nikp Posted 1 February , 2018 Share Posted 1 February , 2018 My Grandfather Reginald Pocock ( Sgt R W Pocock. ASC S4/070264. France. Joined up 30/05/15) served in the ASC but I cant find any record of him anywhere. I have his medal record but his service number brings up no info. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Cheers, Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 1 February , 2018 Share Posted 1 February , 2018 His Medal rolls for his Star and the British and Victory medals on ancestry are here; https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=ght6&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&db=iwoservicemedalawardrolls&so=2&pcat=39&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsln=Pocock&gsln_x=1&gskw=S4/070264&gskw_x=1&cpxt=1&cp=11&MSAV=1&uidh=ea7&MSV=1 He’s also on the 1918 Absent Voters list - on ancestry - for Wandsworth here https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/61320/40020_215081-00062?pid=117539&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Dght8%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Dukabsentvoters%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsln%3DPocock%26gsln_x%3D1%26gskw%3DS4/070264%26gskw_x%3D1%26cpxt%3D1%26cp%3D11%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dea7%26MSV%3D1%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D0%26h%3D117539%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ght8&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Posted 1 February , 2018 Share Posted 1 February , 2018 I see that the 30.05.15 date you refer to is his disembarkation date. Looking at close numbers in the Silver War Badge records attestment/enlistment looks to be in March: S4/070270 09.03.15 S4/070282 08.03.15 S4/070284 05.03.15 There's a pension record for S4/070265 Leslie Brinn who attested on 09.03.15, joined the 106th Company of the 9th (Scottish) Divisional Train and landed in France on 10.05.15 - which is earlier than your man. See here the ASC Horse Transport Companies in The Long, Long Trail. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikp Posted 1 February , 2018 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2018 Grandad was a baker by trade so I presume he was involved in baking or cooking of some sort in a field canteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Posted 2 February , 2018 Share Posted 2 February , 2018 There's quite a number of ASC pension records on Ancestry with numbers close to your grandad - and these were all bakers: 070244 John Trueman 070259 Charles Mynott 070266 Thomas Ward 070271 Peter Brodie 070282 John Maxon Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikp Posted 2 February , 2018 Author Share Posted 2 February , 2018 Thanks very much for that Mike. It will help greatly with my research. 19 hours ago, wandererpaul said: His Medal rolls for his Star and the British and Victory medals on ancestry are here; https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=ght6&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&db=iwoservicemedalawardrolls&so=2&pcat=39&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsln=Pocock&gsln_x=1&gskw=S4/070264&gskw_x=1&cpxt=1&cp=11&MSAV=1&uidh=ea7&MSV=1 He’s also on the 1918 Absent Voters list - on ancestry - for Wandsworth here https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/61320/40020_215081-00062?pid=117539&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Dght8%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Dukabsentvoters%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsln%3DPocock%26gsln_x%3D1%26gskw%3DS4/070264%26gskw_x%3D1%26cpxt%3D1%26cp%3D11%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dea7%26MSV%3D1%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D0%26h%3D117539%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ght8&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Thanks very much for this. As a bit of extra info my Great Uncle Frank served with the 23rd Middlesex Footballers and was posted missing near Beugny on the Somme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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