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The first ASC units were sent to India in May 1916 (arrived June 4th) at a time when it was thought that the Indian equivalent, the Supply and Transport Corps, was not up to scratch – "The war in Mesopotamia quickly proved the shortcomings of the organization … for a campaign of this magnitude where the conditions differed from the accustomed ones. It was just after the fall of Kut el Amara that it was decided to send some Army Service Corps units to India."<ref>michaeldr [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/topic/forums140698-army-service-corp-bangalore-1918/index.php?showtopicdo=140698findComment&pcomment=1644399 “Army Service Corp, Bangalore 1918”] Great War Forum, 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 August 201426 February 2019.</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>[httphttps://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918.net/renumbering20.htm Renumbering of the new-british-army -numbers-issued-in -1920 / New British Army numbers issued in 1920 renumbering] 1914-1918longlongtrail.co.netuk</ref>

''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 downloadRefer Historical books online, refer External links below.

<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. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/topic/forums227234-operations-in-mesopotamian-kurdistan-may-to-june-1919/index.php?showtopicdo=227234findComment&pcomment=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 201626 February 2019.

Some of the Medal Index Cards at the National Archives refer to (Burma) Mechanical Transport, without mention of the Company number. The majority of these records are classified as Indian Army, although all ASC companies are believed to be part of the British Army.

From c 1921 there The following ASC Companies were some companies known as renumbered Indian Mechanical TransportCompanies, I M Ton 6 May 1921.:630 ASC became 26 (Indian) MT Coy;:656 became 27 (Indian) MT Coy;:692 became 16 (Indian) MT Coy;:693 became 21 (Indian) MT Coy;:694 became 22 (Indian) MT Coy;:789 became 33 (Indian) MT Coy;:1028 became 34 (Indian) MT Coy;:1091 became 28 (Indian) MT Coy.<ref> ''Army Service Corps 1902-1918'' by Michael Young. This information was kindly provided by Noel Clark. </ref> These units were officered by the Royal Army Service Corps but the rank and file were Indian. <ref>Matthew B [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/212696-imt-unusual-regiment/index.php?showtopicdo=212696findComment&pcomment=2103937 "IMT, Unusual Regiment?"] Great War Forum 11 June 2014. Retrieved 17 26 February 20152019.</ref> Subsequently these units were transferred to the Indian Army Service Corps. ==War Diaries at The National Archives==*WO 95 War Diaries, see [[First World War#The National Archives|First World War - The National Archives]] *The TNA pay downloads available include the very informative "List of Royal Artillery, Army Service Corps, Machine Gun Corps and Medical Units" '''WO 95/5494'''. <ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4558646 WO 95/5494] List of Royal Artillery, Army Service Corps, Machine Gun Corps and Medical Units with the Division, Corps or Army they fought with. The National Archives.</ref>

The flash, also known as a pagri (puggaree) badge, was generally affixed to the pagri on the sun helmet. The ASC flash was blue and (golden) yellow, the AOC red, blue red.<ref>FROGSMILE. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/164297-help-needed-id-ing-unit-flash-on-pith-helmet/index.php?showtopicdo=164297findComment&pcomment=1597197 Help needed ID-ing unit flash on pith helmet] ''Great War Forum'' 30 May 2011. Retrieved 5 March 201626 February 2019.</ref>

*[httphttps://www.royallogisticcorps.co.uk/heritage/museum/ The Royal Logistic Corps Museum] The Princess Royal Barracks is now at Worthy Down, Winchester (having moved from the previous location at Deepcut Surrey).

:It also contains Enlistment Book records from 1920 for the Royal Army Service Corps [Army nos. 1 - 57000, excluding 50001 - 51000] and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps [Army nos. 7574000 - 7581500]. Also includes some earlier enlistment books. Note: The enlistment register from 1918 containing a 'block' within the renumbering carried out by the RASC that year is missing.<ref> Frogsmile FROGSMILE [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/topic/forums231952-tracing-casualty-rolls-in-newspapers/index.php?showtopicdo=231952findComment&pcomment=2310629 Tracing Casualty Rolls in Newspapers] ''Great War Forum'' 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 201526 February 2019.</ref>

*[httphttps://hdlarchive.handleorg/details/histtransportsupply/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Early History of Transport and Supply''] by Sir John Fortescue 1928 Archive.netorg*[https:/2027/hvdarchive.32044076903947?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 org/details/rasctransportsupplyvol1/page/n13/mode/2up ''With The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the M. T. in MesopotamiaBritish Army, Volume I''] by Brevet Lt.-Col F W Leland RASC 1920 Hathi Trust Digital Library. John Fortescue (MSir John William Fortescue) 1930 Archive.Torg.= Mechanical Transport, part of Covers the Royal Army Service Corps)period to 1902.*[httphttps://dliarchive.sercorg/details/in.iiscernet.ernetdli.in/handle/2015/.284463 ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II''] by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf downloadArchive. Digital org, Public Library of IndiaCollection. Includes the First World War period, with chapters on the British Expeditionary Force , [[Gallipoli]], [[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)|the Balkans]], including a section on the [[Norperforce|Army of the Black Sea]]; [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]], [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]], [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]], Italy, North Russia, England and India.*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044076903947?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''With the M. T. in Mesopotamia''] by Brevet Lt.-Col F W Leland RASC 1920 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/MTMesopotamia/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org version]. (M.T.= Mechanical Transport, part of the Royal Army Service Corps)*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46283 ''The Motor-Bus in War: Being the Impressions of an A.S.C. Officer during Two and a Half 
Years at the Front''] by A. M. Beatson (Temp. Lieut. A.S.C.) 1918 Gutenberg.org. Also available [https://archive.org/details/motorbuswar/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org]. The author was an Army Service Corps officer in the Mechanical Transport Supply Column of an Indian Cavalry Division. Elsewhere, the ASC company is recorded as being the 1st Indian Cavalry Division Supply Column which was 89 Coy ASC.<ref>Larkin, Roy. [http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?48009-The-Motor-Bus-in-War-A-M-Beatson-1918&p=434811#post434811 The Motor-Bus in War. A.M.Beatson , 1918] ''Historic Military Vehicle Forum'' 8 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref>*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!17!5!2383_f146v Page 284] and [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!17!5!2383_f147r page 285] "Appendix G: Mechanical Transport units raised in India since the outbreak of war", ''India’s Contribution To The Great War'' "Published by authority of the Government of India" 1923. British Library Digitised Manuscripts. Includes a listing on page 285 of five Burma Ford Van Companies raised for service in Mesopotamia.Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32085/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org], including [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32085/page/n289/mode/2up page 284]