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mmm45
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ASC Prefixes, Table 3 to 'More Sources of
World War 1 Army Ancestry [Third Edition] Norman King'.
If you can get hold of or someone has a copy of the above publication you may find something.
Im sure DM2 would be a driver within the 2nd Army formed in 1914.
He didnt go overseas before 1916 as no star.
The Medal Roll for RASC MAY give more info unfortunately not online.
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Scarletwoman
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DM/2 relates to 'Mechanical Transport Learners' and 'A' to 'Horse Transport (Special Reserve)
Source: Army Service Corps 1902-1918, Michael Young, published by Leo Cooper 2000 (Appendix M of this volume)
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km1971
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The NA medal website has less than 300 men with prefix starting DM/2 in the ASC, out of a total of 420,000 +. Maybe they ran the learning centre, rather than were learners themselves.
Also, the Special Reserve was nothing like the TA. The equivalent of the TA was the TF. Before WW1, these were 'saturday night soldiers' - one evening a week; a few weekends a year and a two week annual camp. The Special Reservists spent 4 to 6 months fulltime training on enlistment, followed by 6-8 weeks annual training for six years. While serving they were paid the same rate as Regulars. The TF were not paid.
If you post his Axxxxxx number on the Great War Forum an ASC specialist may be able to tell you when he enlisted.
Ken
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Scarletwoman
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Ken
I managed to find 21,901 of them! What a pity that something as vast as the ASC seems to have proved so unappealing over the years to serious researchers - the Mike Young book is packed with information, but still only skims the very top surface.
Corisande
What a great story you've put together about your mother and in such amazing depth - it must have taken a lot of intricate research to figure it all out. My main interest is in the period up to the end of the Great War, and unfortunately there are far fewer official sources - The National Archives have a lot of really interesting documents about WW2. I just need a second lifetime!
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km1971
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Sorry, Ady has answered the question about NA medal site. I missed the fact you got your image from Ancestry.
The National Archives scanned the medal index cards in the 1980s I believe. The Western Front Association saved about 90% the original cards from the skip, and Ancestry are publishing them, in colour and including both sides. The remaining 10% - including women's went else where.
http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4833.html
You should always search the NA site even if you have Ancestry, as they have missed some, and the NA search facility is a lot better/easier to use than Ancestry's.
If you don't want to save Ady's link, use this one - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp - and remember to click on search
Ken
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