RMS Kaisar I Hind - The William Thomas Foreman Story from 1926 to 1938

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RMS Kaisar-i-Hind (2)

“Kaisar-i-Hind” is a Hindi name meaning “Empress of India”

Postcard of the RMS Kaisar I Hind provided by Trevor Foreman

William Thomas Foreman

Kaisar I Hind’s - Quartermaster & Yeoman from 1926 to 1937

The William Thomas Foreman story is based on what was sent to me by his son Mr. Trevor Foreman and I am most grateful to him for the details and the photographs as well as his Fathers service record proving that he continuously worked on the RMS Kaisar I Hind for over a decade until the ship was finally taken out of service and sold to be broken up. Trevor commences his short story as follows:

William Thomas Foreman seen on board the Kaisar-i-Hind

This is a close up from the crew group photo down the page

“My father joined the Prince Line aged just 16 years of age and he later joined P&O Lines in 1924. He served on ships such as the Caledonia, China, Devanha and the Kashmir before he joined the Kaisar-i-Hind in Bombay on October 29, 1926.

My Father served as Quartermaster and Yeoman on the “Royals Mail” ships and remained on the Kaisar-i-Hind until April 22, 1938 when P&O decided to dispose of the old girl and have her scrapped, which was such a shame, for being just over 20 years of age, she was not that old!

I have also attached his service record, several photographs of my Father, and also a photo of the crew (as seen by the passengers!) assembled on deck and one of the ships sports team. I trust that the aforementioned is of interest to you and your readers.” Trevor Foreman.

Here we see an Officers and Crew Group photograph

This is the ships sports group

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Two photos of William – 1. Seen somewhere aft of ship – 2, William RMS Kaisar-i-Hind’s sportsman!

William’s record of service with P&O from September 17, 1924 to December 22, 1937

The above is an amazing record of William’s seagoing life and I am most grateful to his son Trevor Foreman for sending his Father’s “Discharge Book” and the other material fir it certainly enhances the RMS Kaiser I Hind story greatly!

RMS Kaisar-i-Hind departs London for the very last time and

she is flying a 72 foot long pennant denoting her years of service and of course

William Thomas Foreman was still on board during this voyage!

Photograph from the Author’s private collection

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Page Two: Interesting Servicemen, Passenger & Crew stories.

Page Three: The William Thomas Foreman story, a crewmember from 1926 to 1937.

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