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150th Company, Machine Gun Corps    The 150th Machine Gun Company was formed in 150th (York & Durham) Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the 1st of February 1916. They fought on the Somme at The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval and The Battle of the Transloy Ridges. In 1917 they were in action at Arras during The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge and The Second Battle of the Scarpe before moving north for the Third Battle of Ypres. They joined with the other machine gun companies of the Division to form 50th Machine Gun Battalion on the 1st of March 1918. 6th February 1916 Orders   7th February 1916 Shelling   7th February 1916 Artillery Active   9th February 1916 Orders   9th of February 1916 Orders 9th February 1916 Artillery Active   11th February 1916 Warning 11th February 1916 Enemy Active   12th February 1916 Gas Alert   12th February 1916 Quieter   14th February 1916 Bomardment   15th February 1916 Orders   18th of February 1916 Reliefs Complete   21st February 1916 Snow 22nd February 1916 Gas 22nd of February 1916 Machine Guns   23rd February 1916 Warning 23rd of February 1916 Shrapnel   24th February 1916 Reliefs 25th February 1916 Dangerous Wind 26th February 1916 Hostile Artillery   28th February 1916 Dummys 28th February 1916 Orders   29th February 1916 Report 29th February 1916 Orders   29th February 1916 Orders   1st March 1916 Orders   1st of March 1916 Bombardment   2nd of March 1916 Bombardment   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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. 221714 Pte. John Robson 150th Company Machine Gun Corps (d.19th Sep 1916) John Robson was born in 1882 at Sunnyside Farm, Great Whittington (later known as the Whiggs) the son of John Robson and Isabella (nee Jackson) the innkeeper of the Queen’s Head, Great Whittington, Northumberland. In 1911 John had been working on a farm for Elizabeth Blackburn at Dukesfield Hall near Hexham and was a farm worker when he had enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He later became a member of the 150th Company of the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). The Hexham Courant carried news of his death in hospital from wounds – mentioning his sister Mrs Elizabeth Burn of the Square in Humshaugh, Northumberland. This was Elizabeth Robson who had married Thomas Burn on New Year’s Eve at Corbridge 1903. Private John Robson, aged 35, was wounded and later died in hospital in France on September 19th 1916 and is buried in the St Sever Cemetery near Rouen. His name is recorded on the commemorative wooden plaque recently discovered in the Wesleyan Chapel at Great Whittington. Phil Taylor Add to this record. 213859 Sjt. Robert Rymer MM. 150th Coy Machine Gun Corps (d.10th Apr 1918) Robert Rymer was an apprentice pork butcher prior to the war. He joined the Yorkshire Regiment (4th or 5th Battn) with the service number 1800. He transferred to the 150th Machine Gun Company in 1916 and this was renamed 50th Battalion M.G.C. in 1917. I was told by the son of a friend of Roberts who survived the war that he was apparently he was a bit of a boxer; during the war one man tried to goad some of the men into fighting him by throwing around pair of boxing gloves, until Bob picked them up and gave him, a 'good hiding'. There was also a rumor that he turned a machine gun on some German prisoners when he realised his younger brother (James) had been killed at the battle of the Somme in 10th July 1916. There is a line in one of his letters to his sister Meg, where he says the 'tarts' thought he was a bit of a hero when they saw his 'little bit of ribbon' which was obviously his M.M. ribbon. His niece, who I spoke to in the early 80's, remembers going to see Robert off at Middlesbrough railway station on his last leave, she also remembers him singing a song called 'Moira my girl'. He was 24 years old when he was killed in action. His father never got over the loss of his two sons and died a short while afterwards. Steve Robinson Add to this record. 212827 Pte. Walter Bollands 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Walter Bollands of Middlesbrough, enlisted on 14/09/1915, age 16 years & 9 months. He was posted to the 3/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment was a Depot/training units formed in Northallerton and Scarborough, April and March 1915, transferred 08/02/1916 to 5th Yorkshire regiment. He went to France, Embarking from Southampton with 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment to Rouen. On the 1st of Aug 1916 Aged 17, he saw action on the Somme in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette with the 5th Bat Yorkshire Reg. Between the 7th and 17th August 1916 the 5th Battalion moved from Kemmel to Millencourt, a village just West of Albert in the Somme. On the 11 Aug 1916, Walter joined 150th Machine Gun Corps Frances 50th (Northumbrian) Division, 150th (York & Durham) Brigade and was in action on the 16th Sep 1916 on the Somme in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15th-22nd September) The following day, 17 Sep 1916 he recievd a Gun shot wound to the back, and was sent to Le Treport on the French coast which was the site for some significant hospital provision. In the 1 Oct 1916 issue of the Green Howard Gazette, Walter is amongst those listed in Sept - Oct 1916. On the 5th Oct 1916 he was admitted to the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, Cardonald, Glasgow. But on the 6 Oct 1916 there is a AFW 3016 Army form authorising a wounded man to return to duty and he was posted to 87 Territorial Forces Depot. On the 16th of Nov 1916 He joined the Highland Light Infantry 2/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion who were at Danbury, going on to the Curragh in January 1917, Dublin in August, and back to the Curragh in November 1917. On the 20th of Feb 1918 Walter was posted to 14th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (120th Brigade 40th Division) (202902) in France. On the 1st of Mar 1918 The battalion moved into the front line at Fleurbaix relieving 2/10th K.O.L.R. On the 9th of Apr 1918, then aged 19, Walter;s Service record shows him as reported missing. Walter Bollands was taken Prisoner of War after the Battle of the Lys, when the Portugeuse line collapsed and was taken to a German POW camp April 1918. Paul Bollands Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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