The family think the specialist training for Jack Webley might have been at Inverailort in Scotland.
On the night of one of the 'raids' on the Canadians at Wiston House, Jack's wife Mary, who was on a visit with the Women's Institute, managed to turn off all the electricity to help them.
His Grandchildren found sticks of gelignite in one of the granaries at Fair Oak Farm. Jack and his odd-job man, Jack Carver, took the gelignite and assorted weapons and dumped them in the well at Fishpond Farm.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiston Patrol | Patrol Leader | 01 Sep 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Dairy & arable farmer
The son of William and Josephine, he married Mary Kersley in 1926.
In 1939 he was an ARP Warden. He was Chairman of the West Sussex Branch of the National Farmers Union.
TNA ref WO199/3391
1939 Register
Hancock data held at B.R.A
Grandson Simon Owen and daughter Diana Owen and Susan Howe