HMT ‘Dorsetshire’

(Hired Military Transport)

Contributed by Pat HAYNES

The MV ‘Dorsetshire’ served as a hospital ship during WWII; where and when it became to be used as a Troopship is lost in time, She transported one of the last REME drafts to the Far East. Draft DLKTT departed Liverpool on 1^st September 1953 bound for Aden, Colombo, Singapore and Hong Kong. On its return to UK it was retired from service.

Members of Draft DLKTT

Pat HAYNES, ‘Dickie’ BIRD and ‘Taffy’ BANFIELD were posted to Singapore District Workshop REME as the first British ORs to work as Refrigeration Mechanics in the Workshop. Gordon BONNER was posted to Hong Kong.

(back row) – Dickie Bird, Spiv Young [ex-Arborfield 48B], Gordon Usher, Gordon Bonner (front row) – Pat Butch Haynes, Jock Kerr, Taffy Banfield	(back row) – Geordie Usher, Spiv Young, Gordon Bonner, Taffy Banfield (front row) – Pat Butch Haynes, Dickie Bird, Jock Kerr