SWMDgen Posted 16 December , 2016 Share Posted 16 December , 2016 I’m trying to get a sense of what a soldier on home service in the MT ASC might have been doing during the war. I have no service record or medal card but I’ve found an Absent Voter listing which identifies him as M2 /200320 Pte MT ASC Depot. He married in Willesden in March 1918 and lists himself as a chauffeur ASC MT and the back of the certificate has R.P.A.S.C Mechanical Transport Woolwich SE 18. Any information about the Depot, the ASC MT, selection/training etc would be most helpful. He was born in a 1998 so I imagine he was conscripted rather than enlisted.... and as a town boy I don’t imagine he knew how to drive beforehand. Many thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions of where to go for more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted 16 December , 2016 Share Posted 16 December , 2016 Hi, sounds like he was a Driver with the Regimental Police ASC . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWMDgen Posted 16 December , 2016 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2016 thanks Tomo but why the regimental police? is that the likely interpretation of RP ASC? Have you any notion of what they would have done? any ideas as to how a young bloke from Colchester might have ended up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted 17 December , 2016 Share Posted 17 December , 2016 Any large garrison would have Regimental Police to assist in promoting good order and military discipline, Route marking, Traffic control, That sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 17 December , 2016 Share Posted 17 December , 2016 As a driver on home service with the RP he was probably simply required to Drive the senior officers of the RP around. There is a picture of the Buller Barracks RP in Micheal Young's Book Postcards of the Army Service Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 17 December , 2016 Share Posted 17 December , 2016 To find out more about Woolwich your best bet is to get a copy of Michael Young's book 'Army Service Corps 1902 1918' there is a lot of information on Woolwich in the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWMDgen Posted 18 December , 2016 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2016 Many thanks- the book sounds a real possibility.... and the libraries have it! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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