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Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART)

The Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART) are a group of volunteer researchers and supporters who investigate and record the World War 2 Auxiliary Units. The units were a secret resistance network of trained volunteers prepared to be Britain’s last line of defence in case of a German invasion. Although named for Coleshill House, the training headquarters for Auxiliary Units, CART is a widely dispersed group of volunteers, spread throughout coastal England, Wales and Scotland. Findings are published on the British Resistance Archive website at www.staybehinds.com, our main platform.


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Woodland with arrows showing remains of World War II underground Operational Base

The Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART) are a group of volunteer researchers and supporters who investigate and record the World War II Auxiliary Units across the UK. Working with volunteers this project created 360-degree virtual tours of the underground Operational Bases and other structures used by the Auxiliary Units digitally capturing many of the remaining sites in various states of preservation.

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