Windermere Carrier Training Centre

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  1. Queencorgi

    Queencorgi Member

    I have posted this under 'General' because I don't know what this was and can find no references to it! Can anyone shed any light on it? I have someone posted there (specifically to Keswick) as adjutant in September 1943. Many thanks if anyone can help.
     
  2. Tony56

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  4. Queencorgi

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    Thank you, Tony! So it would seem to be a RASC school for driver training and instruction in vehicle maintenance ?
     
  5. Tricky Dicky

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  6. Queencorgi

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    Thank you TD! Looking through this I assume the 'Carrier' bit in my document refers to Bren Gun Carriers.
     
  7. Tricky Dicky

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    or their variants - getting an Aircraft carrier onto Windemere may have proved difficult

    TD
     
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  10. Queencorgi

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    :D
     
  11. Queencorgi

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    Tony, thank you for those two citations. My chap was there in a purely administrative role but it's interesting to see samples of what was rolling past his window!
     
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  12. cjackson

    cjackson Member

    I have this:
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    I believe my Great Grandad may have been a mechanic. XMas card sent to my Gran.
     
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