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119th Machine Gun Corps    The 119th Machine Gun Company joined, 119th Brigade, 40th Division on the 19th of June 1916. They went into the front line near Loos and were later in action in The Battle of the Ancre on the Somme. In 1917 they saw action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The capture of Fifteen Ravine, Villers Plouich, Beaucamp and La Vacquerie abd The Cambrai Operations, including the capture of Bourlon Wood in November. They joined with the other machine gun companies of the Division to form 40th Machine Gun Battalion in March 1918. 26th Jun 1917 Sports 10th Oct 1917 Orders   23rd Oct 1917 Training   23rd Nov 1917 Attack Made   25th Nov 1917 In Action   27th Nov 1917 Congratulations   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. Want to know more about 119th Machine Gun Corps? There are:5243 items tagged 119th 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 119th Machine Gun Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Langford V G. Parker G H. Sgt. Timms J. W.. Cpl. Young W. B.. 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 119th 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? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 226846 W. B. Young 119th Btn. Machine Gun Corps My parents' house in Northern France has a chimney place in the attic with lots of different names of people engraved into it. Several of the engravings come from men serving in the 119th Machine Gun Corp. It would be really good to find the relatives of these men. Heidi Ward Add to this record. 206533 V G Langford 119 MG Coy. Machine Gun Corps I am trying to find out what happened to the many men who had engraved names in the attic in our French Farm House in La Somme. We believe V G Langford is from 119th MG Company H Gould Add to this record. 206532 Sgt. G H Parker 119th MC Coy Machine Gun Corps I am trying to find out what happened to the many men who had engraved names in the attic in our French Farm House in La Somme. We believe Sgt G H Parker is from 119th MG Company. Heidi Gould Add to this record. 206531 Cpl. J. W. Timms 119 MG Coy. Machine Gun Corps I am trying to find out what happened to the man names J W Timms, who had engraved his name in the attic in our French Farm House in La Somme. We believe he is from 119th MG Company Heidi Gould Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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