Some state that he served in the same regiment as Percy Laurence Mayo (1891-1972) of the Coventry Eagle Motor Co., - i can prove that Mayo did serve in the Army Service Corps, but can find no record of George Brough,
also here are three records for Mayo, so if anyone can sum up all the abbreviations/facts for me and tell me when he enlisted, or any other info, again i'd be really greatful.
The abbreviations on Mayo's MIC are as follows: RASC - Royal Army Service Corps - prior to 1918 it was known as the Army Service Corps. The MT stands for Motor Transport. Pte is Private, M/305598 is his serivice number as a private soldier, with the M indicating that he was employed in the motor transport branch of the ASC/RASC. He was subsequently commissioned in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. The date he first went to France is self evident. He received the Victory and War medals, the authority for which was the officer pages on the RASC rolls 1011/B212/ 21754.
He would have been allotted a new personal number when he became an officer. As an officer he would have had to apply for his medals and I suspect that the date of 23.9.20 on the obverse of the card is when his request was received by the War Office. The date the medals were issued is shown by the IV (issue voucher) date of 16/1/1922.
Percy Mayo's documents as an officer have survived and can be found at TNA in the Series WO 374/47089. They haven't been digitsied. His soldier documentation either hasn't survived or may be included within his officer records.
We don't have his date of enlistment, however a Pte Sydney Frank Land RASC with the service number M/305596 (that is, 2 before Percy's) enlisted on 11 Dec 1915 so it's a fair bet that Percy enlisted on or about the same date. In fact the enlistment date may be misleading. It is possible that he signed up under the
Derby scheme, in which case the December 1915 date would have been when he was attested. He would then probably have been sent home to await his call up papers which could have come some months later.
