Army Service Corps, 1902-1918

"Ally Slopers Cavalry' may well have been a musical hall joke in Victorian times, but the re-organized Army Service Corps (ASC) came into its own in the First World War, providing essential support to the British Army in every theatre of war. With so little published material available, even our leading historians have only the sketchiest idea of the logistic network behind the front line and the activities of the men and women involved. This freshly researched book by the last curator of the RASC & RCT Museum provides a wealth of new and fascinating information on what became eventually a 326,000 strongcorps, along with 120 photographs and 21 annexes of archival material. The ASC's contribution to the 1914-1918 war has been ignored for too long-until now. AUTHOR: Colonel Mike Young was a RASC officer for many years. On his retirement he became Curator of the TASC and RCT Museum at Minley near Aldershot. An avid and expert military historian, Mike Young is a regular contributor to Regimental/Corps journals. He is a collector of militaria, and in particular, vintage postcards. SELLING POINTS: In-depth book provides a wealth of new and fascinating material on the Army Service Corps The Corps eventually had a strength of over 326,000 men and women Highly illustrated with over 120 photographs and 21 annexes of archival material The most detailed and definitive work on the subject to date