St. Breward Auxiliary Unit

This page was last updated on 31/10/11

Please note this location is on private land

Thank you for selecting information on the St. Breward Auxiliary Unit Patrol and Operational Base. The information below has been supplied by 'Highcannons'. It also appears on the derelictplaces website.

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It is currently unknown when the patrol was formed.

Ben Welch ?
Jack Matthews
Jim Matthews
Cpl. Jack Old
Reg Burnard
Morley Tremayne ( Tremaine)
William James Pooley
Bill Meager ?

St. Breward Auxiliary Unit had three hide outs. A main unit which utilized an old mine origanally cut looking to investigate if ore was there. The entrance was made smaller and the natural enviroment made it hard to find. A back-up hide out was located away elswhere 'between two small rocks' with a third hide-out as the bomb store. This was also in a disused mine.

The area the OB is located in.

Patrol entrance 1

Patrol entrance 2

Inside the OB

What is left of the bunks.

There is some information available on the internet and it occasionally gets a mention in local press. The press reported the existence of the main unit on private land and that the local historical unit had visited. The report also stated the whereabouts was being kept secret. The main hide-out is by it's nature hard to find but given the location in the mine it has been able to survive. Untill recently there was mention even of bunks remaining.

I spent some time looking for the back-up hide-out only getting scratches and torn clothing from gorse and brambles for my trouble. Assistance was brought in for the remaining units. In the case of the main and the back-up hide-outs thet are both located on steep hillsides leading down to a river. Both areas are thick with undergrowth which means you are not going to spot them unless directly by. We searched by spreading out in a line to transect the area.

We have not located the back-up base.

The upward shaft from the main base for lookout/escape purposes hidden away in the gorse. And has been blocked by tin/rubbish.

At the end some 120 feet later are the burnt remains of the bunks with the rusty ironwork.

Observation Post/s: Currently unknown.

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Stephen ('HighCannons') from DerelictPlaces website, Auxiliers name provided by Stephen Lewins (CART CIO for Northumberland)

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