CART Auxiliary Unit Research

County Group

Locality

Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk.

Patrol members

Name	Occupation	Posted from	Until
Sergeant Leonard Edward Hudson	Solictors clerk later Publican	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Corporal Leslie Horace Procter	Mechanic	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private Stanley Arthur William Day	Clerk	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private Edgar Ernest Holmes Fenn	Rent collector	10 Aug 1942	03 Dec 1944
Private Edward Kitchener Ransby	Mechanic	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private Leslie James Read	Shopkeeper	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private Harold Thomas Sims	Painter and decorator	Unknown	03 Dec 1944

Operational Base (OB)

The OB is believed to have been on the Bramford side of Ipswich, but it’s location is unknown.

Patrol & OB pictures

SFK (for Suffolk) 202 and Home Guard insignia issued to a member of Ipswich 1 Patrol

SFK 202 and Home Guard Insignia issued to a member of the Ipswich 1 Patrol (Taff Gillingham)

Ipswich 1 Patrol (from Gareath Evans)

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OB Status

Location not known

Location

Ipswich-1 Patrol

Patrol Targets

Ipswich railway station, railway line and bridges in the vicinity may well have been targets.

Other information

The Suffolk group photos

In 1989 militaria expert and historian was shown the SFK 202 and Home Guard insignia, a ration book and notebook belonging to a member of the Ipswich 1 Patrol. They gave him the insignia and a photocopy of the Patrol photo but kept the other items. If anyone knows where they are now, we would be very keen to see and record them.

References

TNA ref WO199/3389

Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

Evelyn Simak and Adrian Pye.

B.R.O.M at Parham,

The Evening Standard (17 Dec 1996 p 6);

DoB Dr Will Ward,

Sarah Nikolovska.

Taff Gillingham