Quarter-Master

Note 15: MacGregor was then the Quarter-Master General and is perhaps best known to contemporary scholars as the compiler of the military and political reference handbook on Central Asia, part II of which concerns Afghanistan (see MacGregor). back

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At least one Tank Commander captured in France, being a keen judge of horseflesh, examined the horses of a German horse artillery battery, only to discover that every one of the mounts bore British Army Quarter-Master identification marks: the German Commander explained that they had all been bought at Melton Mowbray before the war when made redundant upon the mechanisation of the British Army!

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At least one Tank Commander captured in France, being a keen judge of horseflesh, examined the horses of a German horse artillery battery, only to discover that every one of the mounts bore British Army Quarter-Master identification marks: the German Commander explained that they had all been bought at Melton Mowbray before the war when made redundant upon the mechanisation of the British Army!

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Chaplain; Major W.N. Sarll was Quarter-Master, but, being medically unfit, at once handed over his duties to Capt.

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

Quarter-Master and his followers had ready for us, we were taken in

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

The Quarter-Master Sergeant and his assistant found an avalanche of new material and old on their hands.

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Quarter-Master coming round and handing him his ration trilby hat, civvy suit and the swagger cane he hopes for, I said, "Why don't you put in for two months 'business leave?"

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Quarter-Master, but in the end the mess cart, which had a good cover, was requisitioned, and made two or three secret journeys by night to

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

An incident in the Quarter-Master's Department that was not without interest, was a great ride by our great Quarter-Master.

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

Amongst numerous Officers who joined us in these days we were particularly glad to welcome our old friend Torrance, who at once resumed the duties of Quarter-Master.

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman