Updated: British Service

[Richard Fisher]

That's right, an update on Christmas day! Mum and Dad are getting dinner ready and I am not allowed to touch presents until everybody is ready

Therefore, I have re-written the British service pages and given each different mark an individual page where I can add photos and information particular to that mark.

This has included variations to the .5-inch and 'K' gun pages as well.

Most fo the information used is copies of primary source material supplied by Tom (thank you Tom).

As always, hope it is of use.

Regards

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

Large numbers of units pages and organisation charts added. Includes insignia photos and service histories for some units.

[Richard Fisher]

Divisional (Support) Battalion organisation chart added.

[Richard Fisher]

Added a couple of pages on the Motor Machine Gun Batterys of the Royal Field Artillery.

Also full Company and Battalion information for the Machine Gun Corps - Infantry. Squadron info for the Machine Gun Corps - Cavalry.

[Richard Fisher]

Pages prepared for all Infantry and Cavalry Regiments to provide information on their usage of the Vickers.

[Richard Fisher]

Wiltshire Regiment page updated.

[Richard Fisher]

I have added information regarding the 1918 MG Battalions, including an organisational chart and information on formation and disbandment.

I have also started filling out individual MG Bn and Coy information pages. So far the following are in progress:

1st Coy
6th Bn
20th Bn
42nd Bn

I have also amended some of the picture sizes to make them load better.

Rich

[Richard Fisher]

Additional information added for:

• 1st MG Coy, MGC
  
• 2nd MG Coy, MGC
  
• 3rd MG Coy, MGC
  
• No. 1 Bn, MGC
  
• Royal Munster Fusiliers
  
• Welch Regiment
  
• Gloucestershire Regiment
  
• South Wales Borderers
  
• King's Royal Rifle Corps
  
• Northamptonshire Regiment
  
• Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
  
• Royal Sussex Regiment
  
• Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
  
• Royal Berkshire Regiment
  
• Black Watch
  
  This is the units information for the 1st Bn MGC and the subsideries.
  
  Rich
  

[Richard Fisher]

I have updated information for the following units:

• 5th Bde MG Coy
  
• 6th Bde MG Coy
  
• 99th Bde MG Coy
  
• 242nd MG Coy
  
• Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  
• Highland Light Infantry
  
• Royal Fusiliers
  
• Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
  
• South Staffordshire Regiment
  
• Essex Regiment
  
• Middlesex Regiment
  
• Royal Berkshire Regiment
  
• King's Royal Rifle Corps
  

These were the units whose MG Sections came together to form the 2nd Bn, Machine Gun Corps.

As always, hope this is of use.

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

This time, I have done the units that came together to form No. 3 Bn, Machine Gun Corps.

• 8th MG Coy
  
• Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
  
• King's Shropshire Light Infantry
  
• East Yorkshire Regiment
  
• King's Liverpool Regiment
  
• 9th MG Coy
  
• Northumberland Fusiliers
  
• Royal Fusiliers
  
• West Yorkshire Regiment
  
• Royal Scots Fusiliers
  
• 76th MG Coy
  
• Royal Suffolk Regiment
  
• Gordon Highlanders
  
• King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
  
• Royal Welsh Fusiliers
  
• 233rd MG Coy
  
• No. 3 Bn, MGC
  
  Regards
  
  Richard
  

[Richard Fisher]

Today I have updated units related to No. 4 Battalion, MGC.

• No. 4 Bn, MGC
  
• 10th MG Coy, MGC
  
• 11th MG Coy, MGC
  
• 12th MG Coy, MGC
  
• 234th MG Coy, MGC
  
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  
• Seaforth Highlanders
  
• Royal Irish Fusiliers
  
• Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  
• Somerset Light Infantry
  
• East Lancashire Regiment
  
• Hampshire Regiment
  
• Rifle Brigade
  
• King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
  
• Lancashire Fusiliers
  
• Essex Regiment
  
• Monmouthshire Regiment
  

Also in the process of transferring photos from my own server to my photobucket account to save some space as I add more information to the website.

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

A further order of battle update today; this time I have uploaded some information for the 1st Cavalry Division of the Great War.

This includes the:

• 1st Cavalry MG Sqdn
  
• 2nd Cavalry MG Sqdn
  
• 9th Cavalry MG Sqdn
  
• No. 8 Bty, MMGs
  
• 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
  
• 5th Dragoon Guards
  
• 11th Hussars
  
• 4th Dragoon Guards
  
• 9th Royal Lancers
  
• 18th Hussars
  
• 15th Hussars
  
• 19th Hussars
  
• Bedfordshire Yeomanry
  

I hope this is of interest and will keep on uploading this order-of-battle information as quickly as possible.

Regards

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

Further units added today, linked to the 2nd Cavalry Division:

• 3rd Cavalry MG Sqdn
  
• 4th Cavalry MG Sqdn
  
• 5th Cavalry MG Sqdn
  
• 4th Hussars
  
• 5th Royal Irish Lancers
  
• 16th Lancers
  
• 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
  
• 3rd Hussars
  
• 1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
  
• 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
  
• 12th Royal Lancers
  
• 20th Hussars
  

Also, the following additions to Motor Machine Gun units are:

• No. 11 MMG Bty.
  
• No. 12 MMG Bty.
  
• No. 14 MMG Bty.
  

[Richard Fisher]

A further update over the last few days for the 3rd Cavalry Division and the Guards Division units.

3rd Cavalry Division

• 6th Cavalry Brigade MG Sqdn.
  
• 7th Cavalry Brigade MG Sqdn.
  
• 8th Cavalry Brigade MG Sqdn.
  
• 3rd Dragoon Guards
  
• 1st Royal Dragoons
  
• North Somerset Yeomanry
  
• 1st Life Guards
  
• 2nd Life Guards
  
• Leicestershire Yeomanry
  
• Royal Horse Guards
  
• 10th Hussars
  
• Essex Yeomanry
  
• Canadian Machine Gun Corps
  
• Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Squadron
  
• Royal Canadian Dragoons
  
• Lord Strathconn's Horse
  
• Fort Garry Horse
  

and for the Guards Division

• Guards MG Battalion
  
• Guards MG Regiment
  
• 4th Bn., MG Guards
  
• 1st Guards Brigade MG Coy.
  
• 2nd Guards Brigade MG Coy.
  
• 3rd Guards Brigade MG Coy.
  
• 4th Guards MG Coy.
  
• Grenadier Guards
  
• Coldstream Guards
  
• Scots Guards
  
• Irish Guards
  
• Welsh Guards
  

[Richard Fisher]

Added information relating to the 5th Division.

Units updated:

• No. 5 Bn, MGC
  
• 13th MG Coy
  
• 14th MG Coy
  
• 15th MG Coy
  
• 95th MG Coy
  
• 205th MG Coy
  
• King's Own Scottish Borderers
  
• Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment
  
• Royal West Kents
  
• London Regiment
  
• King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  
• Norfolk Regiment
  
• Bedfordshire Regiment
  
• Cheshire Regiment
  
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  
• East Surrey Regiment
  
• Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  
• Manchester Regiment
  
• Devonshire Regiment
  

Thanks,

Richard