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The Army Service Corps
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The Army Service Corps can be traced back to the Corps of Waggoners formed in 1794. The main role of the ASC was transport, they were responsible for the movement of all supplies required by the Army, including food, fuel, ammunition, horses, clothing and equipment. During the Great War supplies were moved by horse drawn, steam and motor powered vehicles as well as by rail and waterways. The abbreviation MT stands for Motorized Transport and HT for Horse Transport.
The Army Service Corps was organised into Companies and provided men for the Divisonal Train, Divisional Supply Column and Divisional Ammunition Park for each Division of the British Army. The Remounts Service was responsible for the supply of trained horses, whilst the Labour Corps provided men skilled in manual labour, who under took tasks such as loading and unloading supplies from trains and ships. The Pioneer Battalions took care of repairing roads and railways and army buildings.
The Army Service Corps numbered over ten thousand officers and a third of a million men, as well as employing huge numbers of labourers from China, India and Africa along with locals.
The Army Service Corps became The Royal Army Service Corps in 1918 and their decendant unit today is the Royal Logistic Corps.
- 1st Divisional Train, 6, 13, 16 & 36 Companies
- 2nd Divisional Train, 8, 11, 28, 31 & 35 Companies
- 6th Divisional Train, 17, 19, 23 & 24 Companies
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Those known to have served with The Army Service Corps during the Great War.
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677 Dvr. George A. Phillips Army Service Corps (d.10th Oct 1914) George Phillips died at Netley on the 10th October 1914 he was 29 years old. |
711 Henry Hunt I'm trying to find out more about my grandfather Henry Hunt, who died from the effects of gassing after the first world war. In 1915 he was working in a car factory in Preston, and I wonder if he was called up for his ability to drive a car. Also, I remember my father saying that Henry had worked with horses. Anyway, the only lead have is a photograph, where is wearing a standard Tommies uniform, but has an unusual shoulder badge in the shape of a star. Could this be army service corps? It is close the the cap badge worn by the Army Service Corps. |
725 2nd Lt. Leslie William John Clist 2/4th Btn. Somerset Light infantry Leslie Clist enlisted in the Army Service Corps and was a Corporal when he went to France on the 24th of July 1915. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. into the Somerset Light Infantry on the 26th of Novemeber 1917 and was posted to the 2/4th Battalion, serving in Palestine and France. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 30th of April 1919. |
746 Act Cpl Cecil Hearnden Royal Fusliers My father served in WW1 having falsified his age to join up, he enlisted with the London Regiment and served with the Royal Fusilers and later the Army Service Corps. He was in the reserve at start of WW2 and went to France with the BEF, he was wounded and captured, ending up in Stalag XXB.
If anyone has any information on his service during the Great War I'd be very grateful. |
748 Pte. David Adam Magee Croix de la Guerre Army Service Corps My Grandfather David A. Magee joined the A.S.C 1915 and left in 1919. I believe he drove a field ambulance in France. According to his demob certificate while also involved with the Lord Stratheonas Horse & Canadian Expeditionary Force he was awarded the Croix de Guerre dated 13.3.1917. We have no more information on this and no medal, although we have all his other campaign medals. This is about the time of the Battle of Moreuil Wood. Can anyone help me acquire anymore information on why he was awarded this medal? Thanks.
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809 Pte. John Henry Bray Army Service Corps My sister Irene and I are looking for a photo of our Grandfather, or any information about him, as we have never seen him. The photographs that existed of him have long been lost. His name was J. H. Bray, we think the J. H. stood for John Henry. The reason we are asking is that we have found a medal that belonged to him. Printed on one side of the medal are the words "THE GREAT WAR OF CIVILISATION 1914 - 1919" and the other side is what seems to be an Angel. Round the edge of the medal are the words " M2 - 049076 PTE. J. H. BRAY A.S.C.".
Thank you for taking time out to read this letter, and in anticipation Thank you for your help. |
500646 Dvr. Albert H. Dean 527th Horse Transport Coy. Army Service Corps (d.27th Nov 1918) My Grandmother's Uncle Albert H Dean; an ambulance man from New Malden
in Surrey, survived almost to the last day of the war only to die in the 10th Military Hospital in France of
bronch-pneumonia, leaving a young and devoted widow named Mabel and two very young sons.
Albert had asked his cousin to "look after Mabel and the boys" should anything happen to him. His cousin
married Mabel and did take good care of his boys. I am in possession of Albert H Dean's original military
death certificate and I was lucky enough to meet his 95 year old surviving son, Arthur Dean, a couple of years back
who was able to describe the day that they received word that his father had died and was to be buried at Rouen.
