 Embarking on HMTS Grampian on 9 June with a complement of 39 officers and 1,020 other ranks, the 43rd arrived in England on 8 June, disembarking at Davenport and proceeding by train to Lower St Martin's Plain, Shorncliffe.Arriving at the camp to find nothing ready for them, the Camerons set about pitching tents and setting up camp.The battalion made camp so expertly that they continued to be tasked to prepare camp for newly arriving units.