Spalding is a market town on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire.
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Charles C. Wilson | Butcher |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Corporal Ernest Baxter | Horticultural painter |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Cecil Victor Baker | Baker |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Eric Douglas Hunt | Wood machinist and sawyer |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private George Neal | Garage Hand |
Unknown | Late 1944 |
Possible OB sites have included a record of finds while digging a "Home Guard" bunker at Kings Hall Park.
Another possible OB site has been suggested on the outskirts of Spalding near Weston.
Spalding Patrol
During the redevelopment of a former Army camp on Stonegate Road in 1953, there were two finds of explosives. The first was a case of 24 AW Bombs, phosphorus incendiaries, the second a single No.77 Smoke Grenade. These both form part of the standard equipment of an Auxiliary Units Patrol. The regular Home Guard used AW bombs, but not the No.77, whereas regular troops rarely used the AW bomb. Could this have been explosives from the Patrol? In 1962, another stash of AW bombs was uncovered in the grounds of a pub run by the Patrol leader in the smaller adjacent village of Weston, and this consisted of two boxes. The individual accounts for the Spalding men suggest some issues finding somewhere to store their explosives, which might be why they were buried. The area of the camp is now Oak Court.
TNA ref WO199/3389
Hancock data held at B.R.A
Pastcapes.org.uk
Spalding Guardian. 10 Apr 1953, 1 May 1953, 17 Aug 1962