Arthur Dean still commemorates his father's life - all of these many years later - on Armistice Day. He cried when
I was able to hand over a small Bible (which had been left to me amongst family papers and photos and other memorabilia)
that had once belonged to his father when his father was a boy. |
983 Private Frederick Arthur Hopps 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers (d.2nd September 1918) Frederick Hopps was compulsorily transferred from Army Service Corps to 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers mid January 1918 and was killed in action 2nd September same year. Grave at Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery (near Ypres) - Grave reference IV.G.17. At rest with about 20 (actually 21 others) comrades from the same battalion who died on the same day. R.I.P.
He was the son of Mrs. A. E. Hopps and was aged 24 when he was killed.
The others who died that day are:
BOYLEN J 41678 7TH BN
CROWTHER H 41905 1ST BN
DOORIS T 26917 1ST BN
HARDY C J 49978 1ST BN
HEATH G D 49993 1ST BN
HEATHMAN H 50019 1ST BN
HOLLAND H 49811 1ST BN
HOPPS FA 41860 1ST BN
HYLAND J 11056 1ST BN
JAGGER E 41882 1ST BN
JONES WJ 49911 1ST BN
KOSZEGI F 29616 1ST BN
LEAH J 23478 1ST BN
LINNEY E H 41811 1ST BN
MCGEEHAN N 40134 1ST BN
MONTGOMERY S 2482 1ST BN
O'CONNOR H 6964 1ST BN
PARFITT F E 50018 1ST BN
PARTINGTON M R 49980 1ST BN
SHERIDAN P 23754 1ST BN
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204714 Pte. Henry Rixon 18th Aux Bus Coy. (d. 24th Aug 1918) I am trying to trace more information about Henry Rixon. I do know that he served in the Hundred Days Offensive, the final period of World War 1. He was killed in Action 24th August 1918 and is commemorated at Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres. |
187813 Pte. Harry L. Rule HQ 52nd Lowland Division Army Service Corps (d.1st Jan 1917) My late Grandfather, Private Harry L. Rule was born in Hawick, Scotland. He was the son of Mr John Rule, Inspector of Poor, and Mrs. Rule. Private Rule died at sea, aged 41, on 1st January 1917 when SS Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk near Cape Matapan, Greece, by German submarine UB-47.
121 lives were lost when the ship went down. Private Rule left a widow, Elizabeth, and three young children, John, Jim and Janet. His name is recorded on the Mikra Memorial, Kalamaria, Greece.
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140417 Pte. Joe George Rey Army Service Corps I have recently discovered that my great grandfather, Joe Rey served in ASC during World War 1 and was in France between 12/8/1914 and 23/8/1915. I would be very interested to find which unit he served with and and any stories related to the unit, I would especially like to see any pictures of the unit. |
149872 Drv. Myer Bookman Army Service Corps My Grandfather, Myer Bookman is reputed to have been a driver for T E Lawrence which I would like to try and confirm. He is also supposed to have been imprisoned for a short while for refusing to go on a firing squad.
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149098 Pte. John Christie Mechanical Transport Army Service Corps (d.28 Nov 1915) John Christie was born in Darlington in 1881, one of twins who were the eldest of 8 sons. Four of those brothers were fatal casualties in WW1.
I am trying to establish what actually happened to John, did he die from injuries received? He is listed as having died in Brough, a town in what was Westmorland - was there a military hospital there in 1915? The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website tells me he is buried in All Saints Cemetery in Newcastle. Can anyone shed any light please? If so, I would be delighted to hear from them. |
207162 Thomas Kimbley Army Service Corps Thomas Kimbley was my great grandfather who unfortunately died before I was born. I know very little about him and have only managed to find his medal card so far. It is rumoured that Thomas lied about his age in order to enlist but I have no idea if this is in fact true or not. |
206358 Pte. Thomas Edwards Remount Squad Army Service Corps I don't know a lot about my great grand father, ThoMas Edwards. All I have is name rank and number and 2 War Medals that he received for his service. But I would like to know more about the job he did and if he went to France. Are there any photos? Has anybody ever heard of his name? I would love to hear any stories.
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205990 Dvr. Charles McCue 2nd Reserve H.T. Coy Army Service Corps (d.5th June 1915) While compiling my family tree, I found Charles MccCue by sheer luck and discovered he was my father`s uncle. I know he enlisted at Berwick in 1915 and died at home in 1915, but can find no death certificate to discover the reason why. I have found his birth and marriage certificates but have tried all resources without success for his death certificate. I find it tragic that he enlisted and died within months of each other and would really like to find out why. |
205988 Private James "The Longfellow" Rathbone Motor Company Army Service Corps My Grandfather, James Rathbone, was chauffeur to Lord Leverhulme prior and after the War. I have a letter written from John Roebuck of the Star Works, Coventry, written in July 1915. It relates to a bus that my grandfather was to collect, but it does not specify what it was required for. The letter states that if asked, my grandfather was only to say that Sir William (Leverhulme) required it for a very special purpose and that he was not to give away any information to anyone about any other vehicles that Sir William had in use. Very mysterious!
