Great article in the latest Britain At War magazine highlighting Aux Units and their role:
Thanks, Britain At War magazine !
Great article in the latest Britain At War magazine highlighting Aux Units and their role:
Thanks, Britain At War magazine !
Day | Times | Availability |
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10 June 2018 | 14:00 – 17:00 | Available |
8 July 2018 | 14:00 – 17:00 | Available |
12 August 2018 | 14:00 – 17:00 | Available |
9 September 2018 | 14:00 – 17:00 | Available |
14 October 2018 | 14:00 – 17:00 | Available |
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/74fa6412-18cc-40cd-b634-a3dcf13d9b6e/pages/details
CART will be at Haselbury Mill’s free WW2 event on Father’s Day, 17th June 2018. Take your Dad along for a little nostalgia and a chat! Haselbury Mill, Haselbury Plucknett, Nr Crewkerne, Somerset TA18 7NY
Some photos from last year:
Check out Tony Salter’s excellent ‘Scallywags’ Auxiliary Units display around the country this year:
Caldicot Castle May 6 – 7
War in the Vale Evesham June 16 – 17
Violet Szabo Museum Hereford June 24 (SOE)
Black Country museum Dudley July 14 – 15
Bleanavon Ironworks Aug 4 – 5
Papplewick pumping station Nottingham Oct 20 – 21
Next event: Caldicot Castle, Church Road, Caldicot, NP26 4HU, Wales
You may have noticed we are having some issues with the map function when searching for Auxiliary Unit Operational Patrols.
Rest assured, this temporary technical glitch will be addressed when we get the new improved website up and running …
It is with sadness we report the passing of Auxilier, Victor Stemp.
Victor was part of the Great Bealings Patrol.
Their training was carried out by regular army soldiers based at Framlingham, including Capt Hoberton, Sgt Barry and four privates. They learnt about setting booby traps and how to move about without being seen. Victor also remembered training with grenades at GHQ Coleshill.
Our condolences to his family.
We understand that his funeral is on Tuesday at Great Bealings and his daughter has kindly arranged for any donations to be made to the BRO (British Resistance Org) Museum
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the last few years our team have been working on bringing Coleshill House (Part of the general Auxiliary Unit Training HQ on the Coleshill estate) back to life.
This is a draft version of where we are at so far with a great Christmas theme. Thanks to Ian Edwards and Bill Ashby for all their hard work.
We would like to wish all our supporters and followers a very Merry Christmas.
Last August we had the pleasure of filming with the team from the hit BBC show ‘Escape to the Country’ and Presenter Jonnie Irwin.
We have filmed with many media organisations in the past seven years but these guys had really done their homework and came to the site fully prepped.
The small production team interviewed our Coleshill expert Bill Ashby (Above) and with the help of National Trust Volunteers Roger Green and Bob Marchant (Below) they explored inside the new replica Operational Base. You can see a short behind the scenes video of the filming here.
The episode aired on Tuesday 9th May 2017 on BBC One at 3pm. You can watch it here.
Today we had the pleasure of filming with the team from the hit BBC show ‘Escape to the Country’ and Presenter Jonnie Irwin.
We have filmed with many media organisations in the past seven years but these guys had really done their homework and came to the site fully prepped.
The small production team interviewed our Coleshill expert Bill Ashby (Above) and with the help of National Trust Volunteers Roger Green and Bob Marchant (Below) they explored inside the new replica Operational Base.
A short behind the scenes video can be seen below. It is thought the episode will air in about six months time.
This morning our Coleshill researcher Bill Ashby visited the site and spoke to the fire crew and National Trust site management.
Luckily the fire was held back and did not spread into the end house. By entering the Commandants Offices and making a hole in the ceiling of the Typists room the Fire service were able to pour water on the fire without causing any other damage. This meant the fire was kept to the section we know as the “Accommodation Block”.
The cause of the fire is still being examined.