can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Harold Sandford Mugford, April 11th 1917 at Monchy-le-Preux, France John Reginald Noble Graham, April 22nd 1917 at Istabulat, Mesopotamia Allan Ebenezer Ker, March 21st 1918 near Saint-Quentin, France Herbert George Columbine, March 22nd 1918 at Hervilly Wood, France Arthur Henry Cross, March 25th 1918 at Ervillers, France William Allison White, September 18th 1918 at Gouzeaucourt, France David Stuart McGregor, October 22nd 1918 near Hoogemolen, Belgium Machine Gun Corps Memorial, London A memorial to the 15,552 wartime fatalities of the Machine Gun Corps was unveiled on 10 May 1925 by the Duke of Connaught, at Hyde Park Corner in London. It features a bronze statue by Francis Derwent Wood in the Renaissance style, depicting the youthful David after his defeat of the giant Goliath, an event described in the Book of Samuel; on lower plinths flanking the figure are two bronze models of Vickers machine guns, wreathed in laurels. A short service of remembrance known as the Annual Observance is held on the second Saturday in May at the Memorial, which is organised by the Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades' Association. On Remembrance Sunday, the second Sunday in November, there is also a wreath laying ceremony held in conjunction with the ceremony at the nearby Royal Artillery Memorial. Notable personnel :Category:Machine Gun Corps soldiers :Category:Machine Gun Corps officers References Bibliography Coppard, George, With a Machine Gun to Cambrai. Cassell Military Paperbacks, 1999. Cornish, Paul, Machine Guns and the Great War. Pen & Sword Ltd 2009 Crutchley, C. E., Machine Gunner: 1914–1918. Purnell Book Services, 1975. Weapons & War Machines - Ian V. Hogg & John Batchelor - Pheobus - 1976 Hutchison, G. S., Machine Guns: Their History and Tactical Employment (Being also a History of the Machine Gun Corps, 1916–1922). London: Macmillan, 1938. Russell, Arthur, With the Machine Gun Corps from Grantham to Cologne. London : Dranes, 1923. Stevens, F. A., The Machine Gun Corps: A Short History. Tonbridge: F. A. Stevens, 1981. MGC Old Comrades Association Time Team Series 20 Episode 01 The Forgotten Gunners of WWI External links The Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades' Association — Private Alfred Adams, MGC, killed at Oppy-Gavrelle in 1917 British administrative corps Military units and formations established in 1915 Military units and formations disestablished in 1922 Royal Tank Regiment