Hi Peter I've not seen a response, and don't really think I can help, but FWIW..... During the inter-war years one reads in the newspapers of the troopships Derbyshire, Marglen, Nevasa, Zeeland, Bellerophon, Assaye, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire. In addition there are mentions of the transports Neuralia, City of Marseilles, Lancashire, Nevasa, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire being used as troopships, so taking into account the cross over of names, these vessels would appear to have been hired/leased or whatever by the War Office as troopships too. And a browse of Google takes one to : http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/troopships/ts003.html which will hopefully give you an idea as to the status of some of these troopships. If there was no room, then it was a case of waiting for the next troopship. And even when reading the accompanying blurb to the above mentions of the troopships and transports, they are invariably dealing with large numbers of men from specific Army regiments i.e. no mentions of small nos. of Army, RN or RAF personnel, who, ISTR reading, were usually accommodated on board if there were any vacancies after the troops had settled in ! Regret have no idea regarding passenger lists, although I wouldn't be surprised if the senior officer of the troops on board made arrangements for this sort of thing ? But where they are now, ie whether they are at Kew or in some infantry regiment's archive, along with the diaries etc ? Paul On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:36:13 +0100, P NICHOLL via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Are there any lists of UK troopships departing the UK in the 1920s and 1930s?  I'm particularly interested in RAF movements to Egypt and India. >Thanks >Peter > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html