GC1JG43 British Resistance Organisation - Balcormo Mill (Traditional Cache) in Northern Scotland, United Kingdom created by Pinkfoot6f

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Hidden : 11/28/2008

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

In 1938, with the increasing threat of Germany's militancy, the idea was conceived by a major in the Foreign Office of organising some form of resistance by civilians in the event of invasion.
In June 1940 the selection and training of the patrol members began in earnest. Auxiliary Units, the cover name given to the organisation, comprised of two parts.
The first consisted of specially selected civilians with a good knowledge of their local area and physically capable of living rough and fighting and harassing enemy forces. The other part consisted of local wireless networks operated by Royal Corps of Signals personnel with outstations near the coast, each having a civilian operator.
Auxiliary Units hideouts were supposed to be merely the places to which Resistance men could withdraw to eat, sleep and lie low.
Some of the first hideouts appear to have been built with sieges in mind, for they had their own early-warning outposts several hundred yards away, connected to them by hidden telephone wires.
By the end of 1940 about 300 hideouts were already in use around the country and by the end of 1941 there were 534 operational bases in use.

All that is left of this hideout is some corrugated iron and some bricks.

Further information can be otained from the SecretScotland website - follow links to British Resistance Organisation.

Parking available right beside cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre fgbarf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)