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205th Company, Machine Gun Corps    The 205th Machine Gun Company joined 5th Division on the 19th of March 1917 as the Division was preparing for the Battles of Arras. On 7 September 1917 the 5th Division moved out of the line for a period of rest before, being sent to Flanders where they were in action during the Third Battle of Ypres. 5th Division was sent to Italy and took up positions in the line along the River Piave in late January 1918. They were recalled to France to assist with the German Advance in late March 1918 and were in action during the Battles of the Lys. On the 26th of February 1918 they became the 5th Machine Gun Battalion. 19th of March 1917  Reliefs 20th of March 1917  Composite Division Formed   24th of March 1917 Pioneers On the Move 27th of March 1917 In Corps Reserve   2nd of April 1917  Positions   8th of April 1917 HQ Moves 13th of April 1917  A Push Forward   19th of April 1917 Consolidation   21st of April 1917 Operations Postponed   24th of April 1917 35 Minute Bombardment   25th of April 1917 Canadians Take Over Front   28th of April 1917 Rest and Training   1st of May 1917  Warning of Relief 2nd of May 1917 13th Inf Bde Moves 5th of May 1917  Wood Shelled   7th of May 1917 Left Brigade Shelled   8th of May 1917  Orders to Attack   10th of May 1917 Enemy Concentration Reported   12th of May 1917 Bailleul Shelled   21st of May 1917 Quiet Night   22nd of May 1917  Quiet Day   26th of May 1917 Quiet Day   9th of June 1917  A Relief   10th of June 1917 Minor Op Planned   12th of June 1917 Relief   14th of June 1917 Relief   15th of June 1917   Relief Completed   16th June 1917  Quiet Night   17th of June 1917 Quiet Day   18th of June 1917   Aircraft Active   19th of June 1917  Quiet Day   21st of June 1917  Brigade Relief Completed   24th of June 1917  A Raid   26th of June 1917  Quiet Day   28th of June 1917  Successful Operation    29th of June 1917 Consolidating Gains   1st of July 1917  Front Line Adjusted   5th of July 1917  Our Trenches Damaged   6th of July 1917  A Brigade Relief   10th of July 1917 A Raid Ordered   12th of July 1917  Back Areas Shelled    17th of July 1917 Quiet Time   18th of July 1917 Direct Hits Made   19th of July 1917   Situation Quiet    21st of July 1917 Back Areas Shelled   23rd of July 1917 Minenwerfer Active   26th of July 1917  Very Quiet    27th of July 1917  Gas Attack   29th of July 1917 Brigade Relief   1st of August 1917 MG Activity   3rd of August 1917   Snipers Active   4th of August 1917  Hostile Shelling   7th of August 1917  A German Raid   10th of August 1917 Mostly Quiet   13th of August 1917 Two Minute Barrage   16th of August 1917 MGs Active   19th of August 1917  Gas Drums Plan   22nd of August 1917 Railway Shelled   25th of August 1917  TMs Hit Oppy Wood   27th of August 1917 Quiet Time   30th of August 1917  Gas Projected   31st August 1917 Quiet Time   3rd of September 1917  Quiet   5th of September 1917 Brigades on the March   6th of September 1917 Gas Shelling   7th of September 1917 Training   9th of October 1917 Hostile Guns Active   10th of September 1917  Division to Move 11th of September 1917  Artillery Marches 28th of September 1917  On the Move   30th of September 1917  Reliefs 1st of October 1917 Orders to Attack   2nd of October 1917   Heavy Shelling   4th of October 1917 Attack Launched   5th of October 1917 Quieter Night   7th of October 1917 Enemy Driven Off   10th of October 1917   "Intense Barrage" Endured   11th of October 1917 Snipers Active   14th of October 1917 Training   17th of October 1917 Training   19th of October 1917 Relief Ordered   21st of October 1917 Offensive to be Resumed   27th of October 1917  Quiet Time   28th of October 1917 Enemy Guns "Above Normal"   3rd of November 1917 Enemy Fire   4th of November 1917 Heavy shelling   6th of November 1917 Attack Launched   8th of November 1917 Fairly Quiet   11th of November 1917 Quiet Time   16th of November 1917 15th Brigade Entrain 18th of November 1917 121st Battery Moves   19th of November 1917  Pioneers Move 23rd of November 1917 Division Ordered to Move 26th of November 1917   HQ Closes and Re-opens 27th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 28th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation 24th February 1918 Orders   25th Mar 1918 Reorganisation 25th Mar 1918 Appointments 9th of April 1918 Orders 11th of April 1918 Movement Details 13th of April 1918 Enemy Attacks   15th of April 1918   Another Enemy Attack   16th of April 1918 Situation Quiet   17th of April 1918  A Relief and a Barrage   18th of April 1918  Artillery Active   19th of April 1918 A Raiding Party    22nd of April 1918  A Gas Attack   5th of June 1918  Brigade Relief   4th of August 1918 Divisional Relief Ordered   18th of August 1918 On the Move   21st of August 1918  Division Advances   22nd of August 1918 A New Objective   29th of August 1918 Enemy Evacuate Town   10th of January 1919  Locations If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 205th Company, Machine Gun Corps? There are:5350 items tagged 205th 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 205th Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Wilde James. Pte. 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 205th 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? 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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. 240250 Pte. James Wilde 205th Coy. 5th Battalion My father James Wilde was called up April 1918 and joined the Border Regiment but transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. In the Borders he had done some training at Altcar Range. I was there 39 years later with the REME. After training he went to France. On their first day they walked 11 miles in the sunshine but on the second they did 26 miles because it was raining. He was 29 years old. In the trenches they were nearly always in water and sometimes slept in more than a foot of water. They had very little food and once their daily amount was half a loaf and a jar of jam between 6 of them. They broke the bread up added water and the jam and boiled it up like soup. It was too sweet to eat. Some time in the middle of Oct. He was working his way through the tranches, he fell back and trying to rise he thought he had sat in water and then knew it was his blood. A slinter shell had exploded near him and removed 4 inches of his femur. In Grantham Hospital he was 11 months on his back with pulleys and sand bags waiting for his bones to grow together. They needed money to spend so 200 of them lined up for 10s. My father wanted to read what they were signing for but the quarter master would not give them time and later they all found they had signed for a pound. Most of the men also found out that they had all been charged for loosing their uniforms in France. He did not get out of the army until 1920. He had constant medicals on his leg which was as thick as my wrist in his thigh and it would not be any different so he refused to take further medicals so they reduced his pension from 100% to 60%. He was qualified unfit for work. At 65 he applied for the OAP. He was told because he had no stamps on his card he did not qualify. He died in Dec. 1963 James Colin Wilde Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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