May 132013
 

CART-LiveToday our CIO for East Yorkshire and his team broadcast a series of videos live during an investigation to find an Operational Base in the wilds of East Yorkshire.

The three hour journey showed how hard it is for our researchers to find underground Operational Base’s designed not to be found.

At around 11:00 am they found a pile of bricks next to a large depression which they believe may have been the location of the bunker.

If this is the case it has long since been destroyed.

The live broadcasts allowed us to share the experience within minutes of them finding the location and gave a real insight it how hard the work is.

More research into the location will follow but you can see the videos here.

May 122013
 

onairOn Monday 13th May from 10 am Andy Gwynne, CART CIO for East Yorkshire, and his assistant Martyn Owst, will attempt to broadcast a  series of LIVE video reports from an Operational Base near Bridlington.

As far as we know this will be a world first and could change the way we choose to report on this research.

The video reports can be viewed here. 

Apr 292013
 

Essex FlagToday we have published ten patrols in Essex and a basic overview.

Dr Will Ward, our CIO for Dorset, was born in Essex so he has researched and collated the history of these patrols.

The reports vary in quantity of information dependent on what we know at the present time. If you can help fill in any gaps please do contact us.

The patrols are;

Birch (Layer-de-la-Haye) Patrol
Bures Patrol
Chelmsford (Marconi) Patrol
Maldon Patrol
Danbury Patrol
Purleigh (Bicknacre) Patrol
Mayland (Steple) Patrol
Hockley Patrol
Canvey Island Patrol
Rochford Patrol

You can see them all here

 

Apr 292013
 

Major Robert Charlton HallThe little known story about the Auxiliary Units and their roll in the D-Day preparations by Stephen Lewins and others.

During the war some Auxiliers were asked if they would volunteer for overseas service. This service was to train as paratroopers and to sabotage the German supplies behind enemy lines. Some, as you may be aware, did leave the Auxiliary Units and joined the newly formed SAS. The scheme ran out of steam and the training did not gather much pace and eventually stopped altogether.

Find out what happened during this important training in our new article here

Apr 242013
 

Bideford East of the Water Auxiliary Unit 7We have recently added a comprehensive patrol report on Devon’s Bideford (East the Water) Auxiliary Unit Patrol to the site.

Our Devon CIO worked with a local historian called Louise Howell on the report which can be seen here

Look out for the camouflaged runway. Very clever idea.

All the Devon reports can be seen here.

 

Apr 202013
 

Admiralty Officers - BathWe have now added a new patrol report by our Sussex CIO Stewart Angell on the West Stoke Patrol. The report contains a very rare image of an Observation Post (OP) and can be seen here

We have also added a new patrol report in Somerset by Nina Hannaford, CIO for Devon, on Admiralty 2 Patrol at Langridge. This can be seen here