Now on the VMGCRA archive on Patreon. Join from £3 per month. #MachineGunCorps #FWWHist
www.patreon.com/posts/115720...
www.patreon.com/posts/115720...
November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Now on the VMGCRA archive on Patreon. Join from £3 per month. #MachineGunCorps #FWWHist
www.patreon.com/posts/115720...
www.patreon.com/posts/115720...
Linking names with pictures!
From the VMGCRA Patreon and the MGC Database we share on the @UkNatArchives @UKNatArcSector
#MachineGunCorps #FWWHist #FirstWorldWar #VickersMG
From the VMGCRA Patreon and the MGC Database we share on the @UkNatArchives @UKNatArcSector
#MachineGunCorps #FWWHist #FirstWorldWar #VickersMG
February 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Linking names with pictures!
From the VMGCRA Patreon and the MGC Database we share on the @UkNatArchives @UKNatArcSector
#MachineGunCorps #FWWHist #FirstWorldWar #VickersMG
From the VMGCRA Patreon and the MGC Database we share on the @UkNatArchives @UKNatArcSector
#MachineGunCorps #FWWHist #FirstWorldWar #VickersMG
A favourite from the Howard scrapbook we’re currently uploading onto Patreon. It is full of papers and photographs from the Artists’ Rifles, the Machine Gun School and the 55th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.
#machineguncorps #firstworldwar #artistsrifles #archive #militaryhistory
#machineguncorps #firstworldwar #artistsrifles #archive #militaryhistory
February 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A favourite from the Howard scrapbook we’re currently uploading onto Patreon. It is full of papers and photographs from the Artists’ Rifles, the Machine Gun School and the 55th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.
#machineguncorps #firstworldwar #artistsrifles #archive #militaryhistory
#machineguncorps #firstworldwar #artistsrifles #archive #militaryhistory
We have just started uploading the many hundreds (several thousand) of our #MachineGunCorps postcards. We have more of these than many of the national collections combined so if you're interested in First World War imagery and history, head over to our Patreon and subscribe.
February 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We have just started uploading the many hundreds (several thousand) of our #MachineGunCorps postcards. We have more of these than many of the national collections combined so if you're interested in First World War imagery and history, head over to our Patreon and subscribe.
Now on the VMGCRA Patreon. Sign up from just £3 per month and access these and much more #MachineGunCorps #FFWHist and #VickersMG history. www.patreon.com/vickersmg
November 15, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Now on the VMGCRA Patreon. Sign up from just £3 per month and access these and much more #MachineGunCorps #FFWHist and #VickersMG history. www.patreon.com/vickersmg
Today’s #MachineGunCorps Christmas Card is from 62nd Battalion and captures their whole war service.
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Today’s #MachineGunCorps Christmas Card is from 62nd Battalion and captures their whole war service.
#otd1917 #machineguncorps #firstworldwar #militaryhistory #victoriacross
The first VC of the Machine Gun Corps (but not the first gazetted).
The first VC of the Machine Gun Corps (but not the first gazetted).
April 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#otd1917 #machineguncorps #firstworldwar #militaryhistory #victoriacross
The first VC of the Machine Gun Corps (but not the first gazetted).
The first VC of the Machine Gun Corps (but not the first gazetted).
#OTD 1922 The #MachineGunCorps ceased to exist. It was disbanded unceremoniously having been wound down after the First World War.
July 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#OTD 1922 The #MachineGunCorps ceased to exist. It was disbanded unceremoniously having been wound down after the First World War.
#OTD 1915 The #machineguncorps was formed. Only in existence until 1922, it consolidated machine gunnery from across the army and developed organisation, training and doctrine that resonates still today.
#militaryhistory #firstworldwar #vickersmg
#militaryhistory #firstworldwar #vickersmg
October 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#OTD 1915 The #machineguncorps was formed. Only in existence until 1922, it consolidated machine gunnery from across the army and developed organisation, training and doctrine that resonates still today.
#militaryhistory #firstworldwar #vickersmg
#militaryhistory #firstworldwar #vickersmg
From a donation at the end of 2023, we have now scanned and catalogued this amazing scrapbook of Captain Frederick Howard’s service in the Artists’ Rifles (28th Bn London Regiment) and then as an instructor at the Machine Gun School.
#fwwhist #firstworldwar #artistsrifles #machineguncorps #vickersmg
#fwwhist #firstworldwar #artistsrifles #machineguncorps #vickersmg
February 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
From a donation at the end of 2023, we have now scanned and catalogued this amazing scrapbook of Captain Frederick Howard’s service in the Artists’ Rifles (28th Bn London Regiment) and then as an instructor at the Machine Gun School.
#fwwhist #firstworldwar #artistsrifles #machineguncorps #vickersmg
#fwwhist #firstworldwar #artistsrifles #machineguncorps #vickersmg
The anniversary of the first #MachineGunCorps #VictoriaCross is this month. We are honoured to have access to the original medal and notebooks.
To learn more, you can purchase Lt Graham’s memoir in a limited edition publication from the VMGCRA for £25 plus postage. vickersmg.blog/product/grah...
To learn more, you can purchase Lt Graham’s memoir in a limited edition publication from the VMGCRA for £25 plus postage. vickersmg.blog/product/grah...
April 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The anniversary of the first #MachineGunCorps #VictoriaCross is this month. We are honoured to have access to the original medal and notebooks.
To learn more, you can purchase Lt Graham’s memoir in a limited edition publication from the VMGCRA for £25 plus postage. vickersmg.blog/product/grah...
To learn more, you can purchase Lt Graham’s memoir in a limited edition publication from the VMGCRA for £25 plus postage. vickersmg.blog/product/grah...
