Trencrom Auxiliary Unit Patrol and Operational Base.

Thank you for selecting information on the Trencrom Auxiliary Unit Patrol and their Operational Base in Cornwall. The info below have been supplied by CART's Devon CIO, Nina Hannaford.

Officer in charge of Trencrom, St Leven and Madron was Reggie Sandow , part of Trencrom patrol.

It is currently unknown when the patrol was formed.

W “Reggie” Sandow of Hayle
Henry Rowe of Hayle
Edwin Sandow of Lelant
“Dick” Lawrey of Ludgran
“Dick” Uren of Lelant
Lionel Nicholas of Hayle
George Harrington of Lelant 

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The operational base was in an adit of an abandoned tin mine high up on Lelant Downs. They would crawl into a small tunnel in the hillside near Carntisco and use a simple bridge made up from a couple of planks of wood. They then had to cross one of the shafts of Wheal Merth mine. A slip would have sent them plunging 500/600ft to the bottom of the flooded shaft. Once inside they pulled the bridge back with them inside

Observation Post/s: Currently unknown

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Ammunition and supplies dropped near the mine by army lorry and stored in chambers ¼ of a mile into the hillside and under 300ft of rock.

Information from Denys Matthews, son of Auxilier Dick Matthews of Madron patrol and an undated article in The Cornishman newspaper.
 

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