Names of Men Mentioned in the 801st M.T. Coy A.S.C. War Diary

[Gardenerbill]

This is a list of the men mentioned in the 801^st M.T. Coy War Diary, if anyone is interested in any of these men they can send me a PM or reply and I will either post the relevant page/s or if you prefer I can email them to you:

2^nd Lieutenant Foucard

Captain B.M. Patton

Colonel Spencer

Lieutenant Colonel Byrne

Lieutenant H. Erby

2^nd Lieutenant McCraith

Corporal Fieldhouse

A/Sergeant Fieldhouse

2^nd Lieutenant Cook B.L.

Lieutenant James R.E.

Lieutenant Waithman

Major (Allen?) R.E.

2^nd Lieutenant C. Worssam

General Everett

2/Lieutenant A.E. Metcalfe Gibson

Colonel Donohue

Major Hammersby

2/Lieutenant F.R. Allen

Lieutenant N.J.D. Martyn

Major H.N. Holland

2/Lieutenant F.F. Hawkins

Captain. M. Rees A.S.C.

Lieutenant R.C. Hocken

Corporal J. Archer

Sergeant HOLLAND

Sergeant FLETCHER

Lieutenant CREEDY

Private Neuman

Lieutenant Rutley

Lance Corporal Booth

Private May

General Young

Private Ames

Private Proctor

Private Maile

Private Whittle

Private Bryant

Private Marret

Major Brasher

Private Ealey Ernest E

Private Scott. J.

Major Franks (Hugh Whitmore)

Corporal Cain (Robert)

Private Blunhill

Corporal Ward

Private Lane

Private Wakeford

Private Bentley

Private Kent

Private Brassington

Private Hay

Private McTaggart

Private Hollis

Private Croft

Corporal Duncan Black

Private Barton W

Private Thwaite

Private Stuart

Private Thompson

Private Reeves

Private Duff

Private Bentley

Sergeant Douglas

Lieutenant C.R.M. Parr

Corporal Astill

Lieutenant G.P. Hunt

Edited 9 October , 2016 by Gardenerbill

[johnboy]

A lot of OR's mentioned by name makes a change.

[Gardenerbill]

Yes, the normal pattern for war diaries I believe is mostly officers named with referneces to other ranks as OR's with an occsasional name being exceptional. The 801st war diary followed this pattern and the list of names above in chronological order reflects this at the start. Then towards the end of 1918 a lot of other ranks start to get mentioned, particularly around the time of the influenza outbreak, I wonder if it was deliberate to record exactly who was in hospital or sick to show how under strength the unit had become.

[johnboy]

Without going back through your postings, how many men were in the unit?

There seemed to be a bit of friction between the diary writer and other MT units so you could well be right about showing the strength of the unit, But I have seen other WD's that just have ' officers killed, Officers wounded, OR's killed, OR's wounded a figure for those missing and Total strength figure.

But these have been Infantry btns in France & Flanders.

[Gardenerbill]

From memory it started with 59 men and 6 NCO's plus officers (numbers not recorded but probably only 5 or 6)), I am going to try and work out the comings and goings but this might take some time.

[johnboy]

With a small unit it is probable the diary writer knew every man, unlike an infantry regiment of aprox 1000 men.

[Gardenerbill]

Just checked the diary again and when the company was formed there were only 2 NCOs and 59 men. According to Michael Young's ASC book an A.S.C. M.T. Company normally consists of 5 officers 1 warrant officer 3 sergeants 12 artificers and 60 rank and file, so the unit started significantly under strength. I think you are right though Johnboy the officer writing the diary would have known all the men, especially towards the end when they had been together for nearly 3 years.

[johnboy]

It's nice to think so Mark.

No wonder the writer moaned about losing men for days here and there and being let down by other units.