Volunteers signed for service as of 3 June 1943 numbered 80 thousand.
Just before the outbreak of war the British diplomatic and consular services numbered only 446 in all, and of these fewer than 150 were career diplomats.
It entered service numbered V544 and was named Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer.
Since April 2012 a service numbered 100 has been operated by Crosville Motor Services.
The Big Lemon originally operated an express service numbered 42X which ran from Brighton Station to Falmer Station using elderly step entranced buses.
A half-hourly service numbered 71 was introduced and is still operated.
The complete service numbered nearly 2,000 pieces, painted with delicacy and accuracy, and edged with gold.
Another service, numbered 118, operated over the same route, but extended to Walsall.
The routes were generally numbered from 1 to 30, although there were some omissions and some routes in the 30s, as well as a new service numbered 300.
The service numbered 85,000 full-time officers and 109,000 informants.
