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ASC are the initials for Army Service Corps, a highly organised department of the army which attends to the transport of baggage and supplies, and also assists the medical service.[1] ASC also stood for "Ally Sloper's Cavalry," a humorous perversion of the same initials.[2] The Army Service Corps' title include the "Royal" prefix in 1918 for "splendid service performed in the War."[3]
See also Commissariat.
References / notes
- ↑ Various contributors (1914). The War Book-of-Facts. 2nd Edition. A.W. Shaw Company, London p.144.
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.170.
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.2.
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