WW2 Service RAOC 48th AKS

Dear Sirs, re. Paul A. Blagrove

I am trying to find details of my father's war service after 1942 when, as a newly gazetted officer ( through the ranks of the 4th and 50th RTR and Sandhurst-winning the MM at Arras before Dunkirk) he was eventually posted in 1944 to 48th AKS in CMF (I assume Central Mediteranean Force) under the RAOC. Can anyone help me with the initials, AKS and the purpose of this unit? I believe my father ended 1946 as traffic officer for Vienna. He was eventually posted to RPC at Detmold BAOR where the family joined him in 1949
His record in the RTR has been fairly straight forward to check but I have been stumped by this and his army records are extremely sparse in this area. Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Tony Blagrove

 

Hi Tony - welcome to the forum.

A.K.S is Army Kinema Service. I've looked for a War Diary reference for 48 AKS, but as of yet have found nothing.

Arcre - War Diary Search Engine

 

Hi Tony,

I was interested and had a look too, I found this on the Arcre search engine, that RosyRedd gave you a link to:

WO 170/2944Army Kinema: 48 Section1944 July- Dec.
1944 Mar.- Dec.WO 170/2943Army Kinema: 42 Section1944 May- Dec.WO 170/2944Army Kinema: 48 Section1944 July- Dec.



TNA Ref.Title and contentDate rangeWO 166/1583648 Section1944 JulyWO 170/2944Army Kinema: 48 Section1944 July- Dec.WO 170/6328Army Kinema Services: 48 Section1945 Jan.- Dec.WO 170/8628Army Kinema Units: 48 Section1946 Jan.- June
Total records found: 4

Hope this helps

Cheers

Colin

 

Nice find Colin. He might even be mentioned in the diary since he was a commissioned officer.

 

Colin and Rosy,
Many thanks. Good starting point. Cheers
Tony

 

I believe that the name was changedd to SKC - Services Kinema Corporation, there may be some assistance there.