Grangetown is to the east of Middlesbrough and to the south of the Tees Bay. Roughly half way between Redcar and Middlesbrough. It is in the Eston District of North Yorkshire (now Teeside)
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Thomas Guest | Lorry driver |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Sergeant Charles Henry Medd | Steelworks loco fireman |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Corporal Frank Briggs | Stock taker in section mill |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Frederick Hinchley | Motor vehicle driver |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Robert Falcon Scott Lawrence | Analytical laboratory assistant
|
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Thomas Samuel Patterson | Bricklayers labourer |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Arthur Ernest Wharfe | Electrician |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
The Patrol's OB was built on a steep hillside known as Broom Hill in Wilton Woods to the Southeast of Wilton and Southwest of Redcar.
The structure was a standard "Elephant" shelter. Only a large depression in the ground remains.
Grangetown Patrol
Transport targets would have included the the main roads from the coast at Redcar and Saltburn to Middlesbrough and on to York, the railway from Middlesbrough to Whitby and the Port of Tees.
Military targets included RAF Redcar, RAF Thornaby,t he possible invasion beaches at Saltburn and Redcar and war effort and munitions factoies around the south side of the Tees.
Locally the Patrol trained near the OB in Wilton Wood and regionally at Danby Hall, the Area Intelligence Officer's HQ.
Sergeant Guest was a frequent visitor to Coleshill for training. Early on in the war, just after he joined, their uniforms were principally Home Guard both devoid of insignia and he was pulled up by MP's on some station on his way back from Coleshill and detained until a call was made to his superiors when he and his colleagues were duly released.
He and his colleagues frequently took part with and separate to other units and "attacked' the old aerodrome at Marske by the sea and went as far as Northumberland and as far south as Humberside to play games with the real army \ air force.
Kit and equipment issued to the Patrol included; .38 Smith and Wesson revolvers (everyone had one), fighting Knives (again all members had one), 3 Knobkerris, a .22 sniper rifle with silencer, a Thompson Sub Machine Gun, 2 .303 rifles and lots of grenades.
The Patrol drank their gallon of rum replacing the liquid with water.
The Patrol used to meet in the basement of an old bank opposite Lanny Ice Cream Parlour at the end of Bolckow Road and corner of Lee Road.
Dennis Walker
The National Archives in Kew ref WO100/3389
1939 Register
Hancock data held at B.R.A
The son of Sergeant Medd
Neil Guest, Grandson of Sergeant Guest
Peter Caddy
Chris Twigg from Hidden Teesside