Two men of No. 34 MG Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, 34th Division. Likely 1918 or 1919 based on similar photos of period. Possibly taken in Germany.

Vickers machine gun is late production and fitted with Mark 2 muzzle cone. Tripod is fitted with Mark 1 direction dial and elevating wheel. Tangent sight slide is possibly Mark 2* with butterfly rather than wheel. No belt is fitted.

Both men in service dress with soft caps. Machine Gun Corps cap badges. Men wear checkerboard divisional insignia of 34 Division. Man in No 2 position wears MGC brass titles. No 1 wears 1914 pattern equipment with pistol order and pistol is present, possibly on lanyard. Bayonet frog is empty.

They are on soft sand with fence line and telegraph pole behind them.

SKR0002.4132 1918-1919