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==List of soldiers carried==
 
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*[[Albert Helliwell]]
 
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*[[Herbert Stanley (Bert) Jones]]
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*[[Herbert Stanley (Bert) Jones]] From Port Suez 23 Dec
 
*[[Henry George Price]]
 
*[[Henry George Price]]
 
*[[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]]
 
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Revision as of 02:21, 19 July 2018

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History
Name SS Leicestershire
Builder/Built 1909 Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Type Ocean Liner (twin screw)
Displacement 8,059 tons
Speed 15 knots


Remarks

Built for the Bibby Line to carry 230 single class passengers.

In 1917 she was requisitioned for troop use, and after taking troops to northern Russia in 1918 she made one voyage to Melbourne, Australia carrying returning troops.

Following her Australian trip she was handed back to her owners who converted her from coal burning to oil burning and she then continued on the UK - Rangoon route until 1930.

List of soldiers carried

England to Fremantle 9 December 1918 - 15 January 1919

England to Fremantle 3 May 1919 - ???