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==Machine Gun Corps Memorial, London==
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A memorial to the 15,552 wartime fatalities of the Machine Gun Corps was unveiled on 10 May 1925 by the [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Duke of Connaught]], at [[Hyde Park Corner]] in London. It features a [[Bronze sculpture|bronze statue]] by [[Francis Derwent Wood]] in the [[Renaissance art|Renaissance style]], depicting the youthful [[David]] after his defeat of the giant [[Goliath]], an event described in the [[Book of Samuel]]; on lower plinths flanking the figure are two bronze models of Vickers machine guns, wreathed in laurels.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1226874 |desc=Machine Gun Corps Memorial |access-date=26 February 2018 }}</ref>

A short service of remembrance known as the Annual Observance is held on the second Saturday in May at the Memorial, which is organised by the Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades' Association. On [[Remembrance Sunday]], the second Sunday in November, there is also a wreath laying ceremony held in conjunction with the ceremony at the nearby [[Royal Artillery Memorial]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.machineguncorps.co.uk/remember.html |title=The Machine Gun Corps - Remembrance |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.machineguncorps.co.uk |publisher=Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades' Association |access-date=26 February 2018 }}</ref>

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Machine Gun Corps.JPG|The "Boy David" Memorial to the Machine Gun Corps in [[London]].
MachineGunCorpsInscription.JPG|The inscription on the memorial: "[[Saul the King|Saul]] hath slain his thousands but [[David]] his tens of thousands" from 1 Samuel: chapter 18, verse 7.
MGC Boy David Memorial Rear Inscription.jpg|The inscription on rear of the memorial.
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