Steering wheel associated with the Army Service Corps, with inscriptions from First World War, 1912-1918

The inscriptions relate to the Army Service Corps and the culture and slang of the British Army on the Western Front:

93rd AUX BUS COY ASC M. RES W. MT 4th OMNIBUS
One of five units of buses operated by the Army Service Corps to transport troops.

MACONOCHIE
Maconochie is a stew of sliced turnips, carrots and potatoes in a thin soup, named for the Aberdeen Maconochie Company that produced it. It was a widely used food ration for British soldiers in the field during the Boer War and in front-line trenches during the First World War.
"warmed in the tin, Maconochie was edible; cold it was a mankiller."

Battle locations
ARMENTIERS - town in northern France
WYPERS - army slang for Ypres, Flanders /Belgium
ARRAS - town in N France
ETAPLES - port in France
ANTWERP - Belgian port

ARMY SAFETY CORPS
Sarcastic army nickname for the Army Service Corps


TOMMY ATKINS - Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. Said to have been the example name given on army conscription forms in 1916.

JACK JOHNSON - A 'Jack Johnson' was the British (racist) nickname used to describe the impact of a heavy, black German 15cm artillery shell, named after the African-American world heavyweight boxing champion, who held the title 1908-14.

PIP SQUEAK - British service medals of the First World War became popularly known as 'Pip, Squeak and Wilfred' after characters in a Daily Mirror cartoon of the period. Pip' was used for the 1914 Star and the 1914-15 Star, 'Squeak' was the named used to describe the British War Medal; the Inter-Allied Victory Medal was referred to as 'Wilfred'.

GORBLIMEY
COMRADES
CHA
OLD BEAN
ARCHIE
DEAR OLD BLIGHTY
AUNT SALLY