Pont Neath Vaughan Patrol

Locality

Pont Neath Vaughan is a village in the Vale of Neath in the far south of Powys, originally West Glamorganshire.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant Laban Diplock

Groundsman on golf course

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Corporal Henry Thomas Hamer

Colliery worker

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Mervyn Archie Davies

Colliery repairer (underground), designated heavy worker

09 Sep 1940 03 Dec 1944
Private David Vincent Stacey

Colliery hewer

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Morgan Stacey

Collier hewer

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Howell Stacey

Colliery hewer

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private Griffith John Williams

Coal hewer

Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Patrol & OB pictures
OB Image
Caption & credit
The Angel Inn (formerly The Angel Hotel), Pont-Neath-Vaughan
OB Status
Largely intact
OB accessibility
This OB is on private land. Please do not be tempted to trespass to see it
Location

Pont Neath Vaughan Patrol

Patrol Targets

The nearby rail line and tunnel were the main targets and the A465 Road leading from South Wales to the Midlands.

Training

There was a training area and rifle range situated at the nearby Ystradfellte Reservoir. 

Other information

Most of the Patrol are colliery workers, suggesting they may have travelled to work to the nearby pits in Glyn Neath as there was no colliery in Pont Neath Vaughan. Even those who lived outside the village had links through family to it. The Patrol are believed to have met in the Angel Hotel (now the Angel Inn) in Pont Neath Vaughan.

References

TNA ref WO199/3389.

Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

Daniel Evans