C.S.D. : Depot?

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  1. heatherannej

    heatherannej Junior Member

    Hello there. Can anyone tell me what the abbreviation C.S.D. stands for please? I think it was a depot of some sort .... stores?? There was one on Hythe Quay, Colchester during WW2. I grew up on Hythe Quay and am interested in anything relating to it's history. My late father-in-law was in the Essex Yeomany and he was down there for a short time at the beginning of the war but I can't ask him now! Many thanks in anticipation .... Heather
     
  2. Rerun 57

    Rerun 57 Junior Member

    Possibly Command Supply Depot?
     
  3. hutt

    hutt Member

    From WO166-4895 ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS COMPANIES 902 Anti-Aircraft Company 1940 Mar -1941 Dec 29th October 1941 Capt Burn to C.S.D. Danesbury, where he saw Capt Isbester who is now the Supply Officer there. Then to Soulbury to see Capt Clifford - both were quite satisfied with our detachment they have there. Command Supply Depot is certainly a possibility
     

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  4. heatherannej

    heatherannej Junior Member

    Hi everyone. That sounds feasible ... thank you. Well, certainly my late father-in-law spoke of stores at the Hythe. That has helped a lot. When you say "Command" would that be stores for one regiment alone or for an area? Heather
     
  5. Charpoy Chindit

    Charpoy Chindit Junior Member

    Command Supply Depot or Cold Storage Depot.
     
  6. hutt

    hutt Member

    Hi

    902 Coy RASC were part of 26th AA Brigade, one of 4 under 1st AA Division and supplying rations and ammunition and moving AA regiments, batteries and sections within that group. Whether your store had a similar function of whether they might have been shared amongst other army units (not even artillery) in their vicinity I can't say. It is however, the only reference to CSD in 20 months of continuous diary entries for 902 Company.
     
  7. heatherannej

    heatherannej Junior Member

    Hello All .... Thanks for the input. I found this one reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/98/a4485198.shtml headed 'Depot Superintendent of CSD' by Joan Horner. It mentioned copyright at the end of the page so I thought it best not to quote. Perhaps you wouldn't mind checking the link out and see what you think? Many thanks Heather
     
  8. heatherannej

    heatherannej Junior Member

  9. Wills

    Wills Very Senior Member

  10. Skoyen89

    Skoyen89 Senior Member

    'Command' in this respect means for example Eastern Command, Western Command, Southern Command, Aldershot Command etc which were big chunks of the country that the UK was split into. So they were generally big depots rather than small local affairs although there may have been more than one depot in a Command.
     
  11. Wills

    Wills Very Senior Member

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  12. heatherannej

    heatherannej Junior Member

    Thank you all VERY much, it is really appreciated. Heather
     

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