mar 1922. He remained there until 16 Jan 1928 (discharged because services were no longer required under Para 636 (XVIII) of the King's Regulations. He re-enlisted for the final time during World War 2, under the name William Henry Maguire (his real name), on 16 Aug 1944 with the Embodied Territorial Army (Royal Pioneer Corps). He continued to serve until 10 Feb 1954. Damian Penston Add to this record. 253172 Pte. Joseph Pyrah 63rd Btn. Machine Gun Corps (d.8th Oct 1918) A few days before his death Joseph Pyrah wrote to his wife and son "I will be glad when I am out of this damned place", it was his last letter. K Watson Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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