Please could some kind soul tell me what the term Driver ASC meant for an occupation in 1916? Kind regards, Shay

He was in the Army. Rank (Driver =Private)) Corps (Army Service Corps) David ----- Original Message ----- From: "SHAY TURNER" <shay.turner@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:21 PM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Driver ASC > Please could some kind soul tell me what the term Driver ASC meant for an > occupation in 1916? > > Kind regards, Shay > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message

Hi, Possibly Driver in the Army Service Corps--Later known as the Royal Army Service Corps Rob. On 22 Aug 2008, at 17:21, SHAY TURNER wrote: > Please could some kind soul tell me what the term Driver ASC meant > for an occupation in 1916? > > Kind regards, Shay > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Hi Shay. Could it have been Army Service Corp ? Prior to becoming Royal Army Service Corps. I believe they have changed the name again. Before the 20th century I think they may have known as Army Commissariat . With kind regards, Seamus. (Luctor et emergo. ) -----Original Message----- From: eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SHAY TURNER Sent: Saturday, 23 August 2008 12:22 AM To: ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT@rootsweb.com Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Driver ASC Please could some kind soul tell me what the term Driver ASC meant for an occupation in 1916? Kind regards, Shay ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It is now known as the Royal Logistics Corps. It has had a number of names throughout its over 200 year history: Royal Wagoners - Royal Wagon Corps - Royal Wagon Train - Land Transport Corps -Military Train and then in 1870 Army Service Corps, officered by members of the Commissariat, who were previously uniformed civilians.. The Army Service Corps became the Royal Army Service Corps in 1918. In 1965 the transport elements of the Corps and the Royal Engineers formed the Royal Corps of Transport and in 1993 that Corps amalgamated with the RAOC, the RPC, the ACC and the RE Postal and Courier Services to form the Royal Logistics Corps David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timber" <894driftwood32@iinet.net.au> To: <eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Driver ASC > Hi Shay. Could it have been Army Service Corp ? Prior to > becoming Royal Army Service Corps. I believe they have changed the name > again. Before the 20th century I think they may have known as Army > Commissariat . > > > With kind regards, Seamus. > > (Luctor et emergo. ) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SHAY > TURNER > Sent: Saturday, 23 August 2008 12:22 AM > To: ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Driver ASC > > Please could some kind soul tell me what the term Driver ASC meant for an > occupation in 1916? > > Kind regards, Shay > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message