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==Indian Mechanical Transport Companies==
From c 1921 there were some companies known as Indian Mechanical Transport, I M T. These units were officered by the Royal Army Service Corps but the rank and file were Indian. <ref>Matthew B [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=212696&p=2103937 "IMT, Unusual Regiment?"] Great War Forum 11 June 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015</ref> Subsequently these units were transferred to the Indian Army Service Corps.
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==Regimental History==
''The Royal Army Service Corps Volume II'', by Col R H Beadon 1931 contains a chapter "The Corps in India" – Chapter XV, pages 457-486. This book is available as a pdf download, refer External links below.
==Mechanical Transport Companies from Burma WW1==
Two Mechanical Transport Companies driving Ford Vans were provided by the Government of Burma, the Rangoon raised No. 1 Burma Ford Van Coy (1023 MT Coy ASC), and No. 2 Ford Van Coy (1024 MT Coy ASC). The 1st Burma Company had one third Indian drivers and all British artificers, whereas for 1024 MT Company, the whole of the drivers were Burmese, and the workshops had a great majority of Burmese artificers.
<br>1023 Company departed Rangoon for Mesopotamia on 5 January 1918, and 1024 Company later, the latter arriving Basrah in July 1918. <ref name=Lind > Lindsay, Kimberley John. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=227234&p=2340810 Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan, May to June 1919] ''Great War Forum'' 14 December 2015. Note you need to be logged in to the GWF to be able to view the information in the attachment. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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The Companies were based in Mesopotamia, and at least 1024 Company also including Mesopotamian Kurdistan, where there were some General Service Medals with the Kurdistan clasp awarded. <ref name=Lind/>
There are surviving War Diaries at the National Archives, refer below.
==Indian Mechanical Transport Companies==
From c 1921 there were some companies known as Indian Mechanical Transport, I M T. These units were officered by the Royal Army Service Corps but the rank and file were Indian. <ref>Matthew B [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=212696&p=2103937 "IMT, Unusual Regiment?"] Great War Forum 11 June 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015</ref> Subsequently these units were transferred to the Indian Army Service Corps.
==War Diaries at the National Archives==
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C4558543?v=r WO 95/5390 War Diaries: North West Frontier Force] contains
**1028 Mechanical Transport Company ASC 1919 May – July**630 Mechanical Transport Company ASC 1916-1918**656 Mechanical Transport Company ASC 1919**692, 693, 694 Transport Company ASC 1915-1918**871 Mechanical Transport Company ASC 1917-1918*Mesopotamia, Iraq and North Persia**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7361540 1023 Mechanical Transport Company ASC, part of WO 95/5007] 1917 Nov. - 1919 Nov **[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7361542 1024 Mechanical Transport Company ASC, part of WO 95/5008] 1918 July - 1919 Nov
==Also see==
*[[Khyber Ropeway Company]]
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