Ron Morris Posted 21 July , 2005 Share Posted 21 July , 2005 I have a 1914-15 trio to Captain Edward David Brodie who served with the 306th Auxiliary Motor Transport Company which were later renamed the 7th (Auxiliary) Steam Company. Does anyone have any information about the activities and movements of this unit? Kind regards, Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 21 July , 2005 Share Posted 21 July , 2005 Ron, Not an easy one to give an answer on, but in the Order of Battle for November 1918 No.7 Aux (Steam) Coy,A.S.C. is serving on "Lines of Communication". The interesting part is that four sections of 356th Coy,A.S.C. are allotted to it. As for where they were and what they did, only a trawl through the National Archive might reveal that. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Morris Posted 21 July , 2005 Author Share Posted 21 July , 2005 Hi Graham, Thanks for your reply. I wondered whether they might have been involved with steam locomotives on some kind of railway or possibly with steam traction engines. Perhaps someone else might have more information. Kind regards, Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 21 July , 2005 Share Posted 21 July , 2005 Ron, I think steam traction is the answer you're looking for, as anything to do with railways came under the direction of the Royal Engineers. From photographs that I've seen regarding these steam traction vehicles, they appear to have been caterpillar tracked and used for the towing of heavy guns. I would suspect they were used as a "heavy mover", shifting all sorts of large equipment. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PROCONSUL Posted 22 July , 2005 Share Posted 22 July , 2005 Ron, I think steam traction is the answer you're looking for, as anything to do with railways came under the direction of the Royal Engineers. From photographs that I've seen regarding these steam traction vehicles, they appear to have been caterpillar tracked and used for the towing of heavy guns. I would suspect they were used as a "heavy mover", shifting all sorts of large equipment. Graham. Abolutely right. See the History of the ASC for just such a picture Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Morris Posted 22 July , 2005 Author Share Posted 22 July , 2005 Thanks very much to Graham and Tim for pointing me in the right direction. Regards, Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 17 August , 2005 Share Posted 17 August , 2005 You could try the London Transport Museum - research department, as they have a lot of material from across the wars. I have been looking with regard to my Grandfather who was a Omnibus Driver and found a lot of company magazines from that period which had lots of information about people and buses. I recall seeing some about the train companies whilst looking. Give them a try! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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