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1918(Dec 10) On Active Service coloured PPC of Cunard Line-Canadian Service Shipping Line cancelled on arrival with London Received From HM Ship with part message “We are now in Russia, going to Constant. Then to Alex”……………HMS Ascania was initially used as a troop transport for US & Canadian forces across the Atlantic, later she served The Eastern Mediterrean Squadron including service in the Gallipoli & Dardanelles & after 30 Sep 1918 when Turkey surrendered saw service in Sevastapol, Russia with several other Allied vessels protecting British interests in this still volatile area..