A great couple of days at The Chickerell Steam & Vintage Show, Weymouth.
A family friendly show, pots of tea & cake galore, super leads plus a couple of nearby bunkers – the perfect weekend. Thanks Chickerell Steam & Vintage.
A great couple of days at The Chickerell Steam & Vintage Show, Weymouth.
A family friendly show, pots of tea & cake galore, super leads plus a couple of nearby bunkers – the perfect weekend. Thanks Chickerell Steam & Vintage.
As summer rolls on, CART will have a large display of
Churchill’s ‘Auxiliary Units’ equipment & information at:
Come and check us out in the Military Vehicles area next to the 1940’s tea-shack. See you there !
Great article in the latest Britain At War magazine highlighting Aux Units and their role:
Thanks, Britain At War magazine !
Paddy White was playing the part of a 202 Bn Auxilier, leaving his ‘calling card’ on the occupying forces. Not only that, but he managed to pass on a plenty of CART flyers before he was ‘arrested’…
The G.C.R. is the Great Central Railway in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Check out the website here: http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/wartime/
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:
Ron, who was a member of the Maiden Newton Patrol, Dorset, passed away on 25th August 2015. He was 92 years old and the last surviving member of his patrol. Ron recorded his memories for the Maiden Newton at war events and they were published in a special edition of the local paper as part of this.
His wife Dorothy predeceased him. His funeral service was on 8th September 2015 at Weymouth Crematorium.
Our thanks to John Pidgeon for passing on the information.
Ron Vallis, ready to serve when called.
We will remember them….
Due to popular demand we have now ordered another limited amount of the modern replica Auxiliary badges we designed.
The originals were issued to many Auxiliers after the war.
The central shield is a replica of the famous badge that was issued to members of the Auxiliary Units after the war. The original WW2 badge can now fetch several hundred pounds – but beware fakes.
ORDER your badge today for under £7.00 inc delivery here
Today we welcomed Ian Edwards (left) to GHQ Coleshill. Ian has been working on CAD drawings of Coleshill House and the important Stable Block for the last few years under the guidance of Bill Ashby (right), our Coleshill researcher. The Stable Block was used by admin staff of the Auxiliary Units.
You can see more about Ian’s work and the Coleshill House Reborn Project here.
Today we have added three basic patrol reports by David Blair to the site for Camster, Thurso and Weydale Patrols in Caithness, Scotland.
You can see these here.
If you have any additional info on these patrols please tell us!