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History of the Vickers Machine Gun 1914-1918 |
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| This page is dedicated to the Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades Association, particularly Judith Lappin, Hon. Sec. | This page would not have been possible without the assistance of CW4 Herbert H "Sarge" Booker 2nd. |
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| A British Machine Gun Corps wool cap with badge. Note cotton lining. | A set of WW1 New Zealand Machine Gun Specialists insignia. |
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A couple of Aussie Vickers Gunners. |
Above left. The colour patch and the felt "crossed machine guns" badge of the AIF | |
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Leather container that was part of the Vickers Gun accessory kit |
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Another leather container that was part of the Vickers Gun WW2 accessory kit. Note the date of manufacture, 1944. |
Commercially available booklet on the Vickers mechanism |
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| Metal box of Vickers .303 inch ball ammunition and a cloth belt that ammo came in. WW1. | |
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| Vickers brass 2 piece cleaning rod. | Vickers ammo belt |
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250 .303 ball ammo in Mk 7 belts, boxed, WW2 |
Vickers Training Kit |
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Vickers oil can? water can? |
Guards Machine Gun Battalion (British) |
