Machine Gun Corps
The Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was a corps of the British Army, formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in World War I. The Heavy Branch of the MGC was the first to use tanks in combat, and the branch was subsequently turned into the Tank Corps, later called the Royal Tank Regiment. The Machine Gun Corps was disbanded in 1922.
Names of members of the Machine Gun Corps with Lewisham Borough connections who died and who are remembered on Lewisham WW1 Memorials:
- Arkcoll, William Herbert
- Bowles, Albert Edwin
- Brown, Louis Foster
- Brown, Reively Frederick Henry
- Butler, Harold Hubert
- Chandler, Henry Andrew
- Collyer, George Clifton
- Evans, Albert Edward
- Fegan, Peter J
- Gorbold, Sidney John
- Ground, Francis William
- Harsant, Leslie Milton
- Hegarty, Joseph Harold
- Hooper, William Andrew
- Hoys, Cecil Thomas Gray or Guy
- Huthwaite,Lancelot Charles
- Lonsdale, William
- Matthews, Arthur
- Meads, James Frederick
- Packham, Alfred
- Pennicard, Frederick Charles
- Perkis, Harold Arthur
- Pett, Frederick William
- Pring, Basil Crompton
- Sarson, Henry Albert Alexander
Do you have more information on people named on this page? If so click here to contribute information.
by Local History and Archives Centre, Lewisham and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence