Crossley ambulances - in use by ASC?

[John_Hartley]

On the following link, there are a number of photos of Crossley ambulances. The first one is marked up as "613 Coy" which I assume refers to 613 Coy ASC. I'd always assumed that ambulances would be RAMC units not ASC. Or am I wrong?

http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/Vehicles/ambulances.html

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John

613 Coy ASC was based in Liverpool as a Local Auxillary MT Coy. As the photo is labelled as having an ambulance body fitted, it might have been modified and sent to war without the chassis being "rebadged"

Glen

[Sue Light]

I'd always assumed that ambulances would be RAMC units not ASC. Or am I wrong?

The Motor Ambulance Convoys on the Western Front were a combination of an ASC Company and a small R.A.M.C. staff, under the overall charge of an R.A.M.C. officer.

Sue

[Sue Light]

John

I think this thread went into the whys and wherefores:

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=192261&hl=%2Bmotor+%2Bambulance+%2Bconvoy#entry1880605

Sue

[jay dubaya]

There were several ASC Motor Ambulance Convoys during the war some under the charge of the RAMC and some Red Cross (the drivers being enlisted into the ASC with 'SE' prefixes). Although I cannot confirm that these units used the Crossley it was certainly used by the ASC as it is listed within the spare parts of the ASC Repair Shop

[John_Hartley]

Thanks, all.