HMT Caeserea

History
Name	HMT Caeserea
Builder/Built	1910 Cammell Laird
Type	Packet Steamer (triple screw)
Displacement	1,504 tons
Speed	20 knots

Remarks

Built for the London and Southwest Railway. Capable of carrying 1,470 passengers, during WW1 it was used to ferry soldiers between England and France. In 1923 it was sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and renamed Manx Maid. Taken over by the Admiralty during WW2 as the HMS Bruce, before in 1945 again being named Manx maid.

Southampton to Le Havre 22 November 1916

36th Battalion

• William Lionel Stalker

Southampton to France 24 November 1916

3rd Pioneer Battalion

• Alfred Ernest Andrews
• Clarence Henry Batt
• Ernest Albert Batt
• Michael Dennis O'Rourke