Hi Clive, Thanks for the link, I have already had a look at it previously. I'm particularly interested in her voyage from Freetown Sierra Leone, to Liverpool, 25/9/1941-12/10/1941 and what passengers she took with her. regards........Graham.
Re 1942 Duchess of Bedford escaped from Singapore on 30 Jan 1942, with 1334 evacuees. She arrived in Colombo on 8 Feb.
Hi Hugh, I couldn't see 1941/42, thought I would start a thread and upload it,with the view it might attract some interest.The file comes from BT389/10/24. cheers......Graham.
Hi Graham, Logically you would think they would be in that file but you may wish to try BT 389/12/120 recorded against EMPRESS OF FRANCE. If it is not there then they have possibly mislaid the first few cards pertaining to1939-1942 and you may wish to challenge them on that. Regards Hugh
cheers Hugh, It's not the first time that I have come across documents missing/lost (my fathers war diaries comes to mind) I will download the file later and have a look, and then post it on this thread.Might be useful to other researchers. Graham.
Hi Hugh, You were right, I downloaded the file BT 389/12/120, and she's in there. The file tracks her from 1940 to early 1942. It basically tell's us what we already know, but I found the whole file very interesting. I will upload it tomorrow and other's can read it.(be aware the writing is very small so you will need to zoom in) cheers...........Graham,
Known as the lucky ship having survived several bomb attacks and claimed to have sunk a submarine.The old girl was unsinkable. Graham.
