Silver End is a village between Braintee and Witham. It was conceived as a model village by industrialist Francis Henry Crittall who established a Crittall Windows Ltd factory there to manufacture components for metal windows. The Village Hall is said to be the largest in the U.K. (Wikipedia)
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant William Henry Allen | Bus driver |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Corporal Norman Arthur Wallace | Tractor driver |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private George Cathcart | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Private Alexander Allan Guyan | Fitter Metal Windows |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Private Thomas Frank Halls | Fitter Metal Windows |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Horace Cedric Mason | Engineer's Poolroom Grinder |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Edwin Henry Mason | Tool grinder |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Stanley Thomas Pasfield | Window fitter |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
Reportedly the OB was somewhere behind the Western Arms in Silver End. Another account placed in one of the gravel pits on the road to Rivenhall which would be a very similar spot. The area has been extensively redeveloped since, some of the old gravel pits are now lakes, and no trace remains.
Silver End Patrol
Local targets might have included the railway between Braintree and Witham and the A12 and A120 roads. Also RAF Rivenhall, although this was not built until 1943.
One Auxilier spoke with a man in the Western Arms in 1940 who had spotted what they were up to. He reported this breach of security. The soldier found himself posted to Jamaica shortly after for four years!