Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Active	16 April 1917 – 15 December 1936
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Expeditionary Force (1917–1920); Canadian Militia (1919–1936);
Type	Machine gunners
Role	Direct and indirect machine gun fire
Part of	Canadian Expeditionary Force (1917–1918); Permanent Active Militia (1919–1923); Non-Permanent Active Militia (1919–1936);
Nickname(s)	"Emma Gees"
Engagements	First World War
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Raymond Brutinel

The Canadian Machine Gun Corps (CMGC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) and of the Canadian Militia. It was part of the CEF sent to France during World War I. By 1918, the CMGC consisted of four battalions (each of four machine gun companies), and five independent motor machine gun batteries, attached to each of the four Canadian divisions. In addition, the 20th Machine Gun Company CEF served at Vladivostok as a unit in the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force. The CMGC donated a wall plaque at St. George's Church in Ypres.

The Canadian Permanent Machine Gun Brigade was organized in the Permanent Force on 16 April 1917. The brigade was redesignated the Royal Canadian Permanent Machine Gun Brigade on 16 June 1921. This brigade was disbanded on 1 November 1923. The Non-Permanent Active Militia component of the CMGC continued to serve until it was disbanded as part of the 1936 militia reorganization, and its roles were transferred to the newly formed infantry (machine gun) battalions.