Friskney Patrol

County Group
Locality

Friskney is a village and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant Ernest Ellway

Inn keeper

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Corporal Thomas Ernest Bridges

Farmer

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private George Plant Atkinson

Agricultural labourer

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Harry Flatters

Farmer

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Frederick William Kime

Farmer

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private William Walter Woodward

Tractor driver

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Operational Base (OB)

Currently unknown though thought to be around Field Lane.

OB Status
Location not known
Location

Friskney Patrol

Training

Wellingore then Blankney and Dalby Hall were the headquarters for the Lincolnshire Auxiliary Units so they certainly would have trained at them at some time.

References

TNA ref WO199/3389,

Colin Hayes.

Defence of Britain database complied by Mark Sansom and The Secret Army by Mark Sansom – Lincolnshire Heritage Booklets

Dr Will Ward

Hancock data held at B.R.A