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Originally Posted by badjez
Bala,
According to files in the PRO there were units in Herefordshire and Caernarfon but nowhere else in Wales or the Welsh border counties of England.
I've attached a photo, taken from WO199/3389.
Looking in Postwarden's book there is a picture of a title worn in Suffolk. It is SFK over 202. Jon also has a photo of a locally made CC over 202 which he attributes to a locally made Caernarfon badge.
Tha badge you showed on your post is attributed to one unofficially worn by a unit of the Women's Home Defence, attached to 11 Denbighshire (Ministry of Food) Bn, HG. Again, this is shown in Jon's book.
Stephen.
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Hi Stephen,
It says Carmarthen underneath Hereford in region 4 on the PRO document that you show. Carmarthen is on the South Wales coast which would have been almost as vulnerable as the English south coast.
It is likely that there were auxiliary units all along the South Wales coast and if Carmarthen is 202 then probably the other areas of this coast were also 202. Is there more to see of this document. I have heard of an Operational Base that has recently been discovered in a place called Cilybebyll in the Swansea Valley.
Jack