[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Well, the answer as regards the UK was that ever since shipping commenced of CMPs in September 1940, they were mixed shipments but those ships took what they could fit on board as space was at a premium. Once in the UK the crates were unloaded at say Liverpool, or possible Greenock, and then railed to storage sites, and then roaded onwards to assembly depots. Those depots varied as to Canadian contracted ones, or British ones of which some undertook work for the Canadian Mechanization HQ in London. However, Lep Transport in Chiswick, west London only handled Chevrolets, and GMCs whereas the Goole branch handled Fords, etc. The CMD in Slough, Buckinghamshire (Citroen Cars) only handled Fords.

After assembly vehicles were issued intot he relevant Canadian or British distribution systems, and this all depended ultimately on stockpiles in Canada and the UK and the way that those crates were shipped and handled on either side of the Pond. That was the determining factor. I hope that the facts and figures that I have from the DND papers will be included in our book as it is quite staggering. Also some crates were never assembled here and in fact were sent back to Canada (after the wood had been repaired) in 1945!