RASC TRANSPORT COMPANIES IN SERVICE IN NO 8 ARMY ROADHEAD IN NORTHERN BELGIUM (PART 1) [Allocated Title]

Transport companies attached to 44th or 46th Transport Columns RASC deliver POL and ammunition to depots in 2nd Army's main supply area.

I. Outside Neerpelt (?) on the banks of the Meuse-Escaut Canal, Mack EH 5-tonners, Maudslay Militant 6-tonners and Bedford OY 3-ton lorries are seen arriving at No. 103 Petrol Depot to deliver POL supplies and returning to the nearest railhead to collect more. RASC and Pioneer Corps personnel are seen working alongside Belgian civilian labourers unloading five-gallon jerrycan petrol containers and petrol drums off the lorries for stacking.

II. At Railway yards at Houthaelen (?), civilian labourers load 25-pounder and 7.2 inch projectiles directly from goods wagons onto Bedford OY, Maudslay Militant and ERF lorries and vehicles requisitioned from a civilian haulage contractor for delivery to ammunition dumps in No. 8 Army Roadhead. The cameraman films part of the journey to an ammunition dump on the road from the Dutch frontier to Hasselt while Travelling in an ERF lorry with army pioneers. At a spot near Helchteren (?), the pioneers unload 25-pounder shell crates and stack them by the roadside.

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