WW1 Maps Belonging To Brigadier H H Dempsey CBE during his ASC Service.
2 Maps joined 51 2nd Ed Oct 17 51A 1st Ed May 1917 Initials. Annotated with supply routes.
Gorre Trenches Corrected 6/2/18 with annotations
La Bassee Canal Named Tosh? Showing Route A
La Couture Trenches corrected to 26/2/18 Named to a 2nd Lt (Paper)
Bomy Special Manoeuvre Area with sketches to reverse.
Harry Hamilton, graduate of both the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Military College crossed to France with the BEF August 29th 1914 with the ASC. A career soldier, he rose to the rank of Brigadier in WW2 and was Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General Home Forces 1943-45 responsible for planning the logistics for D Day and beyond. For this he received the CBE.
WW1 Service
Aug-Oct 1914 ASC BEF
Oct 14 - Sept 15 1st Auxiliary HT Company
Sept 15 - Aug 16 3rd Auxiliary HT Company
Aug 16 -Oct 16 ASC Base Depot Horse Transport
Oct 16 - April 17 No 2 Company 7th Division Train
Wounded In Action March 17
April 17 - July 18 Adjudant Commanding No 1 Base Motor Transport Rouen
June - Aug 18 Wissant Motor Training Course
Aug 18 - Aug 19 2nd Div Motor transport Company
Dec 18 - Aug 19 Forces Occupying The Rhineland
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