Somerset Group 6 - Bridgwater

County

Area and Group Commander Captain Baird kept a notebook of efficiency training of Group 6. This shows the group were tested on; .22 rifle correct aim and application at 25 yards, Mills grenades, revolver. Explosive training with; A.P mine, B type lorry, A W bottle with pencil and ignitor, 1 unit charge for 90 foot rail, combined charge to destroy petrol dump. Also tested was general knowledge questions and map reading. With the notebook is various correspondence along with lists of equipment returned at stand down.

Commanders

Role	Name	Posted from	Until
Area Commander	Captain Thomas Archibald Baird	23 Sep 1940	03 Dec 1944
Group Commander	Captain Thomas Archibald Baird	23 Sep 1940	03 Dec 1944

Patrols in this group

Map of Patrol locations

Nether Stowey Patrol

Nether Stowey Patrol

North Petherton Patrol

North Petherton Patrol

Spaxton Patrol

Pictures & documents

$Baird notebook training results (SHC ref DD\SLI/13/15)$

Baird notebook training results (SHC ref DD\SLI/13/15)

$Baird notebook inner cover (SHC ref DD\SLI/13/15)$

Baird notebook inner cover (SHC ref DD\SLI/13/15)

$Return of stores (SHC ref DD\/SLI 12/2/26)$

Return of stores (SHC ref DD\/SLI 12/2/26)

$Names and return of stores (SHC ref DD\/SLI 12/2/26)$

Names and return of stores (SHC ref DD\/SLI 12/2/26)

$Names and return of OB kit (SHC ref DD\/SLI 12/2/26)$

Names and return of OB kit (SHC ref DD\/SLI 12/2/26)

References

Somerset Heritage Centre (SHC ref DD\SLI/13/15)