The sons of James and Olive, Jim and Vic Hooper were brothers. Jim helped to build the OB as he was a bricklayer. " I lived in Bristol but I'd been courting out in Wellard. I knew the Captain and he asked me to join the Units. They were just digging out their base in the Estate woods. I was a builder so I was useful to them. There were about a dozen in the Unit. All the men were in their 20s or 30s, I was one of the younger ones at only 17 at the time."
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marksbury Patrol | Patrol member | 13 Feb 1941 | 14 Apr 1943 |
Bricklayers apprentice
Joined HM Forces 14th April 1943.
Jim was interviewed in the OB and appeared on television in 2006, just before his death, on HTV's "Secret Underground" with presenter Chris Searle.
He was posted to Scotland after leaving Auxiliary Units.
TNA ref WO199/3390&1
1939 Register
Don Brown.