117 Company, RASC - any info?

Discussion in 'RASC' started by Swiper, Nov 9, 2009.

  1. Swiper

    Swiper Resident Sospan

    Looking for any info on 117 Company RASC,
    "T/14679658 Dar (?) CC Eves
    B Platoon 117 Corp RASC
    Corps Transport B.L.A"

    From active service letters, this is for a friend but drawn a blank on 117 Company (I think she wrote '117 Corp' instead of '117 Coy', and am I right in guess

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    Any other info gents? Much appreciated as always.
     
  2. Pete Keane

    Pete Keane Senior Member

    Is there any clue as to what B.L.A might be short for?

    They were providing transport for them, so knowing who they are might help.

    Pete
     
  3. Swiper

    Swiper Resident Sospan

    I tried to work out what BLA was but to no avail thus far really. Currently my friends typing up all the letters etc so hopefully more will come out there, I thought each RASC company was individually numbered with no repetition?
     
  4. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

  5. Swiper

    Swiper Resident Sospan

    Brilliant! Thought it meant that, and there were a few references to him being nervy about possibly getting sent to Burma after NWE.
     
  6. englandphil

    englandphil Very Senior Member

  7. Pete Keane

    Pete Keane Senior Member

    I cant see anything prior to 1945, when the Coy was posted in Austria - I wonder if this is when your entry dates from? It was an MT Transport outfit at that time.

    Regiments had their own MT sections, but RASC companies (or even individuals) would also be used, often they are not part of that Regiments documented history, and if a RASC company was fragmented it often isnt recorded in its own right, so they can be a bit frustrating to research !

    Once you have the typed up details let us know what else you have.

    Cheers

    Pete
     
  8. Swiper

    Swiper Resident Sospan

    Hmm... thanks for that will get all the stuff and go through it.

    My friend remembers being told he never drove after the road, after what he saw in Falaise... so will follow this up.

    Letters from this country have:
    "No 14679658 Dar (?) CC Eves
    1665 Arty PTN RASC
    c/o GPO Shipley"
     
  9. desmond

    desmond Junior Member

    Hi, My father was at the D-Day normandy landings,he was a lorry driver in 403 Coy RASC T/262752. Does anyone know which beach and what day he would have landed. Any details at all about his unit would be appreciated ,thanks des.
     
  10. Pete Keane

    Pete Keane Senior Member

    Co-incidentally, I suspect both of these units, 117 & 403, may be Petrol Tanker companies.

    My source for this, though, isnt one I can verify ( the truxmodels site).

    I think the RLC Museum may be a good start.

    Good luck.

    Pete.
     

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