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108th Company, Machine Gun Corps     108th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps joined 108th Brigade 36th Ulster Division on the 26th of January 1916. The 36th Ulster Division took over the front line in Spring. In 1916 the Division suffered heavily on the first day of the Battle of the Somme where they attacked at Thiepval. In 1917 They were in action at The Battle of Messines, capturing Wytschaete and in the The Battle of Langemarck during the Third Battles of Ypres and the The Cambrai Operations where the Division captured Bourlon Wood. On the 1st of March 1918 they joined with the other machine gun companies of 36th Division and became 36th Battalion MGC. The Ulster Tower, at Thiepval is a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division, built as a copy of Helen's Tower at Clandeboye, County Down, where men of the 36th Division trained. There is a small visitor centre with a cafe behind the tower which is staffed by members of the Somme Association. Inside the tower is a small chapel with a number of paintings and plaques from Northern Ireland. Today Thiepval Wood is owned by The Somme Association and guided tours are available of a section of recently excavated trenches. Please note that Thiepval Wood is not open the public, it is used by French huntsmen who use live ammunition and who will shoot, you are putting yourself at risk by entering without permission. Please go to the visitor centre at the Ulster Tower to arrange a guided tour. A DVD is now available, released for the official opening of the wood for guided tours on the 1st of July 2006, follows the Community Archeology Project, undertaken by The Somme Association and No Man's Land, The European Group for Great War Archaeology. You can order a copy on-line by clicking the image below: Thiepval Wood 90 Years On: Revealing History through Archaeology. Click here for more information.  More info. 12th Nov 1915 In Comfortable Quarters 26th of January 1916 Divisional School Assembly 21st Feb 1916 About to Move 2nd of February 1916 Moving to the Trenches   8th of February 1916 Shelling   9th of February 1916 Villages Shelled   12th of February 1916 A Line Rearrangement   14th of February 1916 Mine Blown   15th of February 1916 Digging and Mending   16th of February 1916 Collapsing Trenches   18th of February 1916 Lots of MG Fire   19th of February 1916 Under Heavy Fire   21st of February 1916 Active German Patrols   23rd of February 1916 Weather Turns   25th of February 1916 Heavy Snow and a German Patrol   26th of February 1916 A Store Burns   28th of February 1916 Changes to the Front   29th of February 1916 Active Aeroplanes   1st of March 1916 Reorganisation   2nd of March 1916 Very Strong Enemy Wire   5th of March 1916 Relief Completed   1st of June 1917 Instructions for the Offensive   3rd Jun 1917 Transfers 7th of June 1917 Attack a Complete Success   24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 243462 2/Lt. Dyker Stanton Priestley 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st July 1916) Second Lieutenant Dyker Priestley served in D Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He was attached to the 108th MG Company when he was killed in action on 1st July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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