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Shipping Company published in 1956 pointed out, it was a sad business decision: "sentimental associations will be lacking which have meant much in past years".
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Having steered the C. S. Co. through two world wars, William
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In 1917, two of the C. S. Co.'s vessels became 'Q' ships, manned by the Royal Navy, while other vessels were occasionally requisitioned during WWI – but most of the fleet continued to operate within the company. The Second World War was very different. The entire fleet was requisitioned, many as
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Although reportedly remote from the staff of the C. S. Co., George
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The Second World War not only suspended the company's trade but fundamentally changed the trading future. For many reasons – from bomb damage and a scarcity of goods such as coal and butter, to the development of the road transport industry – the decade that followed held new and difficult
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