Ringwood C Patrol

Locality

Ringwood is a town 10 miles northeast of Bournemouth.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant Joseph Maitland Roger

Dairy farmer

29 Jul 1942 03 Dec 1944
Private Bryan Herbert Sheppard Guy

Market gardener & nurseryman

02 Aug 1940 03 Dec 1944
Operational Base (OB)

Sergeant Roger's son James, thought the OB was in a wooded area to the south of Ringwood, in woods to the east of Bisterne Manor.

OB Status
Location not known
Location

Ringwood C Patrol

Patrol Targets

Sergeant Roger's son, James, recalled; "I remember he said one of the jobs following invasion was to blow up the bridge across the Avon, at Avon Causeway, as the Avon was part of the holding line. He also talked a bit about his training including going to Coleshill".

Other information

The Patrol names for the west of Hampshire and the New Forest have been identified from National Archives file WO199/3391, but are not divided by Patrol. The nominal roll gives the surname, initials, ID card number and address, together with date of birth. The Patrols have been arranged according to the addresses and ID card numbers around known Patrol Leaders. This means the allocations may not be completely accurate. Some men, particularly those from the Ringwood area where there are several Patrols, could not be allocated with any confidence to one Patrol or another, so are listed in Unallocated.

Only the Patrol Leader is known for this Patrol. There were other members, but the home addresses overlap with those of the Ringwood B Patrol, making it difficult to know which men were in which Unit. Unusually the Patrol Leader appears to have only joined the Home Guard in July 1942, so it may be that there was another Patrol Leader prior to this who was left. Since both Captain Champion and Lieutenant Ayles came from Ringwood, it is possible that one of them originally commanded this unit.

References

TNA ref WO199/3391

Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

Sgt Roger's son, James Roger