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237th Company, Machine Gun Corps
The 237th Machine Gun Company joined 37th Division on the 17th of July 1917. They were in action in the Battles of The Somme. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Arras offensive, the Third Battles of Ypres and The Cambrai Operations. They joined with the other machine gun companies of the Division to form 21st Machine Gun Battalion on the 24th of February 1918.
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