Warnham During Ww2

A Memory of Warnham Court School.

Warnham Court.

Unsure when it was requisitioned but from October 1943, under the control of Major R.H. Egdell (of the Special Operations Executive's EU/P (Polish) Section), it was used for training men from the Polish Independent Company Grenadiers (and elsewhere) to be parachuted into France and elsewhere to help release Polish prisoners of war (Operation BARDSEA) and other missions.

The team commander was codenamed "Kunegunda". They consisted of Polish teams of five soldiers - codenamed "Adam", "Bolek", "Cyryl", "Dawid" ["David"], "Edek", "Felek", "Genek", "Henio", "Jasiu", "Karol" ["Charles"], "Leon", "Marek" ["Mark"];
3 American teams - codenamed "Dodford", "Datchet", "Darowes";
1 English team - codenamed "Dunchurch" - which included instructors STS 63 (3 officers and 12 sergeants)
Altogether there were 23 officers and 63 privates. (Email communication with Steven Kippax)

There was an extensive firing range in the grounds.

Might anyone be able to add to the story?

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