In official records, this Patrol is named Kilgetty Patrol, however local memories remember it as Stepaside Patrol. Kilgetty is a village in south east Pembrokeshire north of Saundersfoot. Stepaside is now a holiday hamlet about a mile away from Kilgetty.
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain John Benjamin Thomas Ebsworth | School master |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Sergeant Harold Benjamin Thomas | Bus driver and mechanic |
15 Sep 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Corporal Ivor Clement Lawrence | Way leave officer |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private William James Griffin | Baker |
Unknown | 1942 |
| Private Frederick Onslow Morgan | Belowground miner |
20 Dec 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private William John Stephens | Railway lengthsman |
06 Jul 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Charles E. Thomas | Motor mechanic |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Hugh Thomas | Baker |
12 Dec 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
The OB was located in what is now a mature conifer plantation, 200 yards from Ryelands Place.
Kilgetty Patrol
As part of a rehearsal for D-Day, Patrols in the area took part in a mock landing at Saundersfoot and Wiseman Bridge.
Charles Shrives of Milford Haven Patrol was involved in this exercise and recalled : “We operated with the Stepaside Units and saw Winston Churchill viewing the landings. One of the members of the Stepaside group happened to mention to his mother that the Milford V.C (Sergeant H “Stokey” Lewis) was training with them. She pleaded so much to meet the V.C that “Stokey” had to make a short visit to her home”.
TNA Reference WO199/3389
Major Hancock data held at B. R. A
1939 Register
The Last Ditch by David Lampe
The Story of Stokey Lewis by Walter Ireland
Roy Lewis article in Western Telegraph Dec 2002