The Machine Gun Corps (1915-1922) regimental emblem on a World War I headstone at the Essex Farm Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium

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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 the First World War. The Heavy Branch of the MGC was the first to use tanks in combat and was subsequently turned into the Tank Corps, later called the Royal Tank Regiment. The MGC remained in existence after the war until it was disbanded in 1922. Active : 1915-1922.

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Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Essex Farm Cemetery, Diksmuidseweg, 8900 Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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