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89th Company, Machine Gun Corps
The 89th Machine Gun Company joined 89th Brigade, 30th Division on the 13th of March 1916.
they were in action during the Battle of the Somme, in which the Division captured Montauban. In 1917 they took part in the pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Arras Offensive and The Battle of Pilkem Ridge. In 1918 They were in action on The Somme and in the Battles of the Lys.
They joined with the other Machine GunCompaies of the Division to form the 30th Battalion MGC on the 1st of March 1918.
24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation
21st Jan 1918 Course
5th Feb 1918 Course Ends
13th Feb 1918 Personnel
21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation
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253629 L/Cpl John Hickey 89th Coy Machine Gun Corps (d.22 Sep 1917) John Hickey was my uncle the eldest of 11 children. My father, James was the youngest. 2 other brothers served during WW1 - Roger and Thomas.
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236585 Pte. George Edward Shepherd 89th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.12th Oct 1916) George Shepherd was born in Hightown, Lancashire on 16th of August 1896, was the son of James Francis Shepherd and his wife Lilian May Shepherd (nee Herring), and was a pupil at King William's College, Isle of Man from January 1910 to December 1912. He was a private in the 89th Coy Machine Gun Corps, and was killed in action on 12th of October 1916. George is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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