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*[https://archive.org/details/rasctransportsupplyvol1/page/n13/mode/2up ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume I''] by John Fortescue (Sir John William Fortescue) 1930 Archive.org. Covers the period to 1902.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.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. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. 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]
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