The Ebberston Patrol were based to the west of Scarborough in the grounds of Ebberston Hall between Troutsdale and the North Riding Forest Park, two very large areas of maintained forestry. Pickering is to the west and the next nearest large town on the southern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Cyril Norman Craggs | Farm labourer - horseman |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private George Henry Close | Forest worker |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Christopher Mook | Horseman on farm |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Arthur Orrah | Farm labourer |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Harold Vasey | Farmer and stone mason |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
The Patrol's OB was a standard "Elephant" style shelter built somewhere to the north of Ebberston Hall in either Dalby Forest or in the area around the quarry at Hagg Side Lane.
Keith Swiers remembers, as a child in the 1950s, playing in the OB in woods at Ebberston Hall. He recalled it as a Nissen hut structure with an offset entrance. The roof was sagging so the then owner collapsed the structure and buried it for safety reasons.
Ebberston Patrol
The Patrol's targets would have included the Hall itself, a possible German HQ being almost directly west of Scarborough. Transport link targets would have been; the A170 main road from the coast and probable landing grounds to the north and south of Scarborough and Caydon Bay, the York to Scarborough railway line and the railway junction at Pickering station to the west along with the River Derwent crossing points.
Some of the Patrol went to Coleshill House for specialist courses. Regional training took place at Dalby Lodge, used by the Intelligence Officer as an HQ and at Castleton with the Scout Section from The Green Howards.
The Patrol trained near to the OB and in the disused quarry.
The Patrol were issued with Mark 2 Auxiliary Units kit which included .38 Smith and Wesson pistols (these seem to have been the standard issue for the whole group), Thompson Machine Guns and fighting knives.
The Nominal Roll has the Patrol recorded as "Eberston" though it should have a second "B".
The National Archives in Kew ref WO199/3389
1939 Register
Hancock data held at B.R.A
Dennis Walker
Tim Turnbull and his Uncle Keith Swiers