{"id":2586,"date":"2017-05-01T17:21:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T00:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2017-05-03T03:26:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T10:26:39","slug":"long-journey-home-for-british-ex-internees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Long Journey Home for British Ex-Internees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_2599\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RMS_Scythia.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2599\" data-attachment-id=\"2599\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?attachment_id=2599#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RMS_Scythia.jpg?fit=538%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"538,348\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RM Scythia\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RM Scythia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;RM Scythia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RMS_Scythia.jpg?fit=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RMS_Scythia.jpg?fit=538%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RMS_Scythia.jpg?resize=300%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RMS Scythia\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RMS_Scythia.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RMS_Scythia.jpg?w=538&amp;ssl=1 538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RMS Scythia<\/p><\/div>The passenger list for the 1945 voyage of the R.M.S. Scythia from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Liverpool, England, has just been added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?page_id=1090\">Repatriation &#038; Rescue page<\/a> on this website.  This is important because it shows the final leg of the long journey back to the UK from the Philippines for over 200 Brits.  One passenger was 12-year-old Robin Cooke, whose mother, Doris, died while in STIC in October 1942.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Repatriation Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manila to San Diego:   7,393 miles \/ 11,898 km<\/li>\n<li>San Diego to Halifax, Nova Scotia:  3,685 miles \/ 5,931 km<\/li>\n<li>Nova Scotia &#8211; Liverpool: 2,722 miles \/ 4,380 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total:<\/strong>   13,800 miles \/  22,209 Kilometers  <\/p>\n<p>\n<a title=\"RMS Scythia passenger list\" href=\"\/content\/documents\/Scythia-Liverpool-1945.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the 7-page Scythia passenger list in PDF format.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>List of passengers on the Scythia:<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nCharles Guy Agnew<br \/>\nEnid Barbara Agnew<br \/>\nMarion Bell Barclay<br \/>\nWilliam Pearson Barclay Jr.<br \/>\nWilliam Pearson Barclay Sr.<br \/>\nFiona Elizabeth Barr<br \/>\nMargaret Elizabeth Barr<br \/>\nRonald Wylie Barr<br \/>\nAnnie Mary Beaumont<br \/>\nArthur Charlesworth Beck<br \/>\nDorothy Annie Behenna<br \/>\nRoy Forrester Wilson Bennet<br \/>\nDaphne Alma Rae Bird<br \/>\nDerek Michael Godfrey Bird<br \/>\nLeslie Blair<br \/>\nGwenllian Charlotte Boycott<br \/>\nThomas Archibald Boycott<br \/>\nGeorge Macrae Bridgeford<br \/>\nDavid Cassels Brown<br \/>\nEdward Stanley Bush<br \/>\nJohn William Buttery<br \/>\nAlastair Stuart Campbell<br \/>\nMarion McArthur Campbell<br \/>\nRobert Armour Campbell<br \/>\nArthur Beaufoy Cannon<br \/>\nMary Cathline Chiene<br \/>\nWinifred May Chun<br \/>\nGeorge Hugh Winston Churchill<br \/>\nIrene Willis Churchill<br \/>\nRosamond Norah Connor<br \/>\nRowland Connor<br \/>\nWendy Rosamond Connor<br \/>\nRobin Ashley Baillie Cooke<br \/>\nJane Margaret Coxon<br \/>\nGerald James Craig<br \/>\nRosario Maria Craig<br \/>\nSamuel Craig<br \/>\nJohn Shearme Curtis<br \/>\nJohn M. D&#8217;Authreau<br \/>\nMabel Emily Dalgleish<br \/>\nMabel Margaret Dalgleish<br \/>\nGladys Dand<br \/>\nJoan Margot Sibbald Deane<br \/>\nSueOlive S. Deane<br \/>\nMichael H. C. Derham<br \/>\nSuzanne M. C. Derham<br \/>\nVere Carmen Derham<br \/>\nVere Herbert Derham<br \/>\nJames Frederick Dow<br \/>\nErnest Dowson<br \/>\nGeorgina Goodyear Dowson<br \/>\nAnnie Duckworth<br \/>\nJean Mary Duckworth<br \/>\nPeter Duckworth<br \/>\nSamuel Duckworth<br \/>\nIan Murray Duncan<br \/>\nLlewellyn Arthur Robert Duncan<br \/>\nIan Edgar<br \/>\nBarbara Hayne Fairweather<br \/>\nJames Edwin Fairweather<br \/>\nGillian Mary Farnell<br \/>\nJohn Graham Farnell<br \/>\nSophia Pullar Farnell<br \/>\nErnest Farrell<br \/>\nRobert Farrell<br \/>\nAlison Jean Ferguson<br \/>\nHilarie Grace Ferguson<br \/>\nLouisa Grace Ferguson<br \/>\nMichael Alexander Forrest<br \/>\nRobert Forrest<br \/>\nVera Filmore Forrest<br \/>\nCatherine Mary &#8220;Kay&#8221; Fox<br \/>\nChristopher Charles Fox<br \/>\nLawrence &#8220;Ren&#8221; Fox<br \/>\nPatrick James Fox<br \/>\nStephen George Fox<br \/>\nArthur Herbert Fryers<br \/>\nIrene Betty Gray<br \/>\nLucy Violet Greenland<br \/>\nHelen Remedios Grieve<br \/>\nJohn Barnes Grieve<br \/>\nRev. Owen Ambrose Griffiths<br \/>\nAlbert Samuel Guttridge<br \/>\nLuisa Guttridge<br \/>\nDorothy Patricia Hamblin<br \/>\nKenneth Roy Gardner Hammond<br \/>\nMargit Ottilie Hammond<br \/>\nRobert Alan Gardner Hammond<br \/>\nVictoria Grieve Hansen<br \/>\nDaphne Sylvia Harrison<br \/>\nSylvia Beryl Harrison<br \/>\nMaxwell Freeland Leycester Haymes<br \/>\nJames Albert George &#8220;Jag&#8221; Hearnden<br \/>\nFrederick Hechtel<br \/>\nIris Herklots<br \/>\nJeremy Bernard Herklots<br \/>\nPeter Geoffrey Herklots<br \/>\nStella Florence Herklots<br \/>\nJanet Turnbull Herridge<br \/>\nAgnes E. Hill<br \/>\nAnthony John Honnor<br \/>\nArthur Leslie Honnor<br \/>\nJacqueline Lesley Honnor<br \/>\nOlive Muriel Honnor<br \/>\nAllan George Hyde<br \/>\nCharlotte Thomson Hyde<br \/>\nWilliam Gordon Hyde<br \/>\nElizabeth Bolton Jamieson<br \/>\nJohn Jamieson<br \/>\nJohn Michael Jamieson<br \/>\nStanley Heath Jaques<br \/>\nJay, John Leslie &#8220;Jigger&#8221;<br \/>\nHenry Victor Jones<br \/>\nAubony Taylor Kay<br \/>\nCynthia Margaret Kerr<br \/>\nDorothy Beatrice Kerr<br \/>\nIvan Wallace Kerr<br \/>\nJohn Wallace Kerr<br \/>\nGeorge Alexander Ramsden Knowles<br \/>\nIsabella Mary Knowles<br \/>\nMercedes Catherine Knowles<br \/>\nGerard Heath Lander<br \/>\nKathleen Elizabeth Frances Lander<br \/>\nAlexander Kenneth Macleod<br \/>\nJane Macleod Jr.<br \/>\nJane Macleod Sr.<br \/>\nLydia Macleod<br \/>\nRobert John Macmillan<br \/>\nViola Barkly Mary MacMillan<br \/>\nDorothy Elsie Eva Main<br \/>\nGeorge Agnew Main<br \/>\nHarry Reid Malcolm<br \/>\nDesmond Joseph Malone<br \/>\nGladys Ellaline Malone<br \/>\nMoira Teresa Malone<br \/>\nLucy Valentine Masefield<br \/>\nValentine Harry Masefield<br \/>\nElizabeth Stewart McAlpine<br \/>\nDenis Geoge McAvoy<br \/>\nLawrence Maxton McClure<br \/>\nRev. John McGarrell<br \/>\nBetty Caroline McGregor<br \/>\nDouglas Hugh McGregor<br \/>\nJames Arthur McGregor<br \/>\nRobert &#8220;Robin&#8221; McGregor<br \/>\nIain McKerchar<br \/>\nJohn Wilson McMaster<br \/>\nNorah Helen McMaster<br \/>\nRev. Raymond James McMullen<br \/>\nWilliam James Mills<br \/>\nGeoffrey Lionel Morrison<br \/>\nWilliam Park<br \/>\nAlbert Edward Parsons<br \/>\nAnne Marie Parsons<br \/>\nDoris Marjorie Parsons<br \/>\nGeraldine Joy Parsons<br \/>\nPetrea Parsons<br \/>\nGerald Herbert Pedder<br \/>\nKevin Norman Percy<br \/>\nDavid Henry Perry<br \/>\nBarbara Lindsay Pollock<br \/>\nIvy Winifred Pollock<br \/>\nMatthew Pollock<br \/>\nMuriel Elizabeth Pollock<br \/>\nElizabeth Sible Price<br \/>\nAllen Prismall<br \/>\nGeorge William Reid<br \/>\nDolores Opisso Richards<br \/>\nPeter Clifton Richards<br \/>\nEnid Grant Robertson<br \/>\nHugh Robertson Jr.<br \/>\nHugh Robertson Sr.<br \/>\nMildred Fraser Robertson<br \/>\nElizabeth Beatrice Rochfort-Boyd<br \/>\nBrian Antony Rowcliffe<br \/>\nHilda Kathleen Rowcliffe<br \/>\nViolet Edith Rushton<br \/>\nAlice Elizabeth Russell<br \/>\nAnthony Charles Russell<br \/>\nHarold Francis Russell<br \/>\nPamela Daphne Russell<br \/>\nCharles Gilbert Rutherford<br \/>\nMargaret Elizabeth Rutherford<br \/>\nKatie Shotton<br \/>\nJeffrey Whitfeld Sinclair<br \/>\nArthur Linton Smith<br \/>\nEthel Joy Stewart<br \/>\nGeorge Anthony Stewart<br \/>\nJames Anthony Stewart<br \/>\nJudith Joy Stewart<br \/>\nBasil Lievesley Stock<br \/>\nPhyllis Wadeson Stock<br \/>\nSusan Phyllis Lievesley Stock<br \/>\nAngela Mary Templer<br \/>\nAnn Hazel Templer<br \/>\nJames Robert Templer<br \/>\nJennifer Sylvia Templer<br \/>\nRev. 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