ASC 620 COMPANY 1914-1915

[joho]

I have discovered that my great grandfather served in the First World War and was in the Army Service Corp (Special Reserve Category C) motor transport section, it appears that he served with 620 company . He was a bus driver in London so would hazard a guess that he was serving in one of the Omnibus Companies. His name was William George Sawyer and his service number was 3370. He was in France from 12/8/1914 until 13/8/1915. I would love to find out about his unit and where in France they were, possibly find some pictures of the unit or maybe find pictures of cap badges etc.
Here is a small extract of his service records could somebody point me in the direction of his unit please and where i could find out some details of it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[403520]

It is good that you have his service record. With this I suggest that the National Archives (Public Record Office) at Kew may well have records of the unit(s) in their military files. Units were supposed to keep a "War Diary" and these were supposed to have been transferred to the PRO.
The page you have shown indicates that he joined up in 1914, was in 373 Coy (MT) in England in 1915, but appears to have been discharged in 1916. This is an interesting fact. Perhaps the other sheet, not shown, may give further clues.

[joho]

Thanks for the advice i will try the PRO.
I have attached a couple more extracts if helps to determine what company he was in in France.

[403520]

Thank you for sharing the rest of the document. Unfortunately it does not contain the clue that one hopes for. It is very interesting that a soldier was released from service halfway through WW1 whilst strenuous efforts were being made to obtain more men for the army. You might find another interesting channel of enquiry by trying to find any information about army (especially ASC MT units) in Grove Park. That is if you are keen enough to do the "digging". Best wishes with your search, sorry I can be of no great help.

[403520]

One point I missed - cap badge you should be able to find at the Imperial War Museum (check first before you go) or I believe there may be a book around somewhere. You could also try the RASC/RCT/RLC museum. They might have some other information about your main search.

[joho]

Thank you very much for your help.