Wick is a town in the far north-east of mainland Scotland.
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant David Bruce | Wick Town Council (Water) |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Corporal Adin More | Electrical Engineer, Wick Town Council |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Donal Sinclair Baikie | Plumber |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private John Gunn Munro | Fireman National Fire Brigade - Wick Town Council |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private David Forbes Skinner | Plumber, own business |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Robert Sutherland | Painter |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private John Wilson | Plumber |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
Wick Patrol
Likely targets being Wick and Skitten airfields, road, bridges and rail routes in and out of Wick including the vicinity of Sinclair’s Bay and other ad-hoc targets when required. Also the harbour which could have been a supply route.
In October 2011 the John O'Groats Journal reported on the chance discovery of six wooden boxes of phosphorus grenades, 144 in all. The discovery was made while the householder was digging in his garden to install a new radio transmitter and was about a foot below the surface.
A specialist bomb disposal unit from the Royal Navy Northern Diving Group was sent to the house to remove the grenades, which were taken to a quarry near Thrumster to be destroyed in a controlled "burn-off". It is thought that the grenades may have been given to the Auxiliary Units.
The glass bottle grenades were manufactured by Albright and Wilson in 1940 and were known as grenade Number 76.
Wick Patrol won the best Patrol in Group 2 in a competition of all Area 1 in 1944.
Geoff Leet's article in Caithness Field Club Bulletin 2005
Hancock data held at B.R.A
TNA ref WO199/3388
Private Correspondence with David Blair
IWM ref 13450 – 201 Bn News July 1944