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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: ganga on Friday 04 December 20 13:28 GMT (UK)
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I have a photo of someone i'm told is my great uncle, his cap badge is that of the Machine Gun Corp, but the ,military records i have found for him show that he was in the Kings Royal Rifles.
records show he was a Lewis gunner ( he was captured at St Quentin on 21/3)
was the MGC ever part of KRR in WW1 ?
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No, two distinct separate entities entirely.
As a Lewis gunner, no reason why he may have transferred. What was his name/number.
MaxD
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As far as I am aware, when the MGC was formed in October 1915, men were transferred across to it.
My wife's Grandfather transferred from the KOYLI over to them later in the war.
Frank.
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Interesting film; https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022863
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If you read down you will see mention of Lewis guns;
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/machine-gun-corps-in-the-first-world-war/