403 Ambulance Car Coy

Discussion in 'RASC' started by Dubman, Mar 12, 2016.

  1. Dubman

    Dubman Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    Searching for a friend of mine.
    403 A.C.C I know was part of RASC but he was a dispatch rider for a Canadian company.
    But his service records state 403 A.C.C.
    So company diaries, details, information anyone?
     
  2. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    All I can find is the following diaries that are RASC. Do the dates and campaign fit?

    WO 166/13109 403 Company 1943 Jan-Dec
    WO 171/2456 403 Company 1944 Jan-Dec
    WO 171/6271 403 Company 1945 Jan-May
    WO 171/6272 403 Company 1945 Jun-Dec
    WO 171/9810 403 Company 1946 Jan- Apr
     
  3. Dubman

    Dubman Well-Known Member

    yes they do indeed. I assume that's a lot of diaries to copy.
     
  4. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    I don't know how many pages would be in each, diaries vary greatly in thickness. They could be 50 pages in each to over 400 in each, you never know what you are going to get until the files are ordered and copied if I'm honest.
     
  5. Historic Steve

    Historic Steve Researching 21 Army Group/BAOR post VE day

    Only have one such unit listed...218 Ambulance Car Company Army Troops attached 1 Corps 3 May 45...BUT listed RAMC not RASC
     
  6. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    That sounds a bit odd, as he was in a unit that wasnt Canadian .
    Is that the ''family story'' ?
    Unless it was a British unit in First Canadian Army & things have been confused.


    also RASC personnel were attached to RAMC units as drivers.
    The unit itself would have been RAMC as Historic Steve says.
     
  7. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    They were RASC in 1940

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  8. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    OK, I've learnt something then.
     
  9. Historic Steve

    Historic Steve Researching 21 Army Group/BAOR post VE day

    Stand corrected just found later on in 1945/6 "218 Company (Ambulance Car) RASC" the entry for 3 May 45 must be a typo!
     
  10. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    OK , can someone explain what an Ambulance Car Company actually does ?
     
  11. Brian Smith

    Brian Smith Junior Member

    Trux has this covered in his Motor Transport Company RASC entry and puts it far better than I can. Brian
     
  12. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    ah yes, cheers.
    http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/23786-motor-transport-units-rasc/
     
  13. Dubman

    Dubman Well-Known Member

    well my friends grandfather was a dispatch rider, with 403 A.C.C. R.A.S.C.
    but he told his family he did a lot of 'work' for the Canadians.
    So that;'s all I know. Have a copy of his service records and that's it.
    So all info is very kindly received.
    Cheers
     
  14. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Messenger - You could only be a despatch rider in The Royal Corps of Signals as it was a trade ;)
     
  15. Dubman

    Dubman Well-Known Member

    well he was a rider, as he was a mechanic in civil life. He did drive cars, ambulances but mainly bike rider, so we assume dispatch rider.
    Maybe the company records can spread light on it
     
  16. Michael Homer

    Michael Homer New Member

    Yes I can tell you what a Ambulance Car Company does I was in the last Ambulance car Coy in the British Army 130coy(MOTAMB)
    Bielefeld !BR Corps Just Joined WW2 Talk email mamjh@yahoo.com
     

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