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royal army service corps wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 commissariat and military train 1 2 control department 1 3 commissariat and transport department 1 4 army service corps 1888 1918 1 5 royal army service corps 1918 1965 2 ranks 3 notable personnel 4 see also 5 citations 6 bibliography 7 external links toggle the table of contents royal army service corps 3 languages español bahasa indonesia português edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia former corps of the british army 1888 1965 military train redirects here for military trains in general see train military royal army service corps george vi royal army service corps badge motto honi soit qui mal y pense active 1888 1965 allegiance united kingdom branch british army role military administration garrison hq buller barracks aldershot nickname the moke train or the commos motto in arduis fidelis honi soit qui mal y pense 1 march wait for the wagon military unit the royal army service corps rasc was a corps of the british army responsible for land coastal and lake transport air despatch barracks administration the army fire service staffing headquarters units supply of food water fuel and domestic materials such as clothing furniture and stationery and the supply of technical and military equipment in 1965 its functions were divided between other corps rct and raoc and the rasc ceased to exist subsequently in 1993 they in their turn with some functions of the royal engineers became the forming corps of the royal logistic corps history edit for centuries army transport was operated by contracted civilians the first uniformed transport corps in the british army was the royal waggoners formed in 1794 it was not a success and was disbanded the following year in 1799 the royal waggon corps was formed by august 1802 it had been renamed the royal waggon train this was reduced to only two troops in 1818 and finally disbanded in 1833 commissariat and military train edit a transport corps was not formed again until the crimean war in 1855 the land transport corps was formed this was renamed the military train the following year the corps was initially based at horfield barracks in bristol but in 1859 the brigade office and depot moved to woolwich 2 at this time supply duties were the responsibility of the commissariat a uniformed civilian body principally responsible for food forage and fuel while provision of arms ammunition and other critical stores was the responsibility of the military store department formed following the abolition of the board of ordnance in 1855 control department edit in 1869 there was a major reorganisation of army supply and transport capabilities the commissaries of the commissariat and the officers of the military train were amalgamated together with the officers of the military store department to form what was called the control department under a controller in chief the following year other ranks of the military train were combined with those of the commissariat staff corps and the military store staff corps to form a body of soldiers officered by the control department which was named the army service corps asc by 1871 the new corps numbered twelve transport companies seven supply companies and three ordnance store companies each of around 105 non commissioned officers and men 3 from 1870 the control department was placed within the new department of the surveyor general of the ordnance who took over as controller in chief 4 the department of the surveyor general of the ordnance retained the control department and further restructured it into four new divisions superintended by a director the first was the supply and transport division formed from the merging of the former commissariat purveyors and barrack departments the second was an artillery and stores division that absorbed the former contracts clothing ordnance and stores departments and the third was a contracts division the fourth division created was called the control establishments subdivision that became responsible for the administration of the control department s staff 4 commissariat and transport department edit 1877 gravestone of sergeant john matthias bevan asc in the new cemetery of st george s garrison part of the bermuda garrison in the imperial fortress colony of bermuda in november 1875 the control department was abolished and its work in regard to field service was allocated to two new departments the commissariat and transport department and the ordnance store department following failures in the anglo zulu war the commissariat and transport department was disbanded in january 1880 and replaced with the commissariat and transport staff although the officers of the former control department had been split between the two new departments in 1875 no parallel action was taken with regard to other ranks at that time the army service corps continued to serve both departments until 1881 whereupon it too was split along similar lines to form two distinct units and the ordnance store corps which together with the ordnance store department would go on to form the royal army ordnance corps and the commissariat and transport corps the latter retained the supply companies which had their depot at aldershot and the transport companies whose depot was at woolwich 3 initially the commissariat and transport department remained part of the department of surveyor general of the ordnance in 1878 the control establishments subdivision s name was altered to the commissariat and transport establishments division under the supervision of a commissary general 4 in 1887 however the department of the surveyor general of the ordnance and its head was abolished its former functions were then distributed among the several divisions of the military and civil departments the work of the supply and transport division was allocated to the quartermaster general s division 4 army service corps 1888 1918 edit 1915 recruiting poster player s cigarette card showing a driver of the home counties transport supply column of the army service corps in full dress uniform in december 1888 the commissariat and transport staff and the commissariat and transport corps amalgamated to form a new army service corps and for the first time officers and other ranks served in a single unified organisation the war department fleet was transferred to the corps in 1891 and the asc also absorbed some transport elements of the royal engineers furthermore the corps of military staff clerks was amalgamated into the supply branch of the asc in 1893 after it was opened in 1895 buller barracks in aldershot came to be regarded as the corps headquarters 3 royal army service corps 1918 1965 edit on 27 november 1918 the corps received the royal prefix for its service in the first world war and became the royal army service corps 5 it was divided into transport and supply branches before the second world war rasc recruits were required to be at least 5 feet 2 inches 157 cm tall and could enlist up to 30 years of age or 35 for tradesmen in the transport branch they initially enlisted for six years with the colours and a further six years with the reserve seven years and five years for tradesmen and clerks three years and nine years for butchers bakers and supply issuers they trained at aldershot 6 alone among the services i e rear echelon support corps rasc personnel were considered to be combatant personnel 7 in 1965 the rasc was merged with the transportation and movement control service of the royal engineers which was responsible for railway transport inland water transport port operations and movements to form the royal corps of transport all its supply functions including the supply of vehicles their care and preservation in storage and delivery along with the staff clerks were transferred to the royal army ordnance corps leaving the new rct solely responsible for transport and movements in 1993 the rct and raoc were merged to form the royal logistic corps the modern descendant of the asc ranks edit officers of the control department commissariat and transport department and commissariat and transport staff held different ranks from the rest of the army 8 9 from february 1885 they were given honorary military ranks which they held in conjunction with their commissary ranks 10 officers of the asc and rasc held full military rank army rank control department rank commissariat transport department rank commissariat transport staff rank second lieutenant sub assistant commissary sub assistant commissary quartermaster lieutenant assistant commissary assistant commissary deputy assistant commissary general captain deputy commissary deputy commissary deputy assistant commissary general major commissary commissary assistant commissary general lieutenant colonel assistant controller assistant commissary general assistant commissary general colonel deputy controller deputy commissary general deputy commissary general controller commissary general commissary general notable personnel edit category royal army service corps soldiers category royal army service corps officers see also edit 15 air assault close support squadron rlc cathedral of st michael and st george aldershot annual service east window and photo of memorial chapel citations edit royal army medical corps ramc faithful in adversity in arduis fidelis 22 march 2020 massé 1948 p 38 1 2 3 sutton 1998 1 2 3 4 roper 1998 p 165 young 2012 p 189 war office his majesty s army 1938 war office royal warrant for the pay appointment promotion and non effective pay of the army 1931 no 24281 the london gazette 4 january 1876 p 4 no 24822 the london gazette 12 march 1880 p 2016 no 25444 the london gazette 20 february 1885 p 760 bibliography edit massé lt col c h 1948 the predecessors of the royal army service corps 1757 1888 aldershot gale polden oclc 5045026 roper dr michael 1998 the records of the war office and related departments 1660 1964 london public record office isbn 9781873162453 sutton brigadier john 1998 wait for the waggon the story of the royal corps of transport and its predecessors 1794 1993 barnsley s yorks leo cooper isbn 978 1 47 382038 8 young michael 2012 2000 army 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