History of the UK wartime Auxiliary Units

[L Austin France]

I phoned my sister this morning & we got around to talking about our many , mostly deceased now, aunts & uncles.
She reminded me of our widowed aunt Nell who lived in London with her 'lodger' Reg .
Reg was an eccentric old codger who I got to know on my many visits to the relatives in London from when I was 11 years old & considered old enough to travell solo up from devon on the then steam trains.
I'd heard lots of apocryphal tales about Reg's escapades during the war & many years after so this afternoon Googled him to find this wonderfull history.
Reg is mentioned in the last paragraph.
https://studylib.net/doc/6759217/1-hist ... iary-units

[Char]

Good gracious, that's a lot of ammo.

[L Austin France]

Good gracious, that's a lot of ammo.

Reg was a catholic seperated from his wife who continued to live in their manor house as in those days divorce was not an option. On her death Reg & my aunt moved into the house & it was then that he revisited the stock & 'thought it best' to get it moved out.
Apparently the surrounding area had to be evacuated whilst the bomb disposal chaps took the very volatile stuff away.

[Char]

It's a good job it didn't go off all by itself isn't it.