It’s likely he had been issued the helmet merely days before!
From the amazing Graham Sacker collection. We will be uploading his service papers and medical documents on to our Vickers MG Supporter Corps Patreon archive in the coming days. Join and support us there. #machineguncorps #firstworldwar
From the amazing Graham Sacker collection. We will be uploading his service papers and medical documents on to our Vickers MG Supporter Corps Patreon archive in the coming days. Join and support us there. #machineguncorps #firstworldwar
July 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
It’s likely he had been issued the helmet merely days before!
From the amazing Graham Sacker collection. We will be uploading his service papers and medical documents on to our Vickers MG Supporter Corps Patreon archive in the coming days. Join and support us there. #machineguncorps #firstworldwar
From the amazing Graham Sacker collection. We will be uploading his service papers and medical documents on to our Vickers MG Supporter Corps Patreon archive in the coming days. Join and support us there. #machineguncorps #firstworldwar
The final three articles in this issue of Zero Post are ‘Emma Gee Profiles’ which are biographies of machine gunners. All of these are from the #MachineGunCorps and give an insight into the lives, and deaths, of three men. Read on the VMGCRA Patreon for free.
www.patreon.com/collection/7...
www.patreon.com/collection/7...
September 14, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The final three articles in this issue of Zero Post are ‘Emma Gee Profiles’ which are biographies of machine gunners. All of these are from the #MachineGunCorps and give an insight into the lives, and deaths, of three men. Read on the VMGCRA Patreon for free.
www.patreon.com/collection/7...
www.patreon.com/collection/7...
First batch of Alistair Taylor's AB64s uploaded including #MachineGunCorps, #Canadian MGC and an Australian MG Battalion soldier. With a mix of letters, photographs, plus an CMGC cap badge.
All accessible with a £3 subscription to the VMGCRA Patreon.
#AB64 #FirstWorldWar #militaryhistory #FWWHist
All accessible with a £3 subscription to the VMGCRA Patreon.
#AB64 #FirstWorldWar #militaryhistory #FWWHist
April 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
First batch of Alistair Taylor's AB64s uploaded including #MachineGunCorps, #Canadian MGC and an Australian MG Battalion soldier. With a mix of letters, photographs, plus an CMGC cap badge.
All accessible with a £3 subscription to the VMGCRA Patreon.
#AB64 #FirstWorldWar #militaryhistory #FWWHist
All accessible with a £3 subscription to the VMGCRA Patreon.
#AB64 #FirstWorldWar #militaryhistory #FWWHist
Some of the smaller #machineguncorps archive pieces that we have been uploading to our Patreon and linking to the MGC Database. All accessible from just £3 per month.
September 8, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Some of the smaller #machineguncorps archive pieces that we have been uploading to our Patreon and linking to the MGC Database. All accessible from just £3 per month.
This week on the VMGCRA Patreon:
- #MilitaryTrainingPamphlet 23, OPERATIONS, Pt X. - Infantry Div in the Advance. 1941
- Visit info - Sunday 15 Dec 2024
- The First Sportman's Gazette Vol 1 No 5 1915
plus a dozen #MachineGunCorps photographs
£3 per month and 1,791 posts so far!
- #MilitaryTrainingPamphlet 23, OPERATIONS, Pt X. - Infantry Div in the Advance. 1941
- Visit info - Sunday 15 Dec 2024
- The First Sportman's Gazette Vol 1 No 5 1915
plus a dozen #MachineGunCorps photographs
£3 per month and 1,791 posts so far!
November 8, 2024 at 3:52 PM
This week on the VMGCRA Patreon:
- #MilitaryTrainingPamphlet 23, OPERATIONS, Pt X. - Infantry Div in the Advance. 1941
- Visit info - Sunday 15 Dec 2024
- The First Sportman's Gazette Vol 1 No 5 1915
plus a dozen #MachineGunCorps photographs
£3 per month and 1,791 posts so far!
- #MilitaryTrainingPamphlet 23, OPERATIONS, Pt X. - Infantry Div in the Advance. 1941
- Visit info - Sunday 15 Dec 2024
- The First Sportman's Gazette Vol 1 No 5 1915
plus a dozen #MachineGunCorps photographs
£3 per month and 1,791 posts so far!
Another dozen or so items added to the online archive today, including #MachineGunCorps postcards and images. www.patreon.com/posts/150040...
February 6, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Another dozen or so items added to the online archive today, including #MachineGunCorps postcards and images. www.patreon.com/posts/150040...
Another in house design from the #MachineGunCorps. This time from their camp at Alnwick, Northumberland in 1917. Head to our Patreon to see all the pages with no subscription required.
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Another in house design from the #MachineGunCorps. This time from their camp at Alnwick, Northumberland in 1917. Head to our Patreon to see all the pages with no subscription required.
Another card from the archive. This is #MachineGunCorps ‘adjacent’ as the Machine Gun School was staffed by men of the Artists’ Rifles and School of Musketry at the time.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Another card from the archive. This is #MachineGunCorps ‘adjacent’ as the Machine Gun School was staffed by men of the Artists’ Rifles and School of Musketry at the time.
Another example of the #MachineGunCorps soldier’s name and company being printed inside this one. A great poem inside as well - not perhaps one of the ‘classics’ but pretty clever.
Head to Patreon for free access to read it.
Head to Patreon for free access to read it.
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Another example of the #MachineGunCorps soldier’s name and company being printed inside this one. A great poem inside as well - not perhaps one of the ‘classics’ but pretty clever.
Head to Patreon for free access to read it.
Head to Patreon for free access to read it.