AUXUNIT NEWS
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No. 13887 |
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30 1944 |
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Cenotaph Campaign SuccessThe Royal British Legion granted 12 places to march at the Cenotaph on Whitehall this year. Congratulations to all at the BRO Museum and Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team who campaigned successfully for this result. CART will be organising the contingent and are presently looking for Auxiliers that are keen to march. For more details, follow the link to their website.
On the BeachDavid Blair adds some detail to Simon Parsons' holiday discovery.
Help WantedBob Millard would like to hear from anyone who has evidence that any Auxunit patrols were issued with PIAT anti-tank weapons. He's read it in The Last Ditch but doubts that it happened. He certainly didn't get one. Bob would also like to know when Patrols received their Countryman's Diary and Calendars. If you can help then
please contact Bob at: More Stories InsideThe Front Page is too small to hold all the news we have. There's much more to see inside. Personal StoriesPersonal recollections are now in the Personal Stories page. Locations and EquipmentInformation on equipment, organisation and hideouts is in the Locations and Equipment page. Inside Today's IssueInside Today's Issue lists all the stories in Auxunit News. SEE FOR YOURSELF!There's only so much you can learn from a computer screen. To walk through an Operating Base and see the kit at first hand, visit Parham Airfield Museum, Suffolk. Monmouth AuxiliersSallie Mogford is researching her grandfather's service in Jonah Patrol in Monmouthshire and has tracked down the remains of his OB. Deep in DevonMark Scantlebury is researching the Auxiliary Units, particularly those that would have operated around Plymouth and particularly the Devonport area. If you can help Mark then please contact him at: When is an Auxunit not an Auxunit? Austin Ruddy is researching an article for Britain at War
magazine about Auxunit style units (i.e. secret, with OBs, similar
tactics and methods) but not Auxunits and not on the Auxunit list
in the National Archives. If you can help then please contact Austin at austinruddy@leicestermercury.co.uk Dorset MemoriesRead the story of Ron Vallis, Maiden Newton Auxillier. Learn about Dorset's premier re-enactor event. |
Zero StationBelieved by many to be the most significant find concerning the secret SDS radio network in the last decade, Norwich Zero-station was discovered in spring 2012 Read Evelyn Simak's account of the find and its protection as a Heritage site
All the stories, at a glance. Test YourselfWe now have answers to Alison Smith's Grange Patrol test so why not try the quiz for yourself? Sussex SecretsStewart Angell's 1996 account of the Sussex Auxunits is still available. RADIO TEESDennis Walker gave us the information on Teesside OBs. He's now added the local radio stations. 34 PlatoonMatt Sanders traces his grandfather's wartime service.
A Spy in his Own LandThe mystery of Wilfred Ensum Sugarloaf PatrolA guided tour of a surviving OB by its ex-occupant. |
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Auxiliers wantedAs part of an ongoing oral history and documentary project Martyn Cox of Wide-eyed.tv has so far recorded nearly sixty exclusive interviews with WW2 veterans. Many of these women and men served in intelligence or resistance roles and haven’t ever spoken of these in such depth and detail. Martyn would like Auxiliers who are interested in sharing their memories to contact him via his website www.our-secret-war.org
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The Secret ArsenalEquipment even the Commandos didn't see .
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An Auxilier Writes...Read about the history from someone who was there. Read All About It!The author is grateful for the following sources of information... |
HOW IT ALL STARTEDThe creation of Auxiliary Units
Unofficial HistoryTake the TestThanks to Alison Smith the Parham Museum now has a record of one Patrol's training. Test yourself with Alison's newly discovered Training Course notes. Jon Bealey and Bob Millard have now kindly provided us with model answers so test your knowledge and we will let you know how well you score. |
02/06/13 LatestSite last updated |
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