| Army Printing and Stationery Service | |
|---|---|
 Front cover of a 1917 document produced by the Army Printing and Stationery Service | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | British Empire |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Stationery production and distribution |
| Role | Support |
| Size | Approx 900 men maximum |
| Engagements | First World War |
The Army Printing and Stationery Service was a British Army unit of the First World War and the early interwar period. It had its origins in the Base Stationery Depot, a small unit sent with the British Expeditionary Force to distribute stationery. During the course of the war it grew to a battalion-sized unit and produced and printed its own publications. The unit ran three printing presses in France and at one point had 13 stations across Europe and the Middle East. The unit was responsible for printing and distributing documents ranging from the simple field service postcard issued regularly to every man in the British Army to highly specialised manuals. By the war's end it was distributing up to 400,000 packages of documents per week.