Bere Regis Auxiliary Unit Patrol
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Patrol and Operational Base. This patrol report was provided by CART CIO for Dorset Dr. Will Ward.
Research into this patrol and its training is ongoing. The information below is published from
various sources and is by no means conclusive. If information is not listed below
it does not necessarily mean the information is not out there but normally means CART researchers
have not found it yet.
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Group Commander was Captain Fortnum from Bloxworth, with help from Lt Quick from Wareham
It is known that the Group Commanders were drawn from patrol leaders, and it is possible that this was Captain
Fortnum’s original patrol.

Not known.

Name |
Date of Birth |
Occupation |
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Died |
Sgt. P Webb |
29/10/1909 |
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Pte. Percy Edwin Miller |
12/05/1917 |
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Pte. E R Norman |
28/09/1912 |
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Pte. Ernest Raymond Legg |
04/08/1917 |
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Discharged HMF 14/4/1943 |
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Pte. Ernest Richard Upshall |
28/11/1897 |
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The OB is understood to have been in Bere Woods, though it has not yet been located. A Defence of Britain report
suggests it is near the Keeper’s Cottage. This is based on a 1949 schedule of sites for demolition as a potential
risk to the public. More
here.

It is known that patrols trained together at Charborough Park. It is very likely that the Bere Regis patrol
attended as their OB was on part of the same estate.

It can be speculated that likely targets would have included the Army camp at Bovington and Charborough Park,
both of which would likely have been occupied by the Germans.

Not known.

Nothing currently.

http://www.bereregis.org/VillageHomeGuard.htm
National Archives WO 199/3390, 199/3391
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