Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
@vickersmg.bsky.social
Registered Charity No. 1210266 (England and Wales). To advance the education of the public in the subject of military history and firearms, in particular (but not exclusively) in relation to the Vickers machine gun.
Our latest Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout video discusses the Bren and how easy it was to strip and clean. Also close ups of our skeletonised Bren. #militaryhistory #notjustvickersmg
January 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Our latest Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout video discusses the Bren and how easy it was to strip and clean. Also close ups of our skeletonised Bren. #militaryhistory #notjustvickersmg
Available, along with our thousands of other items, from just £3 per month (or £27 a year!)
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Available, along with our thousands of other items, from just £3 per month (or £27 a year!)
Our other new archive uploads on the #VickersMG Patreon including Churchill, Crusader, Dingo and Carrier stowage diagrams, and papers for Manchester Regiment, King’s Own Lancasters and a tragic certificate of death for a Far East prisoner of war who died in an air crash on the way home!
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Our other new archive uploads on the #VickersMG Patreon including Churchill, Crusader, Dingo and Carrier stowage diagrams, and papers for Manchester Regiment, King’s Own Lancasters and a tragic certificate of death for a Far East prisoner of war who died in an air crash on the way home!
This upload deserves its own post! A seemingly innocuous Army Book 136 - a notebook - but a platoon roll book, issue book, orders book and lectures for 8th (Saxmundham) Suffolk Home Guard in 1943!
Completely digitised and uploaded to the #VickersMG Patreon today.
Completely digitised and uploaded to the #VickersMG Patreon today.
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 AM
This upload deserves its own post! A seemingly innocuous Army Book 136 - a notebook - but a platoon roll book, issue book, orders book and lectures for 8th (Saxmundham) Suffolk Home Guard in 1943!
Completely digitised and uploaded to the #VickersMG Patreon today.
Completely digitised and uploaded to the #VickersMG Patreon today.
The First World War Vickers MG!
Our latest infographic is now on Patreon as a free access post. Head there to learn more about who did what and what equipment was carried. It is a great piece of work so, although free, please do subscribe to support the work we do.
www.patreon.com/posts/vicker...
Our latest infographic is now on Patreon as a free access post. Head there to learn more about who did what and what equipment was carried. It is a great piece of work so, although free, please do subscribe to support the work we do.
www.patreon.com/posts/vicker...
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The First World War Vickers MG!
Our latest infographic is now on Patreon as a free access post. Head there to learn more about who did what and what equipment was carried. It is a great piece of work so, although free, please do subscribe to support the work we do.
www.patreon.com/posts/vicker...
Our latest infographic is now on Patreon as a free access post. Head there to learn more about who did what and what equipment was carried. It is a great piece of work so, although free, please do subscribe to support the work we do.
www.patreon.com/posts/vicker...
This came out of the box today! An officer’s advance book for a 2/Lt in the Royal Norfolk Regiment. He was taken prisoner ten days later! St Valery-en-Caux. It’s the only entry in the book.
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
This came out of the box today! An officer’s advance book for a 2/Lt in the Royal Norfolk Regiment. He was taken prisoner ten days later! St Valery-en-Caux. It’s the only entry in the book.
A preview of our next archive box to catalogue and share is now on YouTube. Propaganda leaflets, Christmas Cards, Home Guard notebooks, tank stowage diagrams and forms and much more!
Check out the comments for where to find it.
Check out the comments for where to find it.
January 11, 2026 at 10:29 AM
A preview of our next archive box to catalogue and share is now on YouTube. Propaganda leaflets, Christmas Cards, Home Guard notebooks, tank stowage diagrams and forms and much more!
Check out the comments for where to find it.
Check out the comments for where to find it.
The Thompson M1928A1 is the subject of our next Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout over on Patreon.
January 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
The Thompson M1928A1 is the subject of our next Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout over on Patreon.
Head to YouTube for our latest video. It’s a long one but Rich explains the changes in machine gun use during the First World War. There’s something for all aspects from the logistics to the technical aspects of the Vickers MG and a bit about the Lewis and Maxim.
January 7, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Head to YouTube for our latest video. It’s a long one but Rich explains the changes in machine gun use during the First World War. There’s something for all aspects from the logistics to the technical aspects of the Vickers MG and a bit about the Lewis and Maxim.
Our latest video of the extras from Dispatches from the Dugout is now over on the VMGCRA Patreon. Dave and Rich take a closer look at the MP28 we fired during the range segments.
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Our latest video of the extras from Dispatches from the Dugout is now over on the VMGCRA Patreon. Dave and Rich take a closer look at the MP28 we fired during the range segments.
For those in the south of England, Rich will be giving a talk to the Wessex branch of the Western Front Assoc this Saturday 3 January 2026 in Pimperne, near Blandford, Dorset. It will cover machine gunnery during the First World War, the Machine Gun Corps, their training and the people in it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
For those in the south of England, Rich will be giving a talk to the Wessex branch of the Western Front Assoc this Saturday 3 January 2026 in Pimperne, near Blandford, Dorset. It will cover machine gunnery during the First World War, the Machine Gun Corps, their training and the people in it.
Another great cartoon inside of this Machine Gun Corps Christmas Card (47 Battalion, 47 Division) and we have also included a special Christmas gift offer for those who would like to trial our Patreon access.
Head to the VMGCRA Patreon and find this post.
Head to the VMGCRA Patreon and find this post.
