Lockton is in Ryedale on the North Yorkshire Moors. It is approximately 4 miles north of Pickering with Scarborough and Whitby to the east.
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Leslie Samuel Coultas | Farmer and underkeeper |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Thomas William Brewster | Horseman |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private James H. Husband | Farmer |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Thomas Smith | Farm worker |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Ralph Edward Stothard | Tractor driver |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Private George Eric Welburn | Horseman on farm |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
The patrol OB was an "Elephant" type shelter built on the bankside near near High Kingthorpe on the west side of the A169 to the south of Lockton. The wooded bankside "Springwood" is above what is now the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
The area has been reforested and the OB damaged but it is still there.
Lockton Patrol
Transport targets would have included; the A169 main road from the coast over the moors and the railway lines from Whitby amd Scarborough to the east coast main line and on to York.
The Whitby to Pickering railway was a main target as the thought was that the Germans arriving at the port of Whitby would use the railway to transport tanks and men quickly over the North Yorks. moors towards York and the airfields surrounding the area thus quickly setting up a main centre to control the area.
The patrol would have trained locally in the woods around the OB in Kingthorpe Woods. Regional groups would have trained at Danby Lodge where the Area Intelligence Officer had his HQ and at Castleton with the Scout Section from The Green Howards.
Some of the Patrol went to Coleshill House for specialist courses.
It is assumed they had the standard Auxiliary Units kit and equipment.
The National Archives in Kew ref WO199/3389
1939 Register
Hancock data held at B.R.A
Dennis Walker
Paul Grantham (photos)
Vicky Whitfield (daughter of Pte Stothard)
Simon Maving (photos)
Rich Cooper (photos)