Bob Coulson Posted 28 December , 2002 Share Posted 28 December , 2002 Does anyone have any info regarding books/histories of the ASC in WW1. Would be grateful for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Bruce Posted 28 December , 2002 Share Posted 28 December , 2002 Bob, Army Service Corps 1902-18 Michael Young Pen & Sword 2000 ISBN 085052 730 9 £25 is probably as good as it gets. Written by the curator of the RCT Museum. 400 pages, half of which are very detailed listing of ASC companies, unit establishments, etc. Jock Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff. Hobson Posted 29 December , 2002 Share Posted 29 December , 2002 To Jock Bruce. I have a record of a L/Cpl. Harold Sugden A.S.C. who was taken prisoner at Mons 1914, not much but it shows they were there at the beginning. Cliff. Hobson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 29 December , 2002 Share Posted 29 December , 2002 There is a growing section on the ASC and the logistics of supply on the www.1914-1918.net site. Click on "Transport". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenwoodman Posted 30 December , 2002 Share Posted 30 December , 2002 Brought "Twinkle-toes" over to this site, Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 30 December , 2002 Share Posted 30 December , 2002 I think he's great! Note how he co-ordinates his footwork with the small guy under my user name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Birch Posted 30 December , 2002 Share Posted 30 December , 2002 The work of the ASC did not appear to be the stuff of heroes, and they at times, received unfair ribbing from the fighting battallions, but their work was vital, and there were many unsung heroes amongst them. Although never directly involved in trench holding, raids or attacks, these were the men who operated at munition and supply dumps just behind the lines. Although much of the forward carrying parties was augmented by battallions "resting" between spells in the line, ASC men were involved in maintaining the supply dump heads. Line Battallions were rotated between the front, and "rest" or training in back areas. No such luxuries for the forward ASC men, who because they were not regarded as being fighting troops, were not rotated. Yet they still had to endure the gut renching fear of running the enemy artillery gauntlet night after night, and operating at dumps which were themselves within range, sometimes for months on end. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coulson Posted 30 December , 2002 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2002 Many thanks for the help gents and for "Twinkle-Toes"Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 30 December , 2002 Share Posted 30 December , 2002 I hope folk will permit me a small advert for a forthcoming little article on Tom Morgan's site about Harry Eastwick, ASC. Harry was a most unlucky soldier - which is why he ended up on one of my local war memorials. Should be there when Tom does his January update John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weejock Posted 29 November , 2006 Share Posted 29 November , 2006 Have a look at this site. http://www.freewebs.com/221rlc/ still in the early stages but a good story of a early ASC unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints & Sinners Posted 29 November , 2006 Share Posted 29 November , 2006 I have a book about the ASC it's: "With the MT in Mesopatamia" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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