Sutterby Patrol

County Group
Locality

The hamlet of Sutterby is approximately 9 miles south of Louth and a similar distance east of Horncastle on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant R. Chester Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Sergeant D. Kellaway Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Corporal H. Grantham Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private A. Bontoft Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private J. Crawford Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private W. Padley Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private F. Turner Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Operational Base (OB)

The OB was located in a wood called Oven's Plantation between Oven's Farm and Sutterby. Thought to be of prefabricated concrete panels and brick.

OB Status
Location not known
Location

Sutterby Patrol

Patrol Targets

Military targets in the area included RAF Spilsby at Great Steeping, RAF East Kirkby, RAF Strubby and Air Armaments School at RAF Manby

Other targets would have been roads to the coast and Ulceby Cross town a major crossroads in the Lincolnshire Wolds area.

Training

The Patrol trained at various Auxiliary Unit H.Q's, Wellingnore Hall and Blankney Hall, both requishioned by the RAF, then to Dalby Hall H.Q.

Some Patrol members went to Coleshill for specialist courses.

They also trained locally on farms of the Patrol members.

Weapons and Equipment

 

 

References

TNA ref WO199/3389,

Colin Hayes.

Defence of Britain database complied by Mark Sansom and The Secret Army by Mark Sansom – Lincolnshire Heritage Booklets.

Hancock data held at B.R.A