Remembered as a Group Commander, Allnatt was said to have resigned due to defective eyesight. However, it may also have had something to do with the fact that Allnatt’s partner, Miss Peggy Murray, a nurse, knew too much about the organisation because she was giving First Aid training to the Patrol members. Headquarters heard about it and may have asked him to leave.
He was a farmer and owner of the Duke of York Holiday Camp at St. Margaret’s Bay, just outside Dover. He was known as “Old Joe.”
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Group 7 "Damson Group" | Area Commander | 14 Nov 1941 | Unknown |
Farmer
Previously Second Lieutenant then Captain in Cinque Ports Fortress Company Royal Engineers, Territorial Army Romnet Marsh Searchlight Section. In 1939 he is recorded as being "Army officer, on indefinite leave for farming” having served as a Captain in the Royal Tank Corps in WW1.
TNA ref WO199/3390 & 1
1939 Register
Brian McMurray
Adrian Westwood