RASC 349 COY N.Africa & Italy

Ive recently discovered my Grandfather served in RASC 349 COY in N.Africa and Italy. His Service number is T.204734. He served between June 1940 & Mar 1946 as a Driver.

I cant seem to find much detail on 349 COY. Can anyone help me understand , what they actually did and where they were exactly. I did manage to make contact with a second cousin who did tell me he was involved in Salerno and possibly Operation Avalanche. Would be great to confirm this.

 

Mike,

What was your grandfather's full name? His number has not appeared here before.

It would help if you could explain what research, if any, you have done already. That will avoid duplication.

Logistic units often have a light online footprint and individual units may not even have a post-war published history etc.

The listing below is as discovered.

A 2015 thread: service records 349 coy rasc

In 1942 they were possibly known as Army or General Transport Company, not as the interpretation given on the link as Anti-Tank, a role the RASC did not perform! See: https://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki...l_Army_Service_Corps,_War_Diary_December_1942.

I am not versed in the RASC, but I suspect there is a difference between Army Transport and Troop Carrying names and roles.

A 1940 file: ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS: COMPANIES: 349 General Transport Company (GT). | The National Archives refers to them as General Transport Company.

There is a file with the National Archives for part of 1943: Royal Army Service Corps: 349 Company (RASC) | The National Archives

From Travers:

From: J. Woods T/65104; RASC; Attached to the Royal Artillery

The RLC is the successor formation to the RASC and others post-war.

RASC a starting point on roles: Royal Army Service Corps - Wikipedia

 

Thank you for such a quick response - His name is James jack Cunningham DoB 27 Sep 1916 Place of birth Birkenhead