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== Also see==
*[[Royal Tank Corps]] for Armoured Motor Batteries and Armoured Motor Brigades of the Machine Gun Corps
*[[25th Motor Machine Gun Battery (Calcutta Volunteers)]]
==Chronology==
*'''1915'''.10.22. Formed with three branches: Cavalry, Infantry, and Motors which incorporated the Motor Machine Guns Gun Service.: The Motor Machine Guns Gun Service was formed prior to this date, and was in existence at 1 July 1915, when it was part of the R. F. A. [Royal Field Artillery]. It appears to have been formed prior to this date1914. Refer Historical books online below.
*'''1916'''.11.18. Heavy Branch of Motor MG Service formed.
*'''1917'''.07.27. Heavy Branch withdrawn to form Tank Corps, and Motor MG Service gradually disbanded.
The following Machine Gun Companies are known to have been in India
*222 Machine Gun Company. It was at Campbellpur at least for the period 1 March 1917 to 22 October 1917. The company then moved to Rawalpindi, where it remained past 18 April 1918. It was still in existence in June 1919.
*263 Machine Gun Company. Formed in India, December 1917. There is a War Diary available for the period May-September 1919, probably for service during the [[3rd Afghan War]]
*282 Machine Gun Company. It was at Mhow, at least for the period 17 January 1919 to 5 June 1919
*283 Machine Gun Company. It appears to have been In India In 1916 and was at Mhow, Christmas Day 1918
*285 Machine Gun Company. There is a War Diary available for the period May-July 1919, probably for service during the [[3rd Afghan War]]
*287 Machine Gun Company was part of the Kohat-Kurram Force May – August 1919. A War Diary is available.
*[https://archive.org/details/throughpalestine17109gut ''Through Palestine with the 20th Machine Gun Squadron''] 1920 Project Gutenberg at Archive.org, or from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17109 Gutenberg.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/motorcycle16lond_ ''The Motor Cycle'']. Link is to ''Volume 16'', January to June 1916. Links for other available online volumes may be accessed [https://archive.org/search.php?query=publisher%3A%22London+%3A+%27The+Motor+Cycle%27%22&sort=-date here]. Archive.org. Mention of Despatch Riders and the Motor Machine Gun Service (MMGS).
**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle05lond_/motorcycle05lond#page/10/mode/1up "Motor Machine Gun Service: Vacancies for Motor Cyclists, Mechanics and Car Drivers"] to enlist in the M.M.G.S. (R. F.A). ''The Motor Cycle'', Volume 15, July 1st, 1915, page 10
**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle16lond_/motorcycle16lond#page/n371/mode/2up "“The Motor Cycle” Recruiting Section"] Recruiting in Coventry, England for the Motor Machine Gun Service. ''The Motor Cycle'', Volume 16, March 16th, 1916, page 256.
**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle16lond_/motorcycle16lond#page/n413/mode/2up "Motor Machine Gun Batteries"] of the Motor Machine Gun Service including 22nd Motor Machine Gun Battery, ''The Motor Cycle, Volume 16'', March 23rd 1916, pages 282-283 Archive.org. Includes a photograph of the Battery. “The MMGS which is now a Branch of the Machine Gun Corps sanctioned last year by His Majesty the King, has lately been extended, and embraces all forms of mobile machine guns.”
**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle16lond_/motorcycle16lond#page/n510/mode/1up "“The Motor Cycle” Recruiting Section"] ''The Motor Cycle'', Volume 16, April 13th, 1916, page 351. Includes a photograph of 25th Battery, Motor Machine Gun Section. Note: this is a different Battery from the [[25th Motor Machine Gun Battery (Calcutta Volunteers)]]
**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle17lond_/motorcycle17lond#page/n84/mode/1up "In India with the MMGS"] Letter from Sgt A Fielder page 35, July 13th 1916 ''The Motor Cycle, Volume 17''. With photograph. The unnamed Battery is stated to be 22 Battery.<ref> mcassell. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/249397-22nd-battery-machine-gun-corps-motors/&do=findComment&comment=2527657 22nd Battery Machine Gun Corps (Motors)] ''Great War Forum'' 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.</ref>
**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle17lond_/motorcycle17lond#page/n304/mode/1up Photograph: Members of a Machine Gun Battery now in India] ''The Motor Cycle'', Volume 17, August 31st, 1916, page 184.
**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle18lond_/motorcycle18lond#page/n531/mode/1up/ "Military Notes"] Includes a photograph of Sgts Fielding and Barton, with a motor machine gun battery in India. ''The Motor Cycle'', Volume 18 May 3rd, 1917, page 395
*[https://archive.org/details/frenchenglishdic00malo '' French-English Dictionary of Machine Gun Terms''] by Major H J Maloney, 1st Lt Frank Short, 1st Lt. H Morton [USA Army] 1918 Archive.org
