Ministry of War Transport

Ministry of War Transport
Department overview
Formed	1 May 1941
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Shipping; Ministry of Transport;
Dissolved	April 1946
Superseding agency	Ministry of Transport;
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Ministers responsible	Frederick Leathers (1 May 1941 – 3 August 1945); Alfred Barnes (3 August 1945 – April 1946);
Department executive	Cyril Hurcomb, Permanent Secretary;

The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources. It was formed by merging the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Transport, bringing responsibility for both shipping and land transport to a single department, and easing problems of co-ordination of transport in wartime.

The MoWT was founded on 1 May 1941, when Lord Leathers was appointed Minister of War Transport. Following the general election of July 1945, Alfred Barnes was appointed Minister of War Transport, remaining in the post after the department was renamed the Ministry of Transport in April 1946.

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