East African Units - Supply Corps and Transport Corps

[nhclark]

Can anyone point me to information about the East Africa(n) Supply Corps and the East Africa(n) Motor/MechanicalTransport Corps? Formation, manpower, areas of operation, equipment, personnel lists, disbandment, etc. - anything really!

 

Robert Vernon Talbot served with the EASC (Lance-Corporal - no number) before commission as a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion King's African Rifles on 4th February 1916. By searching the monthly Army Lists I finally found RVT serving at the Depot of what was then the 6th Regiment KAR, but I have nothing about his time with the Supply Corps.1914-15 Star with the EASC, BWM and VM with the KAR.

 

George Blaquiere Talbot served with the EAMTC (Acting-Corporal 2335). BWM and VM.

 

They were brothers, and resided at their father's Kakonde Tea Plantation at Mityana, near Kampala, Uganda.

 

Thank you.

Edited 8 December , 2016 by nhclark
Updated 8th December 2016

[nhclark]

I would like to re-activate this thread. Can anyone help please? Any suggestion welcomed!

Thank you,

Noel

Edited 8 December , 2016 by nhclark

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

I'm sure there would be something in the National Archives at Kew.

You can search their database online at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

 

Specifically, using the search words "East Africa Supply Corps"  and "WO95" (the code for War Diaries), brings up this (and some South African references):

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/dda954d6bf674a6882cdbed0527fa677

 

Broadening the search, it looks as though the file WO95/5377 contains lots of information about supply, including diaries for some ASC companies.

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=wo95+5377

 

[MaureenE]

The FIBIS Fibiwiki page East Africa (First World War) http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/East_Africa_(First_World_War)  includes the following: (click on coloured text for links)

Military operations : East Africa: Volume I August 1914-September 1916 compiled by Charles Hordern 1941 Hathi Trust Digital Library.

The index, page  594, mentions Supply and Transport

The Index to Units etc , page 603, mentions Transport Corps, East Africa Mechanical.

 

• The East African Force 1915-1919; an unofficial record of its creation and fighting career; together with some account of the civil and military administrative conditions in East Africa before and during that period by Brigadier General C P Fendall 1921 Archive.org   Chapter X, Supply and Transport

 

Cheers

Maureen

 

Edited 8 December , 2016 by Maureene

[thesamsonsed@gmail.com]

There's very little on the transport corps - I've been searching myself. I'll try and remember to post here when I find something substantial - the corps only came into being from 1916 when the campaign in East Africa was re-invigorated with the sending of South African troops. It was the same time a General Staff was put in place. There is some material in the medical report by Dr Pike about how bad the transport chaps had it - see http://gweaa.com/home/medical-project/medical-archive/

[Waggoner]

Have a lok at Beadon, Vol. 2 of the History of the RASC and Young, the ASC 1903 - 1918 (or similar dates.). I recall seeing some information there.

 

All the best,

 

Gary