Help with deciphering unit details

Hi all

Was wondering if anyone could help me deciper the units on this part of mt grandfathers service record. I have zoomed the image in to the part in question...

The first is Br A S Paris, which I know, although exactly where they were based in Paris I would still love to know...

Then the problem ones...

Underneath it looks like 1830 Crane(?) TPT RASC

And below that

4 Ord M....? Coy

Then all is well again with Catering Pool and HQ BAOR.

Anyone able to shed any light on the units please?

Thanks
Steve

 

Here we go:

1830 Platoon, Royal Army Service Corps - they were an independent platoon and 'crane transport' may well have been their role. The war diaries (1944 1945) ought to confirm that.

4 Ordnance Maintenance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. War diaries: 1944 1945

 

BAOR British Army of the Rhine

 

My address was Air HQ (Ops), BAFO, BAOR

Air Headquarters (Operations), British Air Forces of Occupation, British Army on the Rhine. Sorry to be picky, but "of" seems to have crept in of late, or perhaps it changed after I was demobbed from there in Jan 1948!

 

Doc D-


perhaps if you wait ten minutes it will change again… the world appears full of people who want to change things…why I don't know and I doubt that they

know themselves...

Cheers

 

Many thanks for the help

Cheers
Steve

 

Steve,

does this fit?

A Crane Transport Platoon. 21 Army Group.
War Establishment XIV/1830/1. September 1944.
Two RASC Crane Platoons were formed during September and were to form part of a General Transport Company (Amphibious) for the operation of cranes in the transhipment area. The platoon was self administering but was affiliated to a nearby workshop for workshop maintenance. In December the platoons were despatched to the advance base depots as they were no longer required for work on the beaches or in the transhipment areas.

Personnel
Subaltern
serjeant
lance serjeant
5 X corporal
25 X lance corporal
41 X private and driver
Total 74

Plus attached
2 X cook ACC

Trades
5 X driver mechanic
vehicle mechanic
administrative lance serjeant
5 X corporal in charge of sections
batman driver
clerk
25 X lance corporal driver
32 X driver
water dutyman

Transport
3 X motorcycle
1 X car 2 seater 4 X 2
2 X 3ton 4 X 4 GS
1 X water trailer
30 X crane (task vehicles)

Headquarters
Subaltern
serjeant
administrative lance serjeant
vehicle mechanic
batman driver
clerk
2 X driver
water dutyman
2 X cook ACC

Motorcycle 1
serjeant
Motorcycle 2
vehicle mechanic

Car 2 seater 4 X 2
Subaltern, batman driver

3ton 4 X 4 GS 1
2 X cook, water dutyman, driver
Tows water trailer
Carries cooking sets and rations
3ton 4 X 4 GS 2
lance serjeant, clerk, driver
Carries office equipment and baggage

Section 1 to 4
Motorcycle
corporal
Crane, road mobile slewing, 5ton 1
driver mechanic, driver
Crane, road mobile slewing, 5ton 2
lance corporal driver, driver
Crane, road mobile slewing, 5ton 3
lance corporal driver, driver
Crane, road mobile slewing, 5ton 4
lance corporal driver, driver
Crane, road mobile slewing, 5ton 5
lance corporal driver, driver
Crane, road mobile slewing, 5ton 6
lance corporal driver, driver

Section 5
Motorcycle
corporal
Lorry 3ton 6 X 4 Coles Crane MkVI 1
driver mechanic, driver
Lorry 3ton 6 X 4 Coles Crane MkVI 2
lance corporal driver, driver
Lorry 3ton 6 X 4 Coles Crane MkVI 3
lance corporal driver, driver
Lorry 3ton 6 X 4 Coles Crane MkVI 4
lance corporal driver, driver
Lorry 3ton 6 X 4 Coles Crane MkVI 5
lance corporal driver, driver
Lorry 3ton 6 X 4 Coles Crane MkVI 6
lance corporal driver, driver

Mike

 

Mike

You are a star, that fits perfectly and that they have two ACC cooks attached fits absolutely perfectly.

Really appreciate that

Steve

 

@ Tom & Doc, nothing new - recall the ancient quotation attributed to Petronius that usually reads:

Steve

 

At risk of becoming over confident:

No4 Ordnance Maintenance Company was a late arrival and was deployed direct to 2 Army Railhead in Belgium.

An ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE COMPANY.
War Establishment IV/218/1. December 1943.

This unit is designed to provide personnel for
A Headquarters.
A railhead stores section consisting of a regulating station sub section, an army troops railhead sub section and three supply railhead sub sections.
A railhead ammunition section, consisting of three ammunition railhead sub sections.
A railhead tank section consisting of a headquarters and four tank railhead tank sections. Sub sections are on the scale of one per armoured or tank brigade.
An increment of two forward maintenance ammunition sections and two forward maintenance stores sections will be added for each corps served by the company.

Headquarters
Major, Ordnance Officer 3rd Class
corporal clerk
2 X clerk
batman driver
2 X motorcyclist
1 X bicycle
2 X motorcycle
1 X car 5cwt 4 X 4

Railhead Stores Section
Regulating Station Sub Section
Warrant Officer Class I Clerk
serjeant storeman, general and clothing
corporal clerk
clerk
corporal storeman, general and clothing
4 X storeman, general and clothing
Army Troops Sub Section
Captain or Subaltern, Ordnance Officer 4th Class
serjeant clerk, RAOC duties
clerk
corporal storeman, general and clothing
3 X storeman, general and clothing
1 X motorcycle
1 X 15cwt GS
3 X Supply Sub Section each
Captain or Subaltern, Ordnance Officer 4th Class
staff serjeant clerk, RAOC duties
2 X serjeant storeman, general and clothing
2 X clerk
2 X corporal storeman, general and clothing
13 X storeman, general and clothing
batman
cook ACC
1 X motorcycle
1 X 15cwt GS
2 X 5ton mobile crane

Railhead Ammunition Section
3 X Ammunition Sub Section each
2 X Captain or Subaltern, Ordnance Officer 4th Class
Warrant Officer Class II Clerk
Warrant Officer Class II Storeman, Technical, for ammunition
staff serjeant, storeman, technical, for ammunition
corporal clerk, RAOC duties
clerk, RAOC duties
2 X corporal storeman for ammunition
14 X storeman for ammunition
batman
2 X driver
motorcyclist
cook ACC
1 X bicycle
1 X motorcycle
1 X car 5cwt 4 X 4
1 X 15cwt GS

Railhead Tank Section
Headquarters
2 X Captain or Subaltern, Ordnance Officer 4th Class
Warrant Officer Class II Clerk
serjeant storeman, technical, for vehicles
serjeant driver IC
corporal clerk, RAOC duties
3 X clerk, RAOC duties
2 X corporal driver mechanic
3 X driver mechanic
corporal storeman, technical, for MT stores
storeman, technical, for MT stores
4 X storeman, technical, for vehicles
2 X storeman, technical, for armament
2 X storeman, technical, for signals and wireless
batman driver
2 X driver IC
2 X general dutyman
motorcyclist
Warrant Officer Class II Armament Artificer (Vehicles) REME
telecommunications mechanic (field) REME
corporal vehicle mechanic, AFV REME
3 X cook ACC
1 X motorcycle
1 X car 5cwt 4 X 4
2 X 15cwt GS
2 X 3ton 4 X 4 GS
1 X 3ton 4 X 4 Stores, binned
2 X tractor 6 X 4 breakdown
2 X 3ton trailer GS

4 X Sub Section each
serjeant driver IC
corporal driver mechanic
3 X driver mechanic
6 X driver IC
motorcyclist
corporal vehicle mechanic AFV REME
1 X motorcycle

The following increments will be made for each corps served by the company.
2 X Forward Maintenance Ammunition Sections each
Captain or Subaltern Ordnance Officer 4th Class
Serjeant storeman, technical, for ammunition
Corporal storeman, technical for ammunition
6 X storeman, technical, for ammunition
serjeant clerk RAOC duties
batman
motorcyclist
cook ACC
1 X motorcycle
1 X 3ton 4 X 4 GS
1 X 3ton trailer GS

2 X Forward Maintenance Stores Sections each
Captain or Subaltern Ordnance Officer 4th Class
Serjeant storeman, technical, general and clothing
Corporal storeman, technical, general and clothing
6 X storeman, technical, general and clothing
serjeant clerk RAOC duties
batman
motorcyclist
cook ACC
1 X motorcycle
1 X 3ton 4 X 4 GS
1 X 3ton trailer GS

Mike