About the Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART)

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This page was last updated at 11:01am on 3/2/12

CART researchs and documents all aspects of the British Resistance movement in World War Two. It's findings are published on this website.

CART is non profit making and has no financial support from any company. It is run by volunteers and is funded by donations and the revenue it makes from the sale of a DVD etc.

Conception

The Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team was set up in June 2009 by Tom Sykes after he was informed about Coleshill and its wartime involvement. Tom set up a website as it seemed the easiest way to collate the information he was finding out.

Tom is a marketing man so he knew the site would soon attract attention but had no idea just how big the project would become.

Since CART's birth in June 2009 the website has seen over 50,000 unique visitors and has attracted TV, Radio and national press attention and the group has many expert members. Most of these are authors on the subject or have a direct relation to a member of the Auxiliary Units.

Outreach & Research

2012

January - CART publishes the results of the first stage of its Coleshill Uncovered project and starts 'Operation Turnip' - A project to restore a real Operational Base in Kent.

2011

December - CART appoints two new CIO's. Phil Evans in Kent and Andy Gwynne in Yorkshire.

November - CART launches the Cenotaph Campaign

September - Creating a unique film on the Welsh resistance for the Abergavenny Museum.

August - CART publishes 'Gone to Ground' hoping to bring a new generation to the Aux Units.

July - CART continues with the the Coleshill Uncovered project for a whole week.

June - CART starts its Coleshill Reborn project and also investigates the tunnel system under Coleshill House.

March - CART held an event at Tottington Manor all about the Auxiliary Units. This event saw one of the leaders at Tottington, Captain Benson, return after 70 years.

January - Work started on a CART instigated project to uncover more about the operations of the Aux Units at Coleshill. The Coleshill Uncovered project is still ongoing and has uncovered lots of interesting finds already. More here

2010

July - CART jointly organised a large event at Coleshill to mark the 70th anniversary of the Auxiliary Units. This event was a great success and more can be seen about it here.

2009

August - The team organised a filming day at Coleshill which saw the largest display of Aux Unit weapons ever displayed since 1940 and a surviving Auxilier visit the bunker for the first time. This DVD is now for sale here.

You can become a friend of CART here or a member here.

'I fully support CART’s mission to honour their bravery. Their vital work should remain secret no longer.' - Justin Tomlinson MP

Some of CART's members on a trip to Parham Airfield in 2010.

CART Member Bill Ashby researching in 2011.

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