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World War One / Trying to follow an officer of the Army Service Corps
« on: Monday 11 October 21 18:42 BST (UK) »
Hello
A relative of mine served with the Army Service Corps (ASC) during WW1.
He had been in the reserve of Officers, and joined the ASC as an temporary Lieutenant in Nov 1915. I can find him in the Army Lists, and I can find his promotions (Lt, Capt, Maj) in the gazette and RLCarchive, but the only other thing I can find regarding his time in the War is his medal card which shows his first overseas assignment in Sept 1916 to Egypt. I don’t even know which section of the ASC he worked for.
He was William Moore Cole-Hamilton, born 3 Apr 1883. His service number may have been P82468, though that may instead refer to his time in the Army before WW1.
Can anyone advise a route forward to find out where he spent the war (always in Egypt, or transferred around), and what he did within the ASC.
Jim
A relative of mine served with the Army Service Corps (ASC) during WW1.
He had been in the reserve of Officers, and joined the ASC as an temporary Lieutenant in Nov 1915. I can find him in the Army Lists, and I can find his promotions (Lt, Capt, Maj) in the gazette and RLCarchive, but the only other thing I can find regarding his time in the War is his medal card which shows his first overseas assignment in Sept 1916 to Egypt. I don’t even know which section of the ASC he worked for.
He was William Moore Cole-Hamilton, born 3 Apr 1883. His service number may have been P82468, though that may instead refer to his time in the Army before WW1.
Can anyone advise a route forward to find out where he spent the war (always in Egypt, or transferred around), and what he did within the ASC.
Jim