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==Army Service number prefixes== | ==Army Service number prefixes== | ||
With the renumbering of the Army in 1920, RASC numbers were prefixed S (Supplies), T (Transport), [Horse Transport], M (Mechanical Transport) or R (Remounts). <ref>[https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918/new-british-army-numbers-issued-in-1920/ New British Army numbers issued in 1920 renumbering] longlongtrail.co.uk</ref> | With the renumbering of the Army in 1920, RASC numbers were prefixed S (Supplies), T (Transport), [Horse Transport], M (Mechanical Transport) or R (Remounts).<ref>[https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918/new-british-army-numbers-issued-in-1920/ New British Army numbers issued in 1920 renumbering] longlongtrail.co.uk</ref> | ||
During the [[First World War]], there was a wider range of prefixes. The same prefix could have different meanings, but those relating to the Army Service Corps included | During the [[First World War]], there was a wider range of prefixes. The same prefix could have different meanings, but those relating to the Army Service Corps included | ||
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*'''S''': S - Army Service Corps: Supply Branch; S - Army Ordnance Corps; S1, 2, 3, 4 - Army Service Corps: 1st/2nd/3rd/4th New Armies Supply (S4 Labour); SS – Army Service Corps: Supply Special (butchers, bakers, clerks etc); SRMT – Army Service Corps: Special Reserve Motor Transport. | *'''S''': S - Army Service Corps: Supply Branch; S - Army Ordnance Corps; S1, 2, 3, 4 - Army Service Corps: 1st/2nd/3rd/4th New Armies Supply (S4 Labour); SS – Army Service Corps: Supply Special (butchers, bakers, clerks etc); SRMT – Army Service Corps: Special Reserve Motor Transport. | ||
*'''T''': T - Army Service Corps: Horse Transport; T - Army Ordnance Corps; T1 & 2/ (SR) - Army Service Corps: Enlisted Special Reserve for New Armies; T1, T2, T3 & T4 - Army Service Corps: Horse Transport; TS – Army Service Corps: Transport Specials (trade); TSR – Army Service Corps: Transport Special Reserve.<ref>[http://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/2010/01/army-number-prefixes.html Army number prefixes] “Army Service Numbers 1881-1918”</ref> | *'''T''': T - Army Service Corps: Horse Transport; T - Army Ordnance Corps; T1 & 2/ (SR) - Army Service Corps: Enlisted Special Reserve for New Armies; T1, T2, T3 & T4 - Army Service Corps: Horse Transport; TS – Army Service Corps: Transport Specials (trade); TSR – Army Service Corps: Transport Special Reserve.<ref>[http://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/2010/01/army-number-prefixes.html Army number prefixes] “Army Service Numbers 1881-1918”</ref> | ||
More prefixes are listed in a Great War Forum topic.<ref>Waggoner [Gary] [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/316368-army-service-corps-prefixes/ Army Service Corps Prefixes] ''Great War Forum'' 7 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025. Note the information is in a pdf available to signed in members of the Great War Forum.</ref> | |||
==Regimental History== | ==Regimental History== | ||