| 单词 | army service corps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArmy Service Corps Army Service Corps n. now disused a corps of the British army responsible for the provision of food, equipment, transport, and other services; abbreviated A.S.C.The Army Service Corps was formed in 1869 to replace the Commissariat (commissariat n. 2a) and in 1918 it became the Royal Army Service Corps. In 1965 it was split into the Royal Corps of Transport and Royal Army Ordnance Corps. These two corps merged with three others in 1993 to form the Royal Logistic Corps. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > administration and supply branches baggage1603 field train1692 Corps of Wagoners1802 wagon-corps1810 subsistence department1820 baggage-train1841 rear echelon1852 Control Department1867 Army Service Corps1869 A.S.C.1871 pay corps1876 Q1916 echelon1922 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 May 3/2 Colonel Evelegh, C. B., late barrackmaster at the Curragh, is likely to be placed at the head of the new ‘Army Service Corps’. 1871 Hansard CCVI. 961 The Army Service Corps is divided into three branches—supply, transport, and stores, with officers and men attached. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 124 Army Service Corps supply points. 2013 Times (Nexis) 18 May (Features section) 85 Generals from neutral Spain..are seen cheekily fingering bread as it leaves an Army Service Corps bakery in Rouen. < as lemmas |
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