Biddenden Patrol

Auxilier Edward Alan Strouts was a chicken farmer from Benenden. He kept handwritten notes in his training manuals.

There are a few entries relating directly to his clandestine activities.

Entries refer to meetings and night exercises at Rose Cottage, the home of Lieuntant Chester-Beatty, a rendezvous at the Woolpack (Pub or Corner ?), probably where they were picked up from before being taken to Angley Wood, The Garth or Rose Cottage; Sunday training at The Garth; and collecting petrol from George Mann at Leda Cottages.

The last Auxiliary Unit entry is for Wednesday September 27 1944, when he reported to the “Army Hut at Cranbrook.” This is more than likely Wenman’s Cottage at Angley Wood.