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WW1,MGC badge painted on Helmet
© IWM (HU 120030)
Second Lieutenant John Harold Claughton. 35th Company, Machine Gun Company (Infantry). Death: 30 November 1917, Missing in action, Western Front.
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The enemy certainly subjected machine gunners special attention, understandably, I suppose, the suicide club, does seem an apt name.
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With a badge like this one it makes for a good aiming point....
Jo
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Looking at photographs of members of the MGC, the badge does appear to have been worn on the helmet surprisingly often, although of course, the Corps was huge, I dare say the actual number of men who did wear it upon the helmet might well have been insignificant.
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Great photo , thanks for sharing
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
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