Winterborne Whitechurch (Longthorns) Patrol

County Group

Dorset Group 3 - Dorchester

Locality

Winterborne Whitechurch is a village on the A354, 5 miles south-west of Blandford Forum.

Patrol members

Name	Occupation	Posted from	Until
Sergeant Frederick James Dennett	Yard man on farm	20 Jun 1940	03 Dec 1944
Lieutenant John Robert Spiller	Farm manager	20 Jun 1940	24 Jun 1943
Private Harold William Butt	Agricultural worker	20 Jun 1940	03 Dec 1944
Private Thomas William Hatcher	Motor mechanic	20 Jun 1940	03 Dec 1944
Private William Arthur Henry Higgins	Heavy lorry driver milk haulage	16 Jul 1940	03 Dec 1944
Private Richard Nelson Lake	Farm carter	16 Jun 1940	03 Dec 1944
Private Sidney Walter Vater	Agricultural worker	10 Jun 1940	03 Dec 1944

Operational Base (OB)

The OB was in a small copse alongside the main road outside Winterbourne Whitechurch.

The location was recorded in the Defence of Britain Project archive:
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/search/fr.cfm?rcn=CBA_DOB-14015

Patrol & OB pictures

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Location

Winterborne Whitechurch (Longthorns) Patrol

Patrol Targets

Presumably the A354 to Blandford Forum.

References

TNA ref WO199/3389

Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

Ongoing research

Our research about the Auxiliary Units and related matters is not complete, and we always welcome contact from anybody who has any new information that may help us improve our knowledge, and add it to this site. Relatives of the men and women involved are encouraged to make contact and tell us about them, and hopefully supply a photograph, so they can be properly remembered for the part they played.