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Albert-Harry-Tivey-of-The-Royal-Army-Service-Corps

Named Albert Harry Tivey and known as Harry, he was born in the Large township of Shepshed (formerly Sheepshead) in Leicestershire in 1882.  His parents were Charles Tivey, a master tailor by trade and Ann Blood. Harry married in 1908 in the Smallburgh District of Norfolk to his wife of 47 years, Frances Mary Pestle. In 1911, Harry was a Milk Seller by trade and had moved back to his hometown of Shepshed where he and wife Frances had three children - Frances Hannah Tivey, Colin Pestle Tivey and Sarah Tivey. Harry was a member of the Motor Transport section of the Army Service Corps (The "Royal" was added to it's title in 1918). The Army Service Corps are thought of by many as the unsung heroes of the Great War, an army could not function without food, shelter, ammunition and countless the other items that were transported to those on the frontline by men just like Harry.

Harry joined the ASC in December 1915 and served as a motor vehicle driver transporting food,drink and later petrol for 22 months in France.

Name:

TIVEY, Albert Harry

Regiment, Corps etc.:

Army Service Corps, Motor Transport Section

Surname:

Tivey

Forename(s):

Albert Harry

Initials:

A H

Birthplace:

Shepshed, Leicestershire

Enlisted:

Loughborough, Leicestershire 9th December 1915

Residence:

(On Discharge 1919) Field Street, Shepshed, Leicestershire

Rank:

PRIVATE

Number:

197446 and 335161

Theatre of war:

France & Flanders

Supplementary Notes:

Declared medically fit for service after his horse threw him to the ground in 1916, despite the fact that he suffered with terrible headaches after the fall. He contracted influenza and laryngitis in 1919 whilst on duty and was demobbed after recovering  his illness at a military convalescent home in Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire.

Albert-Harry-Tivey-Medal-Card-RASC

His war pension record can be seen by clicking on the image below which should open in another window.

Army-Service-Corps-Albert-Henry-Tivey

Army-Service-Corps-Cap-BadgeThis is  the badge which Harry and his fellow Army Service Corps members would have worn on his cap. At the height of the war  there were 315,334 men serving in the ASC and in addition there were thousands of Egyptian, Indian, Chinese and other native labourers, carriers and storesmen, under orders of the ASC. The Photo below features a typical WWI ASC Motor Vehicle.
Typical Army Service Corps Vehicle
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