[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Further to David's comments (very interesting), from the DND Report I have a copy of:

During July and August 1945 the Canadian Morrison Mission arrived in the UK to determine what vehicles should be returned to Canada for the use by the post-war Army, and then requested 2,624 cased vehicles which were immediately shipped back. A further 3,229 vehicles were held in abeyance pending a deal with the War Office or other agencies regarding their disposal, and continued to be held until at least November 1945. Of the remaining vehicles, only 169 were found surplus to Army requirements consisting mostly of tractor units without the cancelled semi-trailers. Some of the cases remaining in the dumps had stood as long as three years by end of June and a large percentage needed repairs before they could be shipped. With the co-operation of the Ministry of Supply and the operators of the dumps, the case repair programme was carried out in three to four weeks and all residual cases by the November were able to withstand a sea voyage back. By then 1,965 vehicles had been shipped and 659 were held up be a Dockers’ strike and shipping restrictions.