Hello,

Could anyone explain me the exact duties etc. of this man?

Regards,
Jan

Jan,

Taken from an old "Stand To" article;

"The role of the Ordnance Services on the Western Front was to supply the BEF with all that it needed to live and fight except certain technical stores, rations, forage and petrol. It was the task of the Army Service Corps to transport the stores to the fighting zone. The growth of the army's requirements was enormous. In 1914 there were eight companies of the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC); by 1916 there were forty-two. In 1914 the Ordnance element of a division consisted of one officer (DADOS-Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services) and one clerk; by 1916 he had a staff of fourteen and four lorries and there were two Ordnance officers at Army HQ and one at Corps HQ with similar staffs."

Who is the man you are interested in? He wouldn't be buried in Mendinghem Cemetery by any chance would he?

Andy.

Hello Andy,

It's just that I am writing a book about Bisseghem and such a guy from the 35th Division was stationed here some time in 1918. I had figured out more or less what he did but I just wanted to be sure.

Thanks a lot for your answer!

Jan