Cookney Patrol

County Group

Locality

Cookney is an area to the south of Aberdeen.

Patrol members

Name	Occupation	Posted from	Until
Sergeant James Willox	May have been a Farmer or Road Surveyor.	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private George Kennedy	Farmer (TBC)	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private William Kidd	Farmer	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private James Willox	Farmer	Unknown	03 Dec 1944

Operational Base (OB)

The OB was located in Netherley Woods

The metal roof was removed at some point after the war , probably for a shed roof etc.

Brickwork remains of the OB along with some pipework at opposite ends of the area

Netherley Woods suffered significant fire damage in August 1947, the OB may have been exposed then.

To the South east of the OB are sections of a broken concrete pipe that was typical material for an escape tunnel.

Patrol & OB pictures

Cookney OB facing South

Cookney OB, South End

Cookney OB Aerial Picture

Suspected remains of a piece of escape tunnel pipe

OB Status

Collapsed with some visible remains

OB accessibility

The OB site is publicly accessible

Location

Patrol Targets

Targets would of included main railway line south and viaduct at Muchalls, Radar station at Portlethen, roads south and associated bridges and also several small coastal harbours.

Training

At least one or more Member(s) went to Coleshill

Other information

The son of recalls James Willox (no relation to the Patrol Leader, James Willox of North Cookney) was in the Home Guard but he understood it was a "special" unit. The group of around six individuals, including his father, would regularly meet at their house. Another two names were Dod Walker and Smart. Another piece of information passed on about James Willox was that he had travelled down to near London for training including explosives / grenades and hand-to-hand combat.

George Walker was listed in the Maryculter Patrol. William Smart was the Group Commander

References

TNA ref WO199/3388 201 Bn rolls

Hancock Report held at B.R.A

Brodie McMurtrie