Auxiliary Unit - Ringwood

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Location: Near Avon; Ringwood; New Forest; Hampshire; England

OSGB Grid ref. - SZ 14 98
Lat/Lon (OSGB36) - 001 48 W 50 46 N 

In 1966, the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Journal printed an article about an underground bunker.

Following from that article we have been contacted by the grand daughter of one of the men stationed here.

The man in question was gardner and river keeper on the estate, and was responsible for the construction of this and two other OB's. His name is listed within records at the National Archives at Kew as having been an Aux Unit member.

The OB was destroyed at the time of the newspaper article in 1966 as a result of building work. Read the article here.

(Thanks to the CUW Project and Pearl Musselwhite for scans and the information)

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