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*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000780 1976 interview with Walter Cousins], British private served with 1/5th Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1914-1916; NCO served with 222nd Coy, Machine Gun Corps in India and Afghanistan, 1916-1920. Imperial War Museums | *Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000780 1976 interview with Walter Cousins], British private served with 1/5th Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1914-1916; NCO served with 222nd Coy, Machine Gun Corps in India and Afghanistan, 1916-1920. Imperial War Museums | ||
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000953 1977 interview with Charles Douglas Armstrong], British officer served with 7th Bn Machine Gun Corps in India, 1920- 1921; served with 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1926-1929; served as staff officer with Manzai Bde on North West Frontier in India, 1929-1933; served as adjutant with 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1933-1938. Imperial War Museums | *Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000953 1977 interview with Charles Douglas Armstrong], British officer served with 7th Bn Machine Gun Corps in India, 1920- 1921; served with 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1926-1929; served as staff officer with Manzai Bde on North West Frontier in India, 1929-1933; served as adjutant with 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1933-1938. Imperial War Museums | ||
*Great War Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=196239 thread] about the 15th Machine Gun Squadron, most likely a Cavalry Unit, with some photographs of the [[3rd Afghan War|1919 Afghan War]] . To see the photographs, you must be a logged in member of that Forum, see [[Mailing lists]]. | |||
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Revision as of 11:31, 14 July 2013
A British Army regiment
Also see
- Royal Tank Corps for Armoured Motor Batteries and Armoured Motor Brigades of the Machine Gun Corps
Records
National Archives, Kew
War Diaries at the National Archives
Catalogue entries include
- WO 95/5391 1 Cavalry Brigade: 15 Squadron Machine Gun Company 1919 May - Aug.
- WO 95/5391 10 Cavalry Brigade: 24 Squadron Machine Gun Corps 1919 May – June
- WO 95/5392 Kohat-Kurram Force: Force Troops: 287 Machine Gun Company 1919 May - Aug.
- WO 95/5405 263 Company Machine Gun Corps 1919 May - Sept.
- WO 95/5405 285 Company Machine Gun Corps 1919 May – July
External Links
- Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades Association
- Listen to the 1976 interview with Walter Cousins, British private served with 1/5th Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1914-1916; NCO served with 222nd Coy, Machine Gun Corps in India and Afghanistan, 1916-1920. Imperial War Museums
- Listen to the 1977 interview with Charles Douglas Armstrong, British officer served with 7th Bn Machine Gun Corps in India, 1920- 1921; served with 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1926-1929; served as staff officer with Manzai Bde on North West Frontier in India, 1929-1933; served as adjutant with 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regt in India, 1933-1938. Imperial War Museums
- Great War Forum thread about the 15th Machine Gun Squadron, most likely a Cavalry Unit, with some photographs of the 1919 Afghan War . To see the photographs, you must be a logged in member of that Forum, see Mailing lists.