Lockington Patrol

County Group
Yorkshire (East Riding) Group 4
Locality

The village of Lockington lies approximately 6 miles north-west of the town of Beverley. It is on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant William Walmsley

Woodsman

 Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Corporal Thomas Hill

Farm worker

 Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private George Alwyn Brayshaw

Farm worker

 Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Arthur Clubley

Farm foreman

 Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private George A. Harrison

Farm horseman

 Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Leonard Hill

Farm worker

 Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Clarence William Hudson

General labourer

 Unknown Unknown
Private George Arthur Nicholson

Horseman

 Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private George H. Watson

Bricklayer

 Unknown Unknown
Operational Base (OB)

The Patrol had it's OB built in a chalk quarry approximately one mile west of Beswick village. The structure was a basic square dugout type with corrugated tin sheet for the roof and walls. The site was destroyed when the quarry owner back filled the site.

There was an Observational Post on the opposite side of the quarry which was linked by a field telephone.

OB Status
Destroyed
Location

Lockington Patrol

Patrol Targets

Military targets would have included RAF Hutton Cranswick, RAF Driffield and RAF Leconfield.

Local targets would have included the main Hull-Beverley-Scarborough railway line, main roads from the coast to the east from Hornsea and Beverley and the main railway junction at Market Weighton to the west of the Patrol's OB.

Training

The Patrol Sergeant may have gone to Coleshill House for specialist training.

The Patrol went to Middleton on the Wolds, the Headquarters for the Intelligence Officer in the East Yorkshire area. They also trained in the quarry near the OB site.

Weapons and Equipment

Weapons issued to the Patrol would have included; Fairbairn Sykes fighting knives, .22 rifle with sights and later silencer, either Remington or Winchester, .38 Smith & Wesson or .45 Colt pistols and Thompson sub machine guns.

Some captured Lugars were issued and popular as they used 9mm ammunition the same as the Sten Machine Gun. The Patrol also adopted the use of a ligature.

References

TNA ref WO199/3389

Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

Andy Gwynne

East Ridings Secret Resistance by Alan Williamson