CART Auxiliary Unit Research

County Group

Locality

Chickerell is a village 1.5 miles west of Weymouth.

Patrol members

Name	Occupation	Posted from	Until
Sergeant Alfred John Davis	Farm Worker	02 Oct 1940	03 Dec 1944
Johnnie Walker	Worked at Bincleaves	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Corporal Robert R. Victor Downton	Father Docker	04 Jun 1941	19 Oct 1944
Private Victor James Downton	Docker	22 Feb 1942	03 Dec 1944
Private Leslie Reginald John Legg	Father Tinsmith in Torpedo Works	26 Feb 1943	03 Dec 1944
Private William Paice	Cowman	24 Oct 1942	03 Dec 1944
Private Leslie Maurice Symes	Brother is Motor Mechanic	19 Jul 1940	14 Apr 1943
Private Cecil L Tidby	Farm Labourer	17 Mar 1942	03 Dec 1944

Operational Base (OB)

The first OB was under a derelict cottage. Although built toward the top of a slope, this OB frequently flooded and was abandoned. The short escape tunnel exit was concealed under a log pile.

The Patrol's second OB was built half a mile away in woods. Unusually this OB was L-shaped, with entrance (possibly a shaft or trench), a main chamber, then a 90 degree turn to the right, a second chamber and then the escape tunnel leading to a vertical shaft.

Patrol & OB pictures