Castle Rising lies 3 miles north-eats of King's Lynn
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Thomas Walter Garner | Farmer & merchant |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Sergeant Leonard Stanley Chester Warren | Auctioneers clerk |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Ernest Victor Drew | Farm worker & builders labourer |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Archie Hudson | Farm tractor driver |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Arthur Edward Marsters | Horseman on farm |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private John Robert Christopher William Marsters | Horseman on farm |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Deryck George Hewitt Neville | Cowman |
Unknown | 1943 |
| Private Chester Fordham Robin | Salesman & technical advisor (Fertiliser business) to manufacturers and farmers |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
The land is private. It is owned by Baron Howard of Rising, Castle Rising, and was accessed by his (his gamekeepers’ and one of his tenants’) kind permission.
Castle rising Patrol had two OBs, both of them built by the Patrol members themselves.
The Patrol’s first OB had to be abandoned because of the lack of ventilation – their candles used to go out through lack of oxygen.
The second OB was built a couple of kilometres to the west, in the corner of a mature woodland surrounded by fields.
All that remains is a depression in the ground (overgrown with bracken at the beginning of September) denoting the location of the main chamber. An approx 15 metres long narrow, shallow depression, presumably denoting the course of the Patrol’s emergency escape passage, leads away from it in easterly direction, taking a zig-zag course.
Castle Rising Patrol
Railway lines and bridges and airfields in the vicinity were likely targets.
Training at Leicester Square Farm at North Creake with the Scout Section and at Syderstone.
Norfolk Group 8 Stand-down photo [Original owned by Desmond Neville, son of patrol member Deryck Neville]
TNA ref WO199/3389
Hancock data held at B.R.A
Evelyn Simak and Adrian Pye
A Hoare, Standing up to Hitler (2002);
Desmond Neville, South Wootton (personal interview);