Army Service Corps

Army Service Corps, abbreviated to ASC: A highly organised department of the army which attends to the transport of baggage and supplies, and also assists the medical service. ASC also stood for "Ally Sloper's Cavalry," a humorous perversion of the same initials. The Army Service Corps' title include the "Royal" prefix in 1918 for "splendid service performed in the War."

See also Commissariat.