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It appears there were five Burma Ford Van Companies in Mesopotamia, refer External links below, and perhaps seven <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/burmesewonderlan00enri#page/188/mode/1up Page 188] ''A Burmese wonderland : a tale of travel in Lower and Upper Burma'' by Major C M Enriquez, 3-70th Kachin Rifles, Divisional Recruiting Officer, Burma 1922 Archive.org</ref> in total.
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.
==Indian Mechanical Transport Companies==
: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]. Note: The enlistment register from 1918 containing a 'block' within the renumbering carried out by the RASC that year is missing.<ref> Frogsmile [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=231952&p=2310629 Tracing Casualty Rolls in Newspapers] ''Great War Forum'' 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015</ref>
*[http://markshep58.wix.com/801-mt-coy-asc 801 MT COY ASC] 801st Mechanical Transport Company of the Army Service Corps in [[Salonica and the Balkans]].
*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P02317.025/ Photograph: Persia. 1918. A convoy of over ten Ford vans formed up ready for departure] Unnamed Company. Australian War Memorial
===Historical books online===
*[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 Hathi Trust Digital Library. (M.T.= Mechanical Transport, part of the Royal Army Service Corps)
