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Lieutenant A. L. Bobby, Machine Gun Corps and Middlesex Regiment, c.1917

Image credit: National Army Museum

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This portrait was painted posthumously from a photograph.

In 1914 each British infantry battalion had two .303 Maxim machine guns. These were replaced by the modern Vickers, which was produced in greater numbers as the First World War progressed. A total of 75,000 were eventually manufactured. In 1915 it was decided to concentrate these heavy, water-cooled weapons into the Machine Gun Corps. Local firepower for the infantry was provided by the lighter, man-portable Lewis Gun. In their role of providing offensive and defensive barrages, the Vickers machine gunners of the MGC were always a prime target for enemy fire. Casualties were so heavy (62,000 out of 170,000 officers and men) that the Corps was nicknamed the 'suicide club'.

National Army Museum

London

Title

Lieutenant A. L. Bobby, Machine Gun Corps and Middlesex Regiment, c.1917

Date

1918

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 68.5 x W 55.8 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1994-01-1-8

Acquisition method

gift from the Trustees of the Middlesex Regimental Museum, 1994

Work type

Painting

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