Soldier conscripted in 1916

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   Hearing this morning about a WW1 installation at Folkestone, I started thinking again about my grandfather's service. There is absolutely nothing of his war record left, but I am wondering about more general things. He lived in a small village between Dover and Canterbury; when he was called up, where would he have gone for the formalities, kitting out, training etc?
   We hear about the thousands of soldiers arriving by train at Folkestone for embarkation to France, but what about the men who already lived in the area?
   He was aged 32, married with small children, and joined the Army Service Corps, Motor Transport.

[Jebber]

It would depend on the Unit he was conscripted into.

[GR2]

Have you found a medal card for him? That would mean he served abroad at some point.

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  I know he was in France - I am just interested in the preliminaries.

[jim1]

Osterley Park in Isleworth was the ASC Training Depot.

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  Thanks Jim, a useful fact to be going on with.

[jim1]

I should have added that it was MT ASC training only.

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  Do you think they would have taught him to drive? I can't believe a country wheelwright could drive, but he may have needed to in France?

[Neale1961]

As a wheelwright, he may have been involved in repairing and maintaining all types of vehicles.