Churchill's British Resistance - The Auxiliary Units

 

Essex Auxiliary Unit Patrols And Operational Bases

This page last updated at 4:31pm on 29/4/13

This is the overview page for the Essex Auxiliary Units.

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CART's County Information Officer (CIO) for this area is Pending.

If you wish to discuss anything in this county only, please email hq@coleshillhouse.com

The Essex HQ was located at River House, Earls Colne.

Training was undertaken by Scout Sections, presumably from the Essex regiment, though no details have yet been found

Essex had several Intelligence Officers over the years.

The Essex Auxiliary Patrols can be divided into Groups, based on the nominal roll. This lists the men by patrol, with the patrols grouped by geographic regions. There were some changes in patrols and personnel over time and the Group structure did not exist earlier in the war, but it provides a useful way to look at the patrols. There is a list of names for the patrols compiled in 1942 by Captain Darwall-Smith, though the names do not always accurately reflect the geographic area of the patrol and other names are sometimes known to have been used.

ESSEX OVERVIEW PAGE Added 29/4/13

Essex Patrols
CART has basic documentation on these patrols unless they are a clickable link.

Green text indicates that CART has no information on this patrol currently. The “official name” appears below with others used in brackets.

No 1 Group (Colchester East Area) - Lead by Captain G H Smith
Colchester 'A' Patrol
Colchester 'B' (1) (Mistley) Patrol
Weeley Patrol
Wivenhow (Brightlingsea) Patrol
Horsley Cross (Ramsey) Patrol
No 2 Group (Colchester South Area) - Lead by Lt H G Dennis
Rowhedge Colchester 'B' Patrol
Fingringhoe Patrol
Birch (Layer-de-la-Haye) Patrol - Added 29/4/13
No 3 Group (Bures) - Lead by Lt Gd Drake later Lt G E Barrows
Bures Patrol - Added 29/4/13
Polstead Patrol
No 4 Group (Kelvedon Area) - Lead by Lt H R Gadsby
Tiptree Patrol
Stisted Patrol
Silver End Patrol
No 5 Group (Witham Area) - Lead by Capt W Keith Seabrook
Wickham Bishops Patrol
Hatfield Peveral Patrol
Boreham Patrol
Great Leighs Patrol - Added 6/12/11
Chelmsford (Marconi) Patrol - Added 29/4/13
Terling Patrol
No 6 Group (Danbury Area) - Lead by Lt G E Tuker
Maldon Patrol - Added 29/4/13
Danbury Patrol - Added 29/4/13

Purleigh (Bicknacre) Patrol - Added 29/4/13

No 7 Group (Dengie Area) - Lead by Capt R L Sennitt
Dengie Patrol
Burnham-on-Crouch Patrol
Southminster Patrol
Latchingdon Patrol
Mayland (Steple) Patrol - Added 29/4/13
No 8 Group (Southend Area) - Lead by Capt C G Ford
Rayleigh Patrol
Hockley Patrol - Added 29/4/13
Thundersley Patrol
Canvey Island Patrol - Added 29/4/13
Rochford Patrol - Added 29/4/13

Read about Gordon Drake from the Colchester Patrol here

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