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270th Coy Machine Gun Corps
270th Coy Machine Gun Corps
270 Company Machine Gun Corps was formed in Quetta in December 1917 as part of the 4th (Quetta) Division of the Indian Army. The Division contained both Indian and British units. Quetta, now in Pakistan but then on the North-West Frontier of India near the Afghan border, was an important military base. The main access was by railway - the alternative was camels across the desert. The Quetta Division had 2 MCG companies:- 261 from June to December 1917, then 270 Coy from December 1917 onwards. In 1919 the Third Afghan War broke out. Most of the fighting was further north around the Khyber pass, but, as Quetta was near the Afghan border and on the road from Kandahar, the second city of Afghanistan, into India, it was decided to make a preventative strike on the fort at Spin Baldek, just inside Afghanistan. 270 coy MGC formed part of the attacking troops. No medals were issued for this campaign, but men who took part in this action could claim the appropriate clasp to go with the Indian General Service medal, available to those who were there - the medal had to be claimed, it was not issued automatically. These are a few of the men who served in that company.
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British Army 39368 Private North Staffordshire Regiment
British Army 164238 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 175199 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 18236 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment
British Army 118373 Corporal Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 203077 Private East Kent Regiment
British Army 114141 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 117444 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 1277 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 113979 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 16457 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 175200 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 2429 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 113983 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 2 Private East Kent Regiment
British Army 113729 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 36027 Private Somerset Light Infantry
British Army 114247 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 4296 Private East Kent Regiment
British Army 114137 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 118993 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 17112 Private Highland Light Infantry
British Army 3309068 Private Highland Light Infantry
British Army 124647 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 200249 Private East Kent Regiment
British Army 113807 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army S/4072310 Private Army Service Corps
British Army 118349 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 39592 Private North Staffordshire Regiment
British Army 164250 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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British Army 39660 Private North Staffordshire Regiment
British Army 164242 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company
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