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Another great cartoon inside of this Machine Gun Corps Christmas Card (47 Battalion, 47 Division) and we have also included a special Christmas gift offer for those who would like to trial our Patreon access.
Head to the VMGCRA Patreon and find this post.
Head to the VMGCRA Patreon and find this post.
Today’s Machine Gun Corps Christmas card was sent from 149 MG Company in 1917. Inside is a great cartoon illustration capturing a pillbox with men wearing the company flash. Part of 149 (Northumberland) Brigade. Full card accessible on the VMGCRA Patreon.
December 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Today’s Machine Gun Corps Christmas card was sent from 149 MG Company in 1917. Inside is a great cartoon illustration capturing a pillbox with men wearing the company flash. Part of 149 (Northumberland) Brigade. Full card accessible on the VMGCRA Patreon.
An extra card today. ‘Almost MGC’ as it is a 1917 Tank Corps card sent by a former member of 24 Battery MGC Motors - Jack Harkness - for who we hold several pieces. @tankmuseum.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
An extra card today. ‘Almost MGC’ as it is a 1917 Tank Corps card sent by a former member of 24 Battery MGC Motors - Jack Harkness - for who we hold several pieces. @tankmuseum.bsky.social
A simple postcard but from a unit that had only a brief existence with the Machine Gun Corps. When Yeomanry troops found themselves on lorries for the last months of the war.
December 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A simple postcard but from a unit that had only a brief existence with the Machine Gun Corps. When Yeomanry troops found themselves on lorries for the last months of the war.
What’s more festive that a #VickersMG mowing down a group of Germans? 8 Battalion Machine Gun Corps thought this was fine in 1918. Head to our Patreon to see the whole card.
December 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
What’s more festive that a #VickersMG mowing down a group of Germans? 8 Battalion Machine Gun Corps thought this was fine in 1918. Head to our Patreon to see the whole card.
Our latest video: Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout taking a closer look at the PM1910 Maxim we fired and how it was to clean and maintain it. Only over on the VMGCRA Patreon. Join from £3 per month and access one of the biggest online military history archives.
December 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our latest video: Extra! Dispatches from the Dugout taking a closer look at the PM1910 Maxim we fired and how it was to clean and maintain it. Only over on the VMGCRA Patreon. Join from £3 per month and access one of the biggest online military history archives.
Another in house design from the #MachineGunCorps. This time from their camp at Alnwick, Northumberland in 1917. Head to our Patreon to see all the pages with no subscription required.
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Another in house design from the #MachineGunCorps. This time from their camp at Alnwick, Northumberland in 1917. Head to our Patreon to see all the pages with no subscription required.
Another card from the archive. This is #MachineGunCorps ‘adjacent’ as the Machine Gun School was staffed by men of the Artists’ Rifles and School of Musketry at the time.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Another card from the archive. This is #MachineGunCorps ‘adjacent’ as the Machine Gun School was staffed by men of the Artists’ Rifles and School of Musketry at the time.
Defensive measures. Adversaries have the same. From www.patreon.com/posts/119103...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Defensive measures. Adversaries have the same. From www.patreon.com/posts/119103...
Our Christmas card today is not just for the Machine Gun Corps but all of the regiments and corps of the 14th (Light) Division are listed around the central picture of Delville Wood and remembers their actions of August 1916 - one of the more ‘interesting’ Xmas perspectives!
December 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Our Christmas card today is not just for the Machine Gun Corps but all of the regiments and corps of the 14th (Light) Division are listed around the central picture of Delville Wood and remembers their actions of August 1916 - one of the more ‘interesting’ Xmas perspectives!
Another MGC Christmas Card on the VMGCRA Patreon today (for everyone).
This was drawn by Borlase Smart who was Artists’ Rifles and then an instructor in camouflage for the Machine Gun Corps.
This was drawn by Borlase Smart who was Artists’ Rifles and then an instructor in camouflage for the Machine Gun Corps.
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Another MGC Christmas Card on the VMGCRA Patreon today (for everyone).
This was drawn by Borlase Smart who was Artists’ Rifles and then an instructor in camouflage for the Machine Gun Corps.
This was drawn by Borlase Smart who was Artists’ Rifles and then an instructor in camouflage for the Machine Gun Corps.
Machine Gun Battalions in 1917? This Christmas card challenges our thoughts on that. Error or an area we haven’t really explored?
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Machine Gun Battalions in 1917? This Christmas card challenges our thoughts on that. Error or an area we haven’t really explored?
Another example of the #MachineGunCorps soldier’s name and company being printed inside this one. A great poem inside as well - not perhaps one of the ‘classics’ but pretty clever.
Head to Patreon for free access to read it.
Head to Patreon for free access to read it.
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Another example of the #MachineGunCorps soldier’s name and company being printed inside this one. A great poem inside as well - not perhaps one of the ‘classics’ but pretty clever.
Head to Patreon for free access to read it.
Head to Patreon for free access to read it.
Another Advent Machine Gun Corps card today. One for New Year more than Christmas but interesting because the sender’s name is printed, rather than written, inside alongside their company.
Yesterday do our Friday archives we shared some more regular postcards too.
Yesterday do our Friday archives we shared some more regular postcards too.
December 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Another Advent Machine Gun Corps card today. One for New Year more than Christmas but interesting because the sender’s name is printed, rather than written, inside alongside their company.
Yesterday do our Friday archives we shared some more regular postcards too.
Yesterday do our Friday archives we shared some more regular postcards too.