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The '''Royal Army Service Corps''' ('''RASC''') was initially known as the '''Army Service Corps''' ('''ASC'''), Royal being added to the title in 1918.
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 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=140698&p=1644399 “Army Service Corp, Bangalore 1918”] Great War Forum, 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2014</ref>
==Regimental History==
''The Royal Army Service Corps Volume II'', by Col R H Beadon c 1931 contains a chapter "The Corps in India" – Chapter XV, pages 457-486
==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
==Also see==
*[[Khyber Ropeway Company]]
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps Royal Army Service Corps] Wkipedia. Retrieved 16 August 2014
== References ==
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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 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=140698&p=1644399 “Army Service Corp, Bangalore 1918”] Great War Forum, 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2014</ref>
==Regimental History==
''The Royal Army Service Corps Volume II'', by Col R H Beadon c 1931 contains a chapter "The Corps in India" – Chapter XV, pages 457-486
==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
==Also see==
*[[Khyber Ropeway Company]]
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps Royal Army Service Corps] Wkipedia. Retrieved 16 August 2014
== References ==
<references />
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