Hurstpierpoint Patrol

County Group
Sussex Group 2
Locality

Hurstpierpoint is a village in Sussex on the edge of the South Downs.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant Percy Charles Tulley

Company director grocery store

 16 Dec 1941 03 Dec 1944
Private William John Barham

Market gardener

 24 May 1940 03 Dec 1944
Private Albert Edward Bowley

Pharmacist

 24 May 1940 13 Aug 1943
Private Hubert Rex Hinton Brown

Certified accountant

 24 May 1940 03 Dec 1944
Private Laurence Walter John Clark

Farmer

 30 Apr 1942 03 Dec 1944
Private Walter Crook

Farmer

 Unknown Unknown
Private George Peel Cross

General farmer & employer

 25 Jun 1943 03 Dec 1944
Private Basil Henry Stringer

Builder's foreman

 31 Jul 1940 03 Dec 1944
Private Wilfred George Stringer

Builder's manager

 31 Jul 1940 Unknown
Private Walter Thair

Master butcher

 02 Jan 1942 03 Dec 1944
Private Ernest Harry Williams

Baker

 03 Jul 1940 03 Dec 1944
Private Frederick Reuben Wright

Managing director biscuit factory

 01 May 1940 03 Dec 1944
Operational Base (OB)

The OB was sited in a small wood to the north of Wolstonbury Hill, just on the edge of the Downs. It was built by the Royal Engineers who constructed it out of timber and corrugated iron sheeting.

The main chamber has collapsed but the entrance shaft is still visible although blocked a few feet down.

A small one man OP is nearby.

Patrol & OB pictures
Hurstpierpoint entrance shaft
Hurstpierpoint OB
Hurstpierpoint OB 7
Hurstpierpoint OB (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OB 5
Hurstpierpoint OB (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OB 6
Hurstpierpoint OB vent pipe (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OB 2
Hurstpierpoint OB (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OB 3
Hurstpierpoint OB (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OP 2
Hurstpierpoint OP (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OP 3
Hurstpierpoint OP (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OP 1
Hurstpierpoint OP (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OB over
Hurstpierpoint OB (from John Savastano 2015)
Hurstpierpoint OP 2011
Hurstpierpoint OP (from Stewart Angell 2011)
Hurstpierpoint OP wire
Hurstpierpoint OP telephone wire (from Stewart Angell 2011)
OB Status
Collapsed with some visible remains
Location

Hurstpierpoint Patrol

Training

Part of the Patrol's local training included mock attacks on Danny House.

It is assumed they also trained at the regional HQ at Tottington Manor.

References

TNA reference WO199/3391

Hancock data held at B.R.A

'The Secret Sussex Resistance' by Stewart Angell

Nick Catford and Sub Brit

John Savastano