| Role | Name | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Dr Harold Whewell Hogarth Holmes | Unknown | 20 Jul 1944 |
| Operator | Mr John William Leslie Leonardt | Unknown | 20 Jul 1944 |
| Operator | Mr Neville Charles Leonardt | Unknown | 20 Jul 1944 |
The radio was located in Tumbledown Cottage, Battleborough Lane, Brent Knoll, under the stairs.
The photograph shows a semi detached property (numbered 2 & 3). John Leonardt later removed half of the property because it was partially falling down and rebuilt a single property which was then called Tumbledown.
From the front door of the property, if you walked straight ahead you would walk under the stairs that lead to the upper floor. While there was no hidden alcove as such, the underside of the stairs were paneled, and the wireless was located behind one of the steps where a panel could be removed to access it.
There were 2 Beech trees located behind "The Laurels", some 50-70 metres away. The radio aerial was made to look like a standard overhead power cable, but which actually ran off to one of these Beech trees. Monica (nee Leonardt) remembered a man in an army uniform walking past her with a ladder, as a young girl and as she stood talking to a friend. He had erected the ladder in a ditch behind the pig sty partially obscured from sight, and was up the tree repairing the aerial. His cap fell to the ground close to where she and her friend were standing, which made her realise he was up to something up in the tree!
The modern photo is of “The Cottage” at Battleborough Lane, which is built on the site of the original Tumbledown Cottage.
