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
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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
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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.
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| 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 |
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Purleigh (Bicknacre)
Patrol - Added 29/4/13
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| 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
If you have researched these patrols please get in touch with us. ESSEX
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