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63rd Company, Machine Gun Corps    The 63rd Machine Gun Company joined 21st Division on the 4th of March 1916. They were in action in the Battles of The Somme, on the 8th of July 1916 they moved with the Brigade to 37th Division. They went into action in The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they fought in The First Battle of the Scarpe, including the capture of Monchy-le-Preux, The Second Battle of the Scarpe and The Battle of Arleux. They were in action during the Third Battles of Ypres. They joined with the other Machine Gun Companies of the Division to form 37th Machine Gun Battalion in February 1918. 4th Mar 1916 Shelling   5th Mar 1916 Sleet   6th Mar 1916 Observation Balloons   7th Mar 1916 Snow   8th Mar 1916 Aeroplanes Active   13th Mar 1916 Reliefs 1st Jul 1916 Success and Failure 1st Jul 1916 Carrying Parties 2nd Jul 1916 In Touch 3rd Jul 1916 In Action   1st Sep 1916 Orders   13th Sep 1916 Orders 16th Sep 1916 Orders Received 17th Sep 1916 Reliefs   18th Sep 1916 Moves 17th Jul 1917 On the Move   24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation 4th Mar 1918 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 63rd Company, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5252 items tagged 63rd 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 63rd Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Coleman Ernest James. Sgt. (d.28th Aprl 1917) 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 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. 252571 Sgt. Ernest James Coleman 63rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.28th Aprl 1917) Born 27th of August 1898, Ernest lied about his age, leaving school at 16 to enlist in the Rifle Brigade. He was promoted to Corporal after 6 months before transferring to 63rd Coy Machine Gun Corps. He joined BEF in France in March 1916 and was present at Fricourt for the opening engagement of the Battle of the Somme. He was promoted to Sergeant in December 1916. Ernest fell to a sniper's bullet at Arras, on the 28th of April 1917 when he was still under 19 years of age. He has no known grave but his name is recorded on the Arras Memorial to the Missing at the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. The diary which Ernest kept throughout 1916 is now kept by his great niece. Hilary Wilson Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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