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9th Company, Machine Gun Corps    The 9th Machine Gun Company was formed from the Machine Gun Sections of the 9th Brigade, 3th Division on the 8th February 1916 they took part in The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters then moved to The Somme for The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin helping to capture Longueval, The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 They were at Arras, seeing action at Battles of the Scarpe and The Battle of Arleux. They moved north to the Flanders and were in action during The Battle of the Menin Road and Battle of Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres. Then moved south and were in action at The Battle of Cambrai. They alamgamated with the other Machine Gun Companies of the Division to become 3th MG Battalion on the 29th of February 1918 In 1918 They were in action on The Somme, in the Battles of the Lys, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of the Selle. After the Armistice 3rd Division advanced into Germany as part of the Occupation Force. 9th of March 1916 Orders   28th March 1916 Team Missing   29th March 1916 Reliefs 30th March 1916 Into Billets 31st March 1916 In Billets 15th of April 1916 Orders   22nd of April 1916 Gas   23rd of April 1916 Orders   25th of April 1916 Reliefs   17th May 1916 Gas Alert 24th of May 1916 Orders 27th of May 1916 Reliefs   14th July 1916 Attack Made 14th July 1916 Attack Made 15th July 1916 Consolidation 16th July 1916 Trench Work 17th July 1916 New Emplacements 18th July 1916 Heavy Shelling 22nd of July 1916 Front Adjustment Completed   14th November 1916 Reliefs 1st Jan 1917 Festivities 2nd Jan 1917 Fatiques 3rd Jan 1917 Change of Clothes 4th Jan 1917 Route March 5th Jan 1917 Duck Boards 6th Jan 1917 Duck Boards 7th Jan 1917 On the March 8th Jan 1917 In Billets 9th Jan 1917 On the March 10th Jan 1917 Inspection 11th Jan 1917 Training 12th Jan 1917 Inspections 13th Jan 1917 Inspections 14th Jan 1917 Fire 1st May 1917 Orders Received   27th September 1917 Orders 28th September 1917 Gas shells. 20th November 1917 One of our aeroplanes brought down. 12th Dec 1917 Orders   24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 31st of January 1918 Training   5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 9th Company, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5275 items tagged 9th Company, 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 9th Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Cable Charles Ernest. Rfmn. (d.22nd Apr 1917) Columbine VC. Herbert George. Pte. (d.22nd March 1918) Forman Alfred. (d.2nd June 1917) McKenzie MM.. James. L/Cpl. Mowatt George. Pte. (d.20th July 1918) Sanderson Gervase Greenwell. Pte. Thomas George. Pte. (d.30th Sep 1917) Trivett Walter Thomas. Pte. (d.Oct. 27, 1918) Wood Richard Thomas . 2nd Lt. (d.25th April 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 9th Company, 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? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 1206247 Pte. Herbert George Columbine VC 9th Sqdn Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) (d.22nd March 1918) Herbert Columbine died on 22nd March 1918, aged 24 and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in the Pozieres British Cemetery in France. He was the son of Mrs. Emma Columbine s flynn Add to this record. 1206127 Pte. Walter Thomas Trivett 9th Sqdn Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) (d.Oct. 27, 1918) Walter Thomas Trivett is laid to rest in Saint Sever Cemetery Extension in Rouen, France. He was born in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire on 1st September 1894, which made him 24 years old when he died on the 27th October 1918. Ian Spencer Add to this record. 252215 Alfred Forman 9th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.2nd June 1917) Alfred Forman was the son of Alfred and Martha Forman, father to Charles Forman and Grandfather to Ronald Alfred Forman. Jamie Forman Add to this record. 236728 L/Cpl. James McKenzie MM. 9th Btn. Machine Gun Corps Jim McKenzie enlisted in the Royal Highlanders most likely in the 8th Battalion of the Black Watch. He married in Co Durham in 1922 and died in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1965. Add to this record. 230999 Rfmn. Charles Ernest Cable 17th (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Battalion London Regiment (d.22nd Apr 1917) Ernest Charles Cable was one of four siblings who left Limehouse to fight in Flanders at the Somme, Ypres etc. He lived at 3 Eastfield Street. He was attached in 1916 to the 9th Company Machine Gun Corps and died in action at the 2nd Battle of the Scarp. He was the only one who died in the family, the others being unscathed in the Navy, one captured in 1918 and one wounded by Shrapnel. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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