Abbreviations in service records.

Many thanks Brian

 

Thanks Owen, consider wrist slapped, my excuse, it was late at night.

BSD Base supply Depots.
Not been able to find out where 13 BSD was but there is a file on it in 1942
Royal Army Service Corps: 13 Base Supply Depot (RASC BSD). Date: 1942 Jan.- Aug., Dec. Held by: The National Archives, Kew. Legal status: Public Record.
Ref: Wo 169/5597

8 BSD seems to have been in El Kirsh / Ismailia halfway along the west bank of the suez canal. July 1945 it was disbanded into no 4 CRASC.

Aerial photo of it here in 1951 – 56.
http://www.suezcanalzone.com/czcamps.html

An interesting read here of Tony’s war, Another RASC man who served in the same area.
152945 Pte Edward Anthony Clarke 2BPFC, RASC.
http://www.rogerclarke.com/Family/AW4/06/2/WWII.html