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58th Company, Machine Gun Corps
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Want to know more about 58th Company, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5264 items tagged 58th Company, Machine Gun Corps available in our Library
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Those known to have served with58th Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. - Cave Robin Douglas. (d.18th Aug 1918)
- Cooley Albert Richard. Pte.
- Lee Kenneth. Pte. (d.30th May 1918)
- Oakley MM.. Frank. L/Cpl. (d.2nd Aug 1917)
- Oakley MM.. Frank. L/Cpl. (d.2nd Aug 1917)
- Simpson Frederick Charles Wilfred. Cpl. (d.22nd Aug 1918)
- Williams Nathan. Pte. (d.21st March 1918)
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256440 L/Cpl. Frank Oakley MM. 58th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.2nd Aug 1917) I hold the Military Medal for Lance Corporal Frank Oakley of 58th Coy. Machine Gun Corps who died 2nd Aug 1917.
Remembered with honour at Locre Hospice Cemetery
Frankwas born in Birmingham, originally enlisted in West Yorkshire Regiment and transferred to the Machine Gun Corps
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248677 Cpl. Frederick Charles Wilfred Simpson 55th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (d.22nd Aug 1918) Born October 1898 in Clerkenwell, London, Frederick Simpson was the first child of Emma and Frederick Simpson. He followed his father into the print industry as a ledger clerk. Prior to enlisting he was a volunteer in the Rifles Corps. He enlisted on the 27th of May 1916 in Grantham. He was 17 at the time and lied about his age saying that he was 19.He went to Flanders as part of the Machine Gun Corps and served with the 55th and/or 58th Battalion, records contradict. He died of wounds on 22nd of August 1918 and was buried in Pernes British Cemetery in France.
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245384 Pte. Kenneth Lee 58th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.30th May 1918) Kenneth Lee was a dairyman at Weston, Staffordshire prior to the war and hailed from Derby. I'm researching the war memorial and would welcome any info regarding Kenneth
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222754 Pte. Nathan Williams 58 Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.21st March 1918) I have a photo of Nathan Williams in civies, with what appears to be the Wiltshire Regimental Badge on his lapel. Is it possible that he was attached to the regiment? From his records 1914 he was a gunner MGC. In 1918 he was with 206th MGC and on the Pozieres Memorial he was with the 58th coy MGC.
Was it normal for men in civies to wear a badge to show he was in the Army?
Editor's Note: The Machine Gun Corps was not formed until 1916 so it is likley he was previously a Machine Gunner in the Wiltshire Regiment. If he was on leave he may well have worn his cap badge on his civies to avoid being mistaken for a civilian and being hassled to join up or been given the dreaded white feather. Though most men would wear uniform even when on leave.
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220108 L/Cpl. Frank Oakley MM. 58th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.2nd Aug 1917) Frank Oakley was born in December 1880. He was a private in the West Yorkshire Regiment and was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in or around February 1916. He is buried at Locre Hospice Cemetery, Belgium. He was awarded the MM before his death, but as yet, I can find no record of why he won this award.
He died from gas poisoning either by Phosgene or Mustard gas? He was married and had eight children at the time of his death
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