The Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART) are a group of volunteer researchers and supporters who investigate and record the World War 2 Auxiliary Units. Findings are published on the British Resistance Archive website here at www.staybehinds.com and constantly being updated.
Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART) was formed in 2009 when founder Tom Sykes began looking into the Auxiliary Units that were trained at the HQ, Coleshill House, near Highworth, Wiltshire. Others who were already experienced and knowledgeable joined CART and the group grew further as more people got to hear about our work.
To date we have all known Auxiliary Unit members recorded including operational Auxiliers, Intelligence Officers, Scout Sections, Headquarters staff along with Special Duties operators, ATS and Royal Signals.
In 2019 thanks to sponsorship from the Gerry Holdsworth Special Forces Charitable Trust, and a huge re-build of our website, we are now covering the men and women who went on to join the SOE and the SAS.
We are always gratified when someone discovers their relative on this website and learns what they got up to in the defence of Britain in the 1940s.