Grandfather spent the war years in the East Africa Campaign as a Motor Driver, but what action he saw I was never told. He embarked at Devonport on the HMAT Beltana on 19th August 1916 and arrived in Kilindini on 3rd October 1916. He contracted malaria on 30th March 1917 and was admitted to hospital in Mombasa, but transferred to Nairobi on 4th April 1917. He was discharged on 9th April 1917 when he returned to duty. He also seems to have passed through Dar es Salaam, but how long he spent there is not known.
My grandfather died during WWII, not as a direct result of enemy action, but he was repairing a roof, possibly as a result of bomb damage, when he fell and sustained head injuries. He was in the Home Guard in WWII and carried out Fireman duties. I still have his fireman's axe.
Sadly I never met my grandfather as I was born after he died. |
205916 Hubert Brooks Army Service Corps I'd be interested in establishing a connection to Hubert Brooks who served with the Army Service Corps and his family |
205794 Pte. Joseph Balcon Royal Army Service Corps I am trying to trace my father's army records, no luck, I know lots of records were lost during the Blitz. His name was Joseph Balcon and he served with the 2/20th Battalion, London Regiment and the Army Service Corps, he told me he fought in Odessa? Can anyone tell me where would I find any records of this? |
205814 Albert George Harry Cox Remounts Army Service Corps My grandfather was born on 10 Mar 1894 in Chailey, Sussex. He enlisted into the Army Service Corps Remounts at their depot in Swaythling, Kent on 27th Oct 1915 Aged 21. I have no further history of his Army career, medals awarded or theatre of service. My grandfather died in Lewes in 1983. |
205616 Robert Henry Girling Army Service Corps My Grandfather Robert Henry Girling was a member of the A.S.C. Mechanical Transport, as stated on his wedding certificate in 1915/16. Does anyone have any information regarding him, I would be grateful for any information anyone may have. |
204741 Pte. James Joesph Holmes 33rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.12th Oct 1918) Born and enlisted in York, James Holmes also served in the Army Service Corps service number T4/159786. Killed in action on 12th October 1918 with the 33rd Machine Gun Corps, aged 30 at Le Cateau. He is commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 10. He is commemorated St Cuthbert's Church War Memorial, Peasholme Green, York. Also on the official North Eastern Railway War Memorial, Station Road York. His name appeared in the Yorkshire Herald on 10th December 1918 in a list of men from St Cuthbert's parish who died during the war.
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207393 Sgt. Bernard Pilkington Army Service Corps I have been researching my Gt Grandfather Bernard Pilkington. In the 1901 UK Census he is described as a soldier clerk in the Army Service Corps. He is listed as born in Ireland, living at Aldershot Military in Stanhope and Wellington Lines, Hampshire, District Army Service Corps Cleaning Area, aged 20. In the 1911 census he was in Southampton.
In 1915 he was described as a Sergeant in the ASC(administration. Soon after 1915 he was stationed in France, and about 3 years later went to India.
This is all I know. It is not a lot but I would love more info or help on how to find out more. I have tried looking online and at Kew, but to no avail. |
207819 Charles Bage Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Charles Bage, my great great grandfather served from 1895 until at least 1917 in several services. Signing on with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1897, he then moved to 3rd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Regiment. He served in the Boer War at the Relief of Ladysmith and received the South Africa medal. He was then in the reserves until he signed up for ASC Remounts as a nagsman. In 1916 he joined the Loyal North Lancashires. In 1917 his service records stop and I have had great difficulty finding out what happened to him after that, no family members are left to ask, so I am afraid his story probably ends there for me. I would love to have known more about him as I am currently tracing my family history.
He was born in Sheffield in 1878. His service record shows he had a large scar of a burn on the left side of his face, but there is no record of how he received it. I think he may have passed away after the war but cannot be sure as every search I try does not bring his name up.
This entry is in memory of my great great grandfather,I am proud to know that he served his country, and am grateful to him and all the men and women who have given so much to ensure the freedom we enjoy today. |
207860 Pte. Robert McClelland 594th MT Coy. Army Service Corps (d.12th Sep 1917) Robert McClelland was the son of Hugh and Grace McClelland of Hamilton, Scotland. I have no idea what happened to him but he is buried in Westouter Churchyard, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
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