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| 2882 | CHARLES, Roland W. Troopships of World War II. ix, 374p., bibliog., illus., index. Washington: Army Transportation Association, 1947.
An illustrated list of American troopships, with details of their war career, it includes British ships which carried US troops on more than one occasion. |
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| 2883 | CHARLEWOOD, Geoff. Troopship Memories: A Dip in the Ocean. [viii], 126p., illus. Ringwood: Navigator, 1996. ISBN: 0902830627.
Charlewood joined the London agents of the British India Company just before war broke out. In 1941 he went to sea as an assistant purser on the ss Matiana bound for Calcutta. An Atlantic trip followed then Sydney via Panama and on to Calcutta where he joined the trooper Neuralia in January 1942. After a spell trooping in the Indian Ocean Neuralia moved to the Mediterranean and took part in various landings. In 1944 she returned to the UK for D–Day. After a brief spell ashore he went on the ss Pundua to Ceylon, now in the RNVR as a supply officer. An engaging if very personal little tale. |
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| 2884 | CHELL, R. A. Troopship. [ix], 88p., illus. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1948.
Some reminiscences, enlivened by cartoons, of an OC Troops who served in troopships from 1942 onward. Explains the routines and some of the happenings of life aboard such a vessel. |
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| 2885 | DENNIS, Owen. The Rest Go On. 132p. London: John Crowther, 1942.
The author's experiences with an A/A battery serving on troopships. During the year covered by the book, he was involved in the evacuation of France and took part in two major troop convoys, one to Suez via the Cape and one to Freetown. |
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| 2886 | GIBSON, Perla Siedle. Durban's Lady in White: An Autobiography Compiled, Edited and Introduced by Sam Morley. [iv], 204p., illus., index. Northaw: Aedificamus, 1991. ISBN: 0951170139.
Throughout the war this famous lady sang to every troopship arriving at Durban and created an indelible memory on those who saw her. This claims to be an updated and revised edition of a book first published in 1964 in South Africa. |
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| 2887 | GLASFURD, Alec. Voyage to Berbera. [vii], 133p., illus. London: Sheppard, 1947.
The author was an armed guard on liners repatriating Italian civilians and some POWs from Abyssinia. His three voyages in this role in 1942–43 are compressed into one in this account. |
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| 2888 | HARDING, Steve. Grey Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War. viii, 84p., bibliog., illus. Missoula: Pictorial Histories Publishing, 1982. ISBN: 0933126263.
A profusely illustrated history and description of this great liner's role as a troopship. |
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| 2889 | HARRISON, M. Reported Safe Arrival: The Journal of a Voyage to Port X. 142p. London: Rich & Cowan, 1943.
A fictionalised account of a journey on a troopship from England to Port Tewfik via Durban, recorded by a Royal Engineer. |
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| 2890 | HICKS, Peter. Sailors Don't Cry: Life in the 30s and 40s at Sea and Ashore. An Autobiography. ix, 141p., illus. Oxford: Axicon, 1997. ISBN: 0906926017.
On his father's death in June 1939, he went to train at HMS Worcester. After training he went to P&O and joined the trooper Strathnaver in early 1944, making several trips before war's end. |
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| 2891 | JACKSON, Carlton. Forgotten Tragedy: The Sinking of HMT Rohna. xvii, 207, [4]p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1997. ISBN: 1557504024.
The troopship Rohna was sunk in convoy by a glider bomb in the Mediterranean with the loss of over 1,100 men, mainly from the 853rd Engineer Aviation Battalion. Republished by Red River Books in 2002 as Allied Secret. |
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| 2892 | KONINGS, Chris. Queen Elizabeth at War: His Majesty's Transport 1939–1946. 124p., bibliog., illus., index. Wellingborough: PSL, 1985. ISBN: 0850597250.
A well-illustrated and detailed account of her wartime role. |
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| 2893 | LLEWELLYN, S. P. Troopships (New Zealand in the Second World War. Official History). 32p., illus. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs, 1949.
A heavily illustrated pamphlet which examines the transport of New Zealand troops overseas. |
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| 2894 | MAGUIRE, Joseph B. The Sea My Surgery. 234p., illus. London: Heinemann, 1957.
The autobiography of a ship's doctor. Over one-quarter of the book is devoted to his wartime experiences as surgeon on the liner turned troopship Queen Elizabeth. |
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| 2895 | MAXWELL, Henry. The Canterbury remembered. 127p., illus. London: Spottiswoode, 1970.
Canterbury was a Southern Railways passenger ferry converted for use as a troopship for D-Day. Limited edition of 150 copies. |
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| 2896 | MILLER, William H., & HUTCHINGS, David F. Transatlantic Liners at War: The Story of the Queens. 175p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; New York: Arco, 1985. ISBN: 0715385119.
Half on WWII and half on the Falklands War. |
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| 2897 | MUNRO, Archie. The Winston Specials: Troopships via the Cape 1940-43. xvi, 510p., bibliog., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 2006. ISBN: 190445920X.
A comprehensive convoy by convoy account of this major series of convoys carrying troops to the Middle and Far East. Also includes details of the early troopship convoys carrying Dominion forces. |
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| 2898 | PEARL, C. The Dunera Scandal. vi, 234p., illus., index. London: Angus & Robertson, 1983. ISBN: 0207147078.
The miserable tale of the anti-Nazi refugees transported to Australia on the Dunera. |
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| 2899 | PLOWMAN, Peter. Across the Sea to War: Australia and New Zealand Troop Convoys from 1865 Through Two World Wars to Korea and Vietnam. 504p., bibliog., illus., index. Dural: Rosenberg, 2003. ISBN: 1877058068.
A comprehensive guide to the voyages and conditions for the troops. The very readable narrative is constructed around contemporary diaries and official records. |
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| 2900 | POTTER, Neil, & FROST, Jack. The Elizabeth. 180p., illus., index. London: Harrap; Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1965.
Queen Elizabeth was completed soon after war broke out and spent her first six years wandering the world as a troopship. This period is briefly described. |
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| 2901 | POTTER, Neil, & FROST, Jack. The Mary: The Inevitable Ship. 160p., illus. London: Harrap; New York: John Day, 1961.
Contains 40 pages on her wartime career. US title and title of 1971 second UK edition: The Queen Mary: Her Inception and History